Silver Screen and Roll · Apr 16, 2023
Desmond Bane doesn’t think Rui Hachimura can do that again
Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty ImagesRui Hachimura exploded off the bench in Game 1 of Lakers vs. Grizzlies, scoring a playoff career-high 29 points to team with Austin Reaves and Anthony Davis to power Los Angeles to a decisive victory to open the series in Memphis, often while being disregarded and played off of by Grizz defenders.
Now, in the postseason you pretty much have to be willing give up something, and the Grizzlies chose to live by the Rui, die by the Rui and Game 1. He killed them, but there is little shame in that when you’re doing it to prevent LeBron James and Anthony Davis from going off. Sometimes you just get beat, and most teams would simply tip their hats.
