Inside the NBA reacts to Grizzlies vs Lakers Game 4 Highlights | 2023 NBA Playoffs

That's what I call a double header right there. That was a great night. Wow. Cannot wait to recap this night here on inside the NBA presented by a couple of dandies in Miami and Los Angeles. Welcome everybody. Ernie Johnson Shaquille O'Neal Kenny the Jetsmith and Charles Barkley. Let's get right into this thing because it was a beaut between the Grizzlies and the Lakers. John Moran and the Grizz the number two seed in the West trying to reclaim the home court advantage against LeBron and the Lakers. And early on LeBron stop pop drop sounds like a song. Might be shut him down open up shot LeBron again as he steps back. And Austin Reid he was nice tonight. Yes he was. Twenty three on the night. He led the Lakers in scoring like Desmond Bain who's been struggling from three in the series. That was his first of the first half and five tries cut the gap to fifty four to fifty two Moran off balance. You see him shaking that hand. He stays in next possession. Oh good. Look good. What's that. I think that was good. That was good. But he had one that was better. Yeah. Oh nice foreshadowing Shuster. We'll get to that in just a bit. Jared Vanderbilt double digits. He had 15 on the night eleven in the first half by the way. Oh Dylan Brooks. I'm glad Dylan Brooks played well tonight for James LeBron inside to one point game. Now we're tied at eighty one and jaw. Oh I mean the clock. Man that's incredible. Go to the left hand. Yeah. It's alive. Eighty one going to the fourth. What a move. Bane lays it in. He had a career playoff high thirty six Moran off the mark. But Tillman with the offensive rebound and Bane calmly drains the three. He had a ninety seven to ninety lead and then three in a row the Angelo Russell had a hat trick. One more. Those are big shots got kept the Lakers alive. Memphis answer. Desmond Bane Oh nice push off game tied at ninety nine. This was a scary moment and Moran was high flying into James offensive foul LeBron's head wasn't there. We're going to hit that better better. Not as difficult to play LeBron one more to Rui and look at Austin Reef taking it right to the glass. Not just a three point shooter. Oh give me that. Defensive player in the years and there's the pass you were talking about. Awesome. Desmond Bane me that get that out of here little fella. He won 0 4 to 1 0 2. About seven seconds to go in the game. I see you too. LeBron vision has killed him off glass. That's our time. That was not an easy layup. Not at all. And so now one more chance. A.D. Early A.D. He's got 19 blocks and LeBron shot was late. But how crazy was that. Well after the whole. This is kind of Hollywood man. Hollywood. Let's go to overtime. LeBron again takes it to the rim. And more defense by the Grizzlies. Dylan Brooks with the finish one going to take care of the ball tonight. Reeves Melvin A.D. there with the tip and then Dylan Brooks on LeBron James and LeBron takes it and won. That would be your ball game. The Lakers in overtime take it one seventeen to one eleven for the first time in his career regular season or postseason LeBron with 20 rebounds he had twenty two and twenty A.D. twelve eleven four blocks struggled from the floor in this but came up huge with the with the blocks and of course Austin Reeves with his twenty three. The Grizzlies and the Lakers have themselves a three to one lead and Darvin Hamms live post game just the way we attack each possession on both sides of the ball we had a next play refused to quit mentality. I'm so proud of our guys man the way we fought. You know we always told him since day one we want to be the most competitive together ball club for 48 minutes or however long it takes. And today it took 53. But again us just figuring out a way finding a way everybody's pulling in the same direction and shout out to the Memphis Grizzlies man a hell of a ball club hell of a ball club. We knew we were going to have our hands full with those guys facing a death deficit. And so you know we had some moments in the game that weren't too pretty but again we just kept chipping away possession by possession didn't get discouraged didn't fall apart again had some unfortunate segments but for the most part guys came together and dug our heels in the sand when it came time to make the right place. Darvin I'm not sure how often you want LeBron taking charges like that when I'm on the court but but can you talk about just about his will to win tonight and doing all the little things that he did. You know he understands the time the time and everything you know what what the known of what happened yesterday and the unknown of tomorrow it makes him even more entrenched in today into the moment and all of his travels all of the phenomenal things he's accomplished again he still has that passion that grit to want to be on top and to want to put his team in position the right way to be successful and that's what you saw 20 rebounds 15 defensive rebounds the plays him communicating with the coaches him communicating with his teammates trying to figure out not his way or somebody else's way but the best way for us to go about you know giving ourselves a chance to win and you know that's just who he's been his entire career that's who he's been all about making the right play whether it's for himself or someone else understand that in order for us to get all of our other guys to do and make the right plays and sacrifice themselves he has to be at the top of that list and that's what those charges represent him doing whatever it takes to put us in the position to succeed possession play that you end up not going your way what's that a mistake to use the challenge on that in retrospect yes tell us just you going back to you you mentioned Xavier Tillman has been doing a you know a good job on Ron James but you know Luke can are why didn't you turn to him you know down the stretch and again I mean we we needed to get a stop you know I thought we were getting great looks on offense just you know I mean Dez had an open shots who missed tons of layups you know Luke was struggling till you hit that you know three at the end and you know we wanted some defensive personnel out there to try to read and switch and have physicality and you know just have one guy that was going to be in like a hedge position so you know but then when they were driving and we weren't shifting off the ball didn't matter who was on the floor we gave him too much space downhill tell you you're up 97 90 with less than six minutes to go obviously this team hasn't had hasn't been great in the fourth quarter this season what did you see down the stretch from this team just in terms like we was it in your mind just a factor of offensively shots not falling where you're not getting the shots you wanted how would you describe kind of how you did offensively down the yeah I thought offensively I mean we executed you know we've been at some stuff the last couple of days I thought our poise and execution was pretty solid I mean you got to give him credit they're playing physical so it's going to force some difficult entries for you but I thought we got some great looks when we got offensive rebounds you know we couldn't convert down the stretch and then you know in the fourth quarter defensively you know Russell gets hot knocks down some threes and you know that was some mistakes on the ball that we got to clean up and get better at what Memphis had it I don't want to say they had it but it was they could not up up ninety seven ninety six halfway I mean I don't think it had no midway through the fourth quarter but it was in a position where you know what it was going to do our business we get home court back yeah it was going to come down to one play I mean it had to lead with three or four seconds five well I mean how much time ago when LeBron scored to live to tie it up with under a second yeah so so listen here they had to leave this was a just a terrific basketball game they just don't have enough players right now you know the injuries are really huge deal but man they competed they got nothing to be afraid of ashamed of they played coach right we competed our behinds off but they just couldn't make one play here or there and then D'Angelo Russell those three threes were huge as they took the lead and then LeBron late I was just curious so you have to give the Lakers others credit Reeves and D'Angelo to hit some timely shots and really shoot the ball while he hits from time to shot so if I'm Anthony Davis I'm thinking those two tonight because you know to combine they have 40 points those are the numbers we expect from a player of his caliber to play on an important game such as this but he didn't play well tonight but the others they stuck up for him they play well LeBron at twenty twenty Dylan Brooks said he don't respect nobody until they get forty twenty and twenty is forty so you know they did what they're supposed to do you know the Anthony Davis thing is fascinating to me like I've never seen a great player have these peaks and valleys where you heard Chris Haynes report to what Chris Haynes talking about you he sees he sees A.D. on the bench he doesn't look himself he separated himself he's he's favoring the hip and that kind of yeah yeah stop it Ernie stop it Chris stop it Chris you know like he was what about game two he wasn't doing that he almost made me curse Ernie he wasn't doing that stuff. I mean I'm just I'm just telling you I don't like Chris Haynes I don't understand a guy with that type of talent to have the peaks and valleys that he has like he has to understand like LeBron and others build him out tonight and he's supposed to be the best player on his team at this stage of his career and some nights he's the best and another night you're like man what the hell is up with this dude. Well you know what what is interesting you know I have you know stealing a quote from one of my sons like the best player at the year 20 is on the floor it's LeBron James like that's what's the most fascinating thing as you watch this this is not like we're taking for granted that we've seen this in Detroit where how many years ago we were we were there in 2007 as a matter of 2007 twenty five straight points in twenty five like we watched this kind of effort and then here we are in two thousand twenty three sixteen years later and here he is the oldest history with a player in this game and that is that is an amazing feat. However I think I think what happens with Eddie Davis is when he came into the league honestly his best attribute wasn't scoring you know when I watched him in a national championship game and he won. No I don't think you know I'm just saying stop it. So it's not an excuse. I'm just telling you we're not going to tell you what it is. I just want to tell you what it is to me is four years ago we all said no I'm not. Let me put it in for you. I didn't finish though. I'm just saying I don't believe that I that you're wrong. I'm just believing the expectation level of what he is isn't a scorer. So he's going to defend he's going to rebound more nights than he will score. I've always thought that about him as a player. We saw him play when he was at the Pelicans and he was going off all those games. All of us thought he wasn't that. No you did. All of us set up here and said in two three years he's going to be the best. I didn't believe you said it. I didn't believe that when I know. Well I said when I saw him with the Pelicans I said whoo because he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated and he was scoring and I said yo man this dude is going to be the best basketball player in the world. And three of three years and find that clip for a while. And not not only that though this these peaks and valleys that he goes through like tonight he wasn't there. Game two he wasn't there. Game three thirty one and seventeen. But did but you go twelve and eleven but you go games one and three you're like oh that's what we expect. But it's just fascinating that he goes from one and three to two and four through it all the Lakers with a three one advantage in the series number seven leading number two. They go back to Memphis Wednesday on TNT for game five and Memphis will try to send the series back to Los Angeles. Charles after having a successful guarantee and you did get that right. As well sleep in the studio. I agree with you Knuckles. Why do you say that. But we got we got to be back here again today. When we come back Yanis was back from Milwaukee but the Butler stole the show.