Jared Dudley Breaks Down Exactly How Lakers Plan to Defeat Rockets

Jared Dudley has laid down a plan that shows what the Los Angeles Lakers need to do to defeat the Houston Rockets. The Lakers have a big series ahead of them. The Houston Rockets are very much a formidable foe and if the Lakers are not ready for them, they could very well see themselves in a tough situation.

But if the Lakers play to the level that they are capable of, they should be good to go. The Lakers are easily of the favorites to win the title this season. If anything else, they should easily be able to get to the Finals. That was not so easy in the first game of round one. The Lakers lost to the Portland Train Blazers in shocking fashion.

Jared Dudley, one of the Lakers veterans, talked about how the Lakers can go one to beat the Houston rockets.

Jared Dudley Breaks Down Exactly How Lakers Plan to Defeat Rockets

“Who’s going to enforce their style more? They want that (small-ball/historically three-point heavy) style to go against us and our size is our advantage,” Dudley said.

“So it’s literally, ‘Who can enforce their will?’ And so for us, it first starts with (Rockets star James) Harden. Keep him off the free throw line. We know he’s gonna get 25, 30 points per game, but what’s the percentages going to be? And what’s the free throw attempts?

“That’s so crucial for him. (Rockets co-star) Russ (Westbrook) hasn’t found his stride, and we don’t want him to find his stride, so how can we limit his two-point field goals and fastbreaks. But the real key to them, to be honest with you, is their role players: (Robert) Covington, and Eric Gordon.

“They won ‘em the series. And P.J. Tucker doesn’t get enough credit, with all the little stuff he does as the defensive coordinator to the screening off ball and stuff like that, so we know they’re going to play eight guys. Can we wear them down, and get them in foul trouble.”

It sounds like the Lakers have a pretty good plan to beat the Rockets. What do you think about what Dudley had to say?