Jared Dudley Reveals How Lakers Truly Felt After Losing Game 1 to Blazers

Jared Dudley has now talked about how the Los Angeles Lakers felt after losing game 1 versus the Portland Trail Blazers. Many people around the NBA world thought that the Lakers were very much in trouble after losing the first game. However, they were able to come back in a big way. After the game 1 loss, the Lakers won 4 in a row.

But there might be a reason for that. Jared Dudley talked about how the Lakers team felt after losing the game one. Apparently, it was not great as you could imagine.

Dudley had an interview with Michael Pina where he was asked about this.

Jared Dudley Reveals How Lakers Truly Felt After Losing Game 1 to Blazers

Pina asked “What was the mood of the team when the Lakers went down 0-1 against the Blazers? Any concerns at all?”

“No, because if you saw what happened we had so many wide open shots that we missed. It wasn’t like they had good defense. We were wide open. We shot bad from the field, three-point line, and free-throw line. They shot a crazy amount of free throws and we still had a chance to win. That’s not happening four times. We’re not shooting that bad again. Plus, their depth—their minutes were so high.”

He continued on this.

“For us it was, let’s just take away the easy threes, the fouls off three pointers, and make these role players have to make shots, and they’re not gonna make enough twos to beat us. And that’s what ended up happening. So there was no panic. It was about being more disciplined with what we had to do. Everyone was cool, calm, collected. Nobody was losing sleep. We knew what had to be done.”

Now, the Lakers are waiting for the winner of the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder who are going at it in game 7 tonight. It will be interesting to see how the Lakers bounce back after such a long break. Hopefully much better than the first game one. What do you think about what he had to say?