After losing the third game, the defending champions have found themselves on the brink of a cliff.
The core Lakers players, led by Kobe, are well aware...
If they can't win the upcoming fourth game, they will not only fall behind in a 1-3 series score, but staging a comeback against the Warriors in the remaining games would be nothing short of wishful thinking.
Refusing to sit idly by, Kobe, along with his teammates, practiced extra three-point shots during the lead-up to the fourth game.
This was a suggestion by Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw.
In the first three games, besides heavily double-teaming Kobe, to avoid Curry and Nash getting blown out, the Warriors primarily used zone defense as their strategy.
Thus, in Shaw's view, only by shooting more accurately can the Lakers further improve their offensive efficiency on the court and punish the Warriors' zone defense.
