{"id":4191,"date":"2023-05-17T08:30:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2023-05-17T04:15:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:15:08","slug":"max-christie-stays-late-game-1-loss-nuggets-get-shots-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=4191","title":{"rendered":"Max Christie stays late after Game 1 loss to Nuggets to get shots up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Max Christie and D&#8217;Angelo Russell were the last ones on the floor on Tuesday night, getting shots up after a loss.<\/h2>\n<p>Game 1 didn&#8217;t exactly go the way the Lakers wanted on Tuesday night as the Nuggets topped Los Angeles despite a furious comeback in the fourth quarter, 132-126.<\/p>\n<p>The loss was tough but it felt like the Lakers conjured up some momentum late that could carry over into Game 2. But a couple of players weren&#8217;t content with the way things went and they stayed late to get some shots up following the loss.<\/p>\n<p>One of those players was former Michigan State star, Max Christie.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">D\u2019Angelo Russell and Max Christie came back out and got shots up following the Lakers\u2019 Game 1 loss. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wWT167fBuX\">pic.twitter.com\/wWT167fBuX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1658698407421018112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Christie didn&#8217;t play in the loss to the Nuggets in Game 1 and has played minimally during these playoffs, but it&#8217;s refreshing to see that he&#8217;s getting work in just in case his number gets called. He won&#8217;t have a role in this year&#8217;s playoffs for the Lakers, but if he continues to grow and show this kind of work ethic, he could have a sophomore breakout season a la Austin Reaves.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an interesting rookie year for Christie with the Lakers, going from second-round draft pick last summer to end-of-the-bench player to G-League player to <a href=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/max-christie-regarded-as-untouchable-in-lakers-trade-talks\/\">&#8220;untouchable&#8221; prospect<\/a> during trade time. He&#8217;s now considered one of the bigger pieces for the future of the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing him go out with D&#8217;Angelo Russell and get some shots up after everyone else has left the court and the arena is empty is impressive. He&#8217;s clearly showing that he wants to get better.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t count on a lot of playing time for Christie in this series, however, as the Nuggets and Lakers are likely to play each other closely throughout. I could see this series going seven games.<\/p>\n<p>A big offseason is approaching for the rookie from Michigan State. A larger role could be on the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Christie is grinding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[266,190,189],"class_list":["post-4191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pro-spartans","tag-max-christie","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}