Lakers ahead of schedule in chemistry-building process
(WorldNews Sport)

LOS ANGELES - A stat sheet can only say so much. There´s something more that seeing a threaded no-look pass on Sunday night from Alex Caruso to Anthony Davis can tell you. The second-quarter play required so much to go correctly, from Caruso´s glance and fake to the corner, to his delicately threaded pass over Josh Okogie, to Davis actually being able to react quickly enough for the catch then turn toward the hoop for the finger roll. It´s a rush of decisions in a split-second, with plenty of margin for error in a fast-break possession. As he orchestrated the play, Caruso said, he could see the defense starting to hedge toward an open Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the corner to his left. `I...