Melissa Rohlin identifies X-factor for Lakers against Thunder
According to Melissa Rohlin of the California Post, one Lakers player will be a huge key in the team's upcoming series against the Thunder.
Needless to say, if the Los Angeles Lakers are going to have any chance of winning their upcoming NBA playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder , every rotation player will need to step up, especially offensively. That means no passivity, no lazy passes and no passing up shots, at a minimum. In their previous series against the Houston Rockets, guard Luke Kennard started out as hot as a summer afternoon in Southeast Texas.
In the first two games, he scored a combined 50 points and shot 17-of-26 from the field and 8-of-11 from 3-point range. But since then, the sharpshooter has managed to score only 25 points in four games while shooting 26. 7% overall and 15.
4% from downtown. Melissa Rohlin, who covers the Lakers for the California Post, wrote in a recent article that Kennard will be the team's X-factor in the upcoming series versus the Thunder. "The Lakers have a Luke Kennard problem," Rohlin wrote.
"He defers too much. "Against a Thunder team with the NBA’s top-rated defense, Kennard will be the X-factor in their second-round playoff series. Without Luka Doncic, the Thunder will collapse on LeBron James and Austin Reaves.