Big man JaVale McGee finished Sunday’s game with nine points (4/6 FG, 1/1 3PT), three boards, six blocks and one 3-pointer in 21 minutes of action in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 106-99 win against the Blake Griffin-less Detroit Pistons at Staples Center. The Lakers improved to 29-7. McGee and Anthony Davis (eight blocks) became the 3rd pair of teammates in NBA history to finish with at least 6 blocks each.
“I feel like for the other team, it’s a low esteem (feeling), you know what I’m saying? It depletes their whole energy. It’s just like, ‘Damn, we can’t go to the rim. Let’s start shooting contested 3s instead.’ … So it’s definitely great. We’re a hard-nosed team. We dunk everything. We don’t let things come to the rim. We block shots. That’s what we do,” McGee said after the Lakers’ fifth straight victory, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
