re: How bad does the NBA want the Lakers in primetime Sat night

watch the Lakers scrubs become all world defenders on BI and Z because they'll be allowed to get super physical with our guys.

JV getting Davis in foul trouble is wishful thinking. Davis getting JV in foul trouble is the more likely scenario especially if you consider this a home game for them.

Guys like Vanderbilt, Prince, and Hachimura will try to corral Zion and Davis will be waiting at the basket to block Zion's shots.

Herb and Trey will have to shoot it well from the arc to keep the Lakers off balance and we will need to work the defensive boards hard if we want to contain their offensive rebounding.

They are a weak shooting team from deep. If you don't let Russell and Reeves get hot from deep, they really have very little shooting.

This game will come down to the officiating. If the Lakers are allowed to play extra physical while we can barely touch them, it's going to be a long night.