The Blazers, series underdogs looking at the possibility of a 3-1 hole, required to enter Monday as the more desperate group, to bite first, to dictate first-quarter action, to interfere with the Lakers previously effective protective tactical plan and favored technique, if they had any plans of avoiding a first-round stomping.
The clip listed below opens at the end of the Lakers third possession of the night. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hits a corner 3 to put the Lakers up 5-0.
As it swishes, he doesnt run back. Caldwell-Pope rather darts under the hoop, right where his shot simply landed. Damian Lillard is there. Frank Vogels staff has advised him to press Lillard full-court on selective possessions, not to produce turnovers but just to bother Lillard, bleed some shot clock and periodically force the ball out of his hands.
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