2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN WINS 4-1)
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
Good win for the Lakers. I don't think anyone felt like they could win tonight. The game seemed like a formality.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row and nobody beats LeBron James 11 times in a row.
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Man, the countless sweep memes featuring LeBron I saw all over the net the last couple of days. The parade will have to wait 1 more game, MJ/Kobe fans. Disappointing night for you guys.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
SweetTouch wrote:Nuggets game plan is to hack Lbj every drive to the basket
He shot 2 fts tonight
Two games in a row they’re letting everything go, but called two soft fouls for him on passes. He’s clearly frustrated about the inconsistency of his calls and what’s a foul
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
Denver's next game plan should be to stop getting down by 10+ points. Lakers have zero pressure, they are counted out. It's just playing the game now for them.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
Murray has quietly been garbage this series. I can definitely see LAL extending this series to 6 or even 7. Especially when AD is playing at this level on offense
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mademan wrote:Raps in 4 wrote:Denver could easily have been swept this series. They're lucky to be up 3-1.
I dunno about swept but this series should be 2-2
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-0)
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By far the most unbelievable series in sports history
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
Jokic: 33/14/14 on 10/20 from the field, 2/5 from 3, 11/11 FTs
The rest of Denver's roster (save for MPJ and KCP) need to take a long look in the mirror and ask themselves if they're playing truly intelligent basketball because right now some incredible performances by Jokic are being ruined by the bums (Murray/AG/Jackson/Braun).
The rest of Denver's roster (save for MPJ and KCP) need to take a long look in the mirror and ask themselves if they're playing truly intelligent basketball because right now some incredible performances by Jokic are being ruined by the bums (Murray/AG/Jackson/Braun).
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- he averages 22ppg on 49% TS in 9 elimination games
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
KyRo23 wrote:SweetTouch wrote:Nuggets game plan is to hack Lbj every drive to the basket
He shot 2 fts tonight
Two games in a row they’re letting everything go, but called two soft fouls for him on passes. He’s clearly frustrated about the inconsistency of his calls and what’s a foul
If you breathe on Jokic it’s a foul
He shot 11 fts tonight
Stop being so disrespectful.
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Marvin Martian wrote:Murray has quietly been garbage this series. I can definitely see LAL extending this series to 6 or even 7. Especially when AD is playing at this level on offense
Quietly? **** has looked pretty obvious to me. His heroics in game 2 are saving him from public scrutiny.
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KyRo23 wrote:Mk0 wrote:This is just delaying the inevitable. I'd rather the Suns and Lakers get swept so we can get onto the Denver/Minny showdown.
But maybe we get some sweet Jokic highlights in game 5.
I don’t think it elongates the series time if they sweep though. I think they said it would be a week off if they won tonight
I coulda sworn I heard them say that it would start earlier if they both swept, but maybe that was like a 1 day difference. Like they have a Friday night start to the series instead of Saturday night/Sunday morning situation.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
At least we didnt get swept. Let's see if we can get another win on the road. Those 2 games were certainly close.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
Marvin Martian wrote:Murray has quietly been garbage this series. I can definitely see LAL extending this series to 6 or even 7. Especially when AD is playing at this level on offense
Murray going God mode in the clutch in Game 2 is still the sole reason this isn't a 2-2 series.
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Mk0 wrote:KyRo23 wrote:Mk0 wrote:This is just delaying the inevitable. I'd rather the Suns and Lakers get swept so we can get onto the Denver/Minny showdown.
But maybe we get some sweet Jokic highlights in game 5.
I don’t think it elongates the series time if they sweep though. I think they said it would be a week off if they won tonight
I coulda sworn I heard them say that it would start earlier if they both swept, but maybe that was like a 1 day difference. Like they have a Friday night start to the series instead of Saturday night/Sunday morning situation.
Yeah probably a day difference. You can’t start another series too far from the other series endings
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
Series would be tied 2-2 if the Lakers had a real coach
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
Denver is going to win Game 5. We all know this. But I think the Lakers believe they can win.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-1)
Denver's problem is lack of aggression... felt like every game Lakers were the aggressor, Nuggets cashed in some laspses of lakers' energy and stolen at least one game... if Denver still plays like this in game 5, i don't see they can go all the way this year
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