The NBA playoffs are in full swing. The Los Angeles Lakers have beaten the Golden State Warriors in the first game of the series. Anthony Davis came up big time as he scored 30 points and pulled down 23 rebounds. LeBron James added 22 points to the Lakers’ tally. Davis’s phenomenal performance lead the host of NBA on TNT to heap massive praise on the Lakers center.

Stephen Curry‘s 27-point performance was not enough for the Golden State to get past the Lakers. Anthony Davis has been phenomenal in the past few playoff games for the Los Angeles Lakers. He will look to continue his sublime form in the remaining games and do some great damage to the Golden State Warriors.

Charles Barkley praises AD

Many basketball supporters were left awestruck after Davis’s performance last night. Former NBA MVP Charles Barkley couldn’t help but laud Davis on his performance.

On getting asked what the Warriors could have done to limit the damage by Davis he replied, “There’s nothing they can do about it. Looney’s is too slow on foot. Draymond’s too little. It’s gonna come down to can Golden State make enough threes to offset it. Looney is a good player,?but he’s got no foot speed trying to guard AD. And Draymond’s too little. He’s going to get it if he’s motivated. He’s gonna get this every game if he’s motivated. He ain’t gonna shrink. Looney’s not gonna get faster.”

According to Barkley, there’s not much that the Golden State can do to stop Anthony Davis. The Warriors do not have the personnel to defend against the threat posed by Davis. According to the host of NBA on TNT Kevin Looney is not fast enough to stop AD from reaching the basket and he has doubts about Draymond Green’s physical stature. A few weeks ago, Charles Barkley was in the news for doubting Anthony Davis’s ability to come up big against the Warriors.

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Barkley doubted AD’s ability to dominate

Before the series against the Golden State began Charles Barkley was not sold on Anthony Davis to be consistent for the course of four games to win the series. He said, “I can’t trust that dude. Can Anthony Davis dominate for four games? I think he has a huge advantage. I do. I don’t think they (Golden State Warriors) have anybody that can guard him. But he’s so inconsistent.”

Anthony Davis made Charles eat his words after his performance in game 1. It’ll be interesting to see how Davis fares against the Warriors in the rest of the series.

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