In the second Friday night ESN Prime Time NBA showdown of the night, LeBron James gets another crack at knocking off the league-best 53-9 Milwaukee Bucks who visit the Staples Center this time around, tipping off at 10:30 p.m. ET.
It’s a full-fledged battle of the titans in ESPN’s second televised game of the night, as both teams who are respectively No. 1and No. 2 in a variety of different team stats square off for the second and final time unless the two squads see each other in June during the 2020 NBA Finals.
A surprising defeat against the Memphis Grizzlies is the lone blemish for the Lakers in their last ten games, as they’ve maintained their Western-best record of 47-13. After returning home, they found a way to stifle the length and height of a banged-up Sixers squad, and in sound fashion in their 120-107 win, albeit with Philly missing both Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons.
Anthony Davis and LeBron James combined for 59 points, and at times AD just looked unstoppable in his quest to dominate Philly, scoring from any and everywhere on the court. Davis remains one of the most devastating pick-and-roll threats in the league, and Giannis is going to have his hands full in not only attempting to replicate the defensive tenacity he showed in their previous game against the Lakers back on December 19.
In that game, in which the Lakers succumbed to the hot shooting of the Bucks in a 111-104 loss, the two teams were even when looking at the stats and overall field goal percentages from both teams, but weren’t able to defend the transition attack by Antetokounmpo, Brook and Robin Lopez, and a majority of their offensive attack was carried out without Eric Bledsoe.
Tonight, both teams will be healthy, with only Los Angeles’ Alex Caruso potentially missing out on this Finals preview, so LeBron James and Giannis will more than likely put on a show.
So make sure you don’t miss it!
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