After taking Game 1 by a sizable margin, the Los Angeles Lakers dropped Game 2 of the first round of the NBA playoffs to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. They were simply outhustled and outmuscled.
Although forward Dillon Brooks didn’t have a great offensive game, he hit a big 3-pointer in the fourth quarter to stymie a Lakers’ rally. He stared down James afterward, and that came after he talked trash to the four-time MVP earlier in the contest.
