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Los Angeles Lakers: Three things to watch for against San Antonio Spurs

ByJason Reed|
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: Lonzo Ball #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket in front of Carmelo Anthony #7 of the Houston Rockets during a 124-115 Rockets win at Staples Center on October 20, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: Lonzo Ball #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket in front of Carmelo Anthony #7 of the Houston Rockets during a 124-115 Rockets win at Staples Center on October 20, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) – Los Angeles Lakers
(Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) – Los Angeles Lakers

1. Can the Los Angeles Lakers have a good game from three?

The Los Angeles Lakers have been pretty bad in shooting the three-ball through two games this season. Entering the year, this was one of the biggest concerns around the team, which lacked a true sharpshooter like past LeBron teams have had, such asKyle Korver.

I was one of the people going to bat for the Lakers and the team’s three-point shooting.Josh Hartwas criminally underrated as a three-point shooter andKyle Kuzma,Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Brandon Ingram are all respectable shooters.

Will the Lakers be this bad from beyond the arc for the entire season? Probably not. However, the team does need a good showing at three in order to overcome the Spurs.

It has been what has plagued the team. Against the Rockets the Lakers shot just 25 percent of three-point shots, making eight of 32 attempts. Against the Trail Blazers, LA shot 23.3 percent on 7-30 shooting.

This will be no easy feat against the Spurs, either, as the teamallowed the sixth-lowest three-point percentagelast season. With a banged up backcourt, the Spurs rank26th this season. However, Gregg Popovich will use the Lakers’ weak spots against them and force the team to make bad shots.

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