Lou Williams: Having no fans will make players 'create energy for themselves'
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00:00 In the NBA bubble, home court is not a thing. There are no fans, there's no traveling, there's no advantages.
00:06 What it may come down to is how energetic a team's bench can get. Lou Williams seems to think so.
00:13 When he was asked what it was like to play in an empty arena on Wednesday against the Lord of Magic,
00:17 his immediate reaction was that it was interesting.
00:19 What was most interesting to Lou was that players had to create their own energy in the arena and being on the bench became a second
00:25 job of sorts, saying, "We had some fun creating energy for ourselves on the bench and being able to talk things out on the floor.
00:31 It forces you as a team to be involved through and through from the coaching staff to the guys on the floor to players on the bench.
00:37 Players have to learn how to adapt to playing in an empty arena in this new situation, this new kind of scenery.
00:42 There will be competitive advantages for sure, and fans will see them evolve over time.
00:46 Those advantages will start from the bench and become the ultimate catalyst." Williams agrees with that, saying, "It will force
00:53 everybody to create energy for themselves, to be on the same page, and just create some momentum for yourselves as well."
00:57 Looking at teams with the most enthusiastic benches, it seems like LA have clear advantage here.
01:02 The team with Patrick Beverley, Montrezl Harrell, Joaquin Menoa, and Marcus Morris is going to get wild.
01:06 Opposing team benches probably what they hear across the court.
01:09 So we may not know how this competitive advantage will evolve over time,
01:13 but it'll certainly be an entertaining factor to keep an eye on during these scrimmages and seeding games.