“Fire Darvin Ham right now” – James Worthy is brutally honest that Lakers are no match in the West

“Fire Darvin Ham right now” – James Worthy is brutally honest that Lakers are no match in the West

Welcome to access sportset Lakers d by your Southern California Honda dealers Chris McGee James Worthy and Mike bresnahan Merry Christmas everyone thank you for joining us uh unfortunately Lakers lose to the Celtics uh bottom line though through 33 games guys Boston showed why they are the best team in the

League they got great balance on offense which we’re going to get to in a few moments and when you’re look when you look at their combination of brown and Tatum and holiday and white that’s the best perimeter defense and offense in the leag add in porzingis and what what

He’s been able to do with this team their bench guys like Al Horford still there that veteran presence uh this is a good Boston team and James they they beat you right they they they turned your 12 turnovers into 19 points they had over 20 fast break points they hit

13 threes they just can get you from a lot of different ways and they did that got to give them credit yeah as as much as I hate to admit it and you know I I’ve had to admit maybe once in the 80s uh that the the Celtics is a really

Good team they’re they’ve done what a lot of NBA teams are trying to do they figured it out and it hadn’t been by accident if you look at the last couple years I think where they lost in seven last year and then uh what was it 22 I

Think uh lost the Warriors two seasons ago seven so they’ve been on track and they’ve even you know made some some major trades you know this this past year and to bring in the right pieces and to be able to still you know go forward uh and they are playing very

Very good they they they play collectively if you look at the starting five I mean Tatum 25 porzingis who really I didn’t think he was going to have this kind of game he had 28 uh holiday 18 white 18 Brown 19 that’s the starters yeah so and they and the

Spacing is such that they can surprise you from anywhere and so they’re good hard to figure out and the defense is is pretty good and the Lakers just they just can’t get stops the Lakers they scored the Lakers shot three ball just as well but they just could not get

Stops when they needed when they when they were trying to get down from seven to nine points they just could not get any stops down the stretch in the four yeah you see those five starters brez they scored 108 points they shot 53% from the field and they all had at least

18 points then you throw in porzingis at 28 and Tatum at 25 and let’s be honest Big Time upgrades and Marcus Smart’s a great competitor but you get Drew holiday and then you add porzingis the Celtics have upgraded to an already great team but the starters fantastic

Tonight yeah this started back in June okay the Celtics said all right this isn’t working for us we have to do something so they traded out Marcus Smart and they got back porzingis and by the way they also got two first round draft picks in addition to porzingis so

That’s that’s pretty good Craftsman ship right there by the by the front office of the Celtics and porzingis gives them that that advantage that that different look that they didn’t have they had Robert Williams you know the time lord a shop blocker a rebounder James a guy who

Can intimidate you defensively but the Celtics said you know we we got to go someplace different here we need a guy who can make a difference with a three ball porzingis hit a couple threes today like you said g close to 30 points finished with 28 points today he gives

Them gives them that Dimension when healthy it’s been an issue for him over the past he gives them that extra dimension that’s partly mainly even why they won today yeah I think brz’s hit it on the head I mean Marcus Smart great player but you had Drew holiday Champion

More length I mean you see sequences where Drew holiday is able to guard ad right he has that length he has that ability he’s also going to score when needed he’s not even CED on scoring but he’ll give you 18 he’ll hit some threes but then porzingis the way he alter

Shots yeah and stretches the floor their defense is such that there were times so they were switching holiday on to ad at certain times they’re like they didn’t care yeah and as far as the three ball they they would just take it if you want the Lakers just but porzingis man he’s

Really uh when he’s like you said Brad when he’s healthy yeah uh his ability to stretch the floor 84% free throw shooter he knows how to take advantage of switches which he did several times tonight when they tried to switch anybody I mean reddish vanderbelt not you know pretty good defensive players

Still not you know good enough to take care of of porzingis when he makes that drop step you know down in there and he you foul him he’s going to he’s going to you know hit 84% from the three-point line so they’re good they also didn’t

They get rid of Grant as well get rid of a couple guys yeah so I mean to be able to get rid of players and to still be able to you know stay above water it’s it’s been impressive I I hate to say it you know no cigar for me tonight they

Got rid of pieces that fit pretty well and did a good job for them for upgrade pieces which is hard to do they blew it up you know they said it’s not working what more can we do and they found it and keep by the way something the Lakers

Can tuck away for when they face Boston again later in the regular season who knows maybe way down the road we’ll have to see lot A lot has to happen for the Lakers to to get to that level right now ad had an amazing night yeah so so the

The the Celtics did give up a lot of lot of interior defense to get these guys to get a Drew holid and a por porzingis who can block shots he’s just not really known as a as a really tough defensive player ad really penetrated them well he

He really beat them up down low when you get 40 points that’s something special right there you know they’re going to put that in their back pocket gam absolutely and LeBron you know he had a pretty good overall game 16 points now you know he you know he can get 25 to 30

By the way James that’s his low for Christmas day yeah that’s that’s unusual for LeBron so you know the our bench played uh ruy you know played pretty good so there were some good things to pull away from us the bottom line is when they had chances to like keep it

Close and get it closer I mean and it wasn’t like it was layups it was a lot of layups that they were getting that’s that’s just how good they execute how many threats they have so yeah I mean you know you hate to lose to the the damn Celtics

Anytime especially on Christmas day but I you know I have to you know say that they’re they’re well groomed uh well coached and they you know they’re they’re on to something yeah uh actually Braun was five of 14 but yes his lowest uh Christmas Day scoring game um 16

Points coming off that 40 Point performance um he’s put a lot of a lot of minutes in and uh you know to have these games sometimes yeah it’s a it’s a tough game for the home team in particular because they they’re usually at home with their families you know if

They do a big time Christmas thing some of the guys I’m sure the Celtics I saw Tatum son with them they do it but it’s some about being at home it’s you know you have to really they just got home prepared from a long trip which you know

The first quarter it was indicative of you know but they they got together in the second quarter uh but just couldn’t sustain it throughout the second half and keep mind Lakers are a team in transition G you know this is their second game with this starting lineup the Celtics plugged in porzingis from

Day one and said here’s our starting five so they’ve been doing this for a couple months Lakers very new with this starting lineup DLo trying to get adjusted to coming off the bench and even so the Lakers they they were almost entirely healthy today h chafino is

Still out seldom used rookie guard but even today uh they released a you know little little statement to us that here’s all the guys who are available to play it was a lot of guys dinged up for the Lakers so I’m not going to cry injury you know anything like that but

They’re a team in transition still trying to figure out exactly who they are and AD playing as well as he did that’s that’s something you can fall back on Yeah you mentioned ad I know we have his numbers last seven games he’s been absolutely uh fantastic and uh once

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“Fire Darvin Ham right now” – James Worthy is brutally honest that Lakers are no match in the West