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Marrrcuss wrote:VanWest82 wrote:Lakers appear to have caught a big break with Denver's injuries. They should be favoured to win this one.
Where are yall getting this? KCP just had a good game the previous contest. Murray just went 13-15 3 days ago.
Richard Miller wrote:dockingsched wrote:Richard Miller wrote:Nuggets will be without both Murray and KCP it seems
Lakers are still without Wood, Vincent, and two-way Castleton so evens out.
Can't tell if serious
ChipotleWest wrote:It's not really make or break time, they'll be a play in team. They're not dropping to #11 and they're not getting to #6, so play in.
dockingsched wrote:Richard Miller wrote:Nuggets will be without both Murray and KCP it seems
Lakers are still without Wood, Vincent, and two-way Castleton so evens out.
Magic#1 wrote:We have won two playoff games in two years. If we decide to keep this team for the next two years, maybe it will feel like we won a series.
Marrrcuss wrote:VanWest82 wrote:Lakers appear to have caught a big break with Denver's injuries. They should be favoured to win this one.
Where are yall getting this? KCP just had a good game the previous contest. Murray just went 13-15 3 days ago.
ChipotleWest wrote:It's not really make or break time, they'll be a play in team. They're not dropping to #11 and they're not getting to #6, so play in.
Michael Jordan wrote:Sometimes I wish I could be my teammates looking at that
defense. It must be nice. But it isn't nice for me.
dWadeOwnzYou wrote:As a Laker, you should take this as a moral victory. There's no shame getting beat by the champ in a very close game up to the 2 min mark.
Marrrcuss wrote:I mean, i am a lebron/laker stan so no, i dont think MPJ will be perfect every game. I do know lebron was on one foot for half of the Denver losses so I still have hope, lol
cupcakesnake wrote:Marrrcuss wrote:I mean, i am a lebron/laker stan so no, i dont think MPJ will be perfect every game. I do know lebron was on one foot for half of the Denver losses so I still have hope, lol
I think the Lakers have consistently demonstrated they can play well against the Nuggets, play them tight, and put themselves in a position to win the game in the 4th quarter.
What's been just as consistent is the Nuggets ability to buckle down and finish the Lakers off. When the game gets really tight, the Nuggets are so much better offensively and more consistent on defense. I find every Lakers/Nuggets game I've watched since the playoffs, I feel like: well the Lakers can get this one if they have some great shooting luck! The Nuggets don't need the shooting luck as much. They have sound strategic advantages over the Lakers that they can depend on every time the game is close. The Lakers need something wild to happen, the Nuggets don't.
There's no point in saying one-game reactions like "i don't think MPJ will be perfect every game". He hasn't been perfect every game and the Nuggets have now beat the Lakers a whopping 8 times in a row. It's time to stop talking about this matchup like there's anything good to be taken away from a Lakers perspective. Accept that Denver owns you until further notice.
Marrrcuss wrote:cupcakesnake wrote:Marrrcuss wrote:I mean, i am a lebron/laker stan so no, i dont think MPJ will be perfect every game. I do know lebron was on one foot for half of the Denver losses so I still have hope, lol
I think the Lakers have consistently demonstrated they can play well against the Nuggets, play them tight, and put themselves in a position to win the game in the 4th quarter.
What's been just as consistent is the Nuggets ability to buckle down and finish the Lakers off. When the game gets really tight, the Nuggets are so much better offensively and more consistent on defense. I find every Lakers/Nuggets game I've watched since the playoffs, I feel like: well the Lakers can get this one if they have some great shooting luck! The Nuggets don't need the shooting luck as much. They have sound strategic advantages over the Lakers that they can depend on every time the game is close. The Lakers need something wild to happen, the Nuggets don't.
There's no point in saying one-game reactions like "i don't think MPJ will be perfect every game". He hasn't been perfect every game and the Nuggets have now beat the Lakers a whopping 8 times in a row. It's time to stop talking about this matchup like there's anything good to be taken away from a Lakers perspective. Accept that Denver owns you until further notice.
If ALL i wrote was abput MPJ, your post would make perfect sense but i mentioned lebron being no one foot for AT LEAST 4 of those losses. I know yall want to strip ever ounce of hope but it wont happen, lol. I read this board enough to see the emotional ties to lebron/lakers not winning. AGain, all the games have been close and the lakers havent been healthy in 90% while Denver has been. My hope is still there dawg, lol.
