The Los Angeles Lakers had to erase a 13-point first-half deficit to defeat the Golden State Warriors in the play-in tournament. According to Anthony Davis, his team, including himself, was a little hesitant in the first half.
“The first half we were playing a little hesitant, even myself. You’re playing a little hesitant because of the situation. There’s no.. I mean there is a next game but there is no next game, right?” Davis said postgame.
“We came out a little hesitant and we had to remind ourselves at the half time ‘We’ve been here before. Let’s go out there and play our style of basketball.’ And we were able to do that in the second half.
“We had to find our swag again knowing that we’re defending champs and nothing’s going to be easy for us because we do have a target on our back and every team wants to beat us. We got to know that and we got to come out a lot better than we did against Phoenix in that playoff series.”
