The Los Angeles Lakers have entered the Orlando bubble as a winning candidate team for this season. However, assuming you can reach the Western Conference Finals, the question is likely to be whether you can break through the perfectly healthy Clippers in the playoffs.
That’s the story since the start of the season, and the Clippers depth The Lakers have built up great chemistry, led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
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Still, Charles Barkley isn’t completely convinced by this purple and gold team yet. But he thinks the Lakers deciding whether to win the title is because Anthony Davis isn’t Lebron, as he recently claimed on the Colin Cowherd show:
“I love Lebron and everything about him, but it’s all up to Anthony Davis. No player can beat Anthony Davis in the NBA. For me, he’s the player who decides whether the Lakers will win the title. Will be, “said the former NBA MVP.
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Berkeley continued to praise Lebron’s play, but expressed concern about how well the Clippers would fit in the seven-game series, especially as Kawhi Leonard and Paul George stopped him throughout the match. The Clippers threw him at him, as Berkeley said:
“Lebron is an older player who plays defensively, and if he plays for the Clippers, he won’t take a break. They have two-headed monsters that can handle it, but the Clippers. No one on the team can handle Anthony Davis. It’s thanks to Anthony Davis that the Lakers won the title. “He added.
Chuck has a valid point here. It’s no secret that Kawai and George are among the few who lag far behind LeBron James. It’s also true that Ivica Zubac, JaMychal Green, Montrezl Harrell, or the elderly Joakim Noah couldn’t stop Anthony Davis.
But don’t miss Lebron being one of the best playoff players of all time, 35 years old, with four months to get healthy and averaging nearly 26 points and 11 assists per game.