Warriors are scared by ‘new’ LeBron James on the Lakers: “Playing from…”

You warriors are behind the lakers in the semifinals of the playoffs of NBA. LeBron James he was not the top scorer in last Tuesday’s match, the 2nd, but he was one of those responsible for the victory at the Chase Center. Even the different performance of shirt number 23 drew the attention of Draymond Greenwho did not hide his surprise at the role the star took on during the first game between the teams.

In an interview with The Volume podcast, Green was full of praise for LeBron James. Accustomed to seeing the Lakers star taking control of offensive plays, Draymond pointed to a big difference in the player’s stance. Darvin Ham’s team’s strategy was to remove some of the responsibility from the number 23 and put their trust in other names in the squad.

“LeBron is playing in a completely different way than we’ve seen him do before. And it’s interesting to decipher. You’re not used to seeing LeBron without the ball, so I thought that was interesting. And it’s something we’re going to have to adapt to. Not your typical LeBron running the show, which is a little weird.“, analyzed.

This change in the Lakers paid off. So much so that LeBron James made room for Anthony Davis to be the great protagonist of game one. The number 3 managed to score 30 points and was the surprise element in the offensive sector of the Los Angeles team. The Warriors suffered from this and were unable to fit the marking on top of the experienced center.

The two teams face each other again this Thursday, the 4th, at 10 pm (Brasília time), at the Crypto.com Arena. This will be game two, and the Warriors will have an opportunity to even the semifinal aggregate score. In case of defeat by Golden State, the Lakers will open an interesting advantage towards the conference final.