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Can the Lakers upset the Nuggets? | NBA | SPEAK



Can the Lakers upset the Nuggets? | NBA | SPEAK

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans and will face off against the Denver Nuggets in the NBA playoffs. Nikola Jokic said that the Lakers are one of their toughest matchups. Emmanuel Acho, Joy Taylor, James Jones, and Ric Bucher discuss if this is true, and if we can expect at the Lakers to upset the Nuggets.

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37 Comments

  1. The Lakers-Nuggets matchup that started on April 21 has not started yet, but the pressure of the game is already suffocating me.

  2. 4Q battles will come down to coaching and LBJ taking that part over. His podcast w JJ was the prelude of what’s to come. Player/Coach on the court.

  3. you know what team is also rested? what team is also better than last year? what team is also playing their best basketball of the year? you know who…

  4. Funny Acho, as usual, is talking out of his a.., The Lakers were close in each game of the series last year with Bron doing everything and exhausted. He barely had a supporting cast. Now they are winning without Bron and he is not doing it all!!! This is going to be a great series. Sleep if you want to!

  5. The pressure for the media to be pro Lakers is tiring and gross. Hats off to Acho for not playing along. Nobody mentioned MPJ, who has the potential to Scotch them if he gets a hot hand.

  6. If the Nuggets don't shoot many 3's but they are the 2nd seed by small margins….. that should tell you how efficient they are in the paint. Nuggets in 5

  7. As laker fan, I still think its nuggets in 6, but this series may change quick . Last season, Beasley, Brown, Vando could not contribute much or anything on offense vs Nuggets. And even Schroder could not even stay in front of Murray having played good defense vs Grizzlies and Warriors. Gabe can do that to make things a bit difficult in transition as well.

    Look at the 3pt % of lakers players who are in rotation this season. Joy is right. Its vastly different from last season offensively.

    Bron- 41% (2.1/5.1)
    DLo- 41.5%(3/7.2)
    Rui – 42% (1.4/3.4)
    Reaves – 37% (1.9/5.1)
    Prince – 40% (1.8/4.6)
    Dinwiddie – 39% (1.3/3.2)

    Even Max Christie is at 36% on low 3pa.

    Lets look at nuggets (6 or 8 man rotation including Jackson and Holiday) who take low 3pa because the secret is points in paint and rebounding.

    Jokic – 36%
    Murray – 42%
    KCP – 40%
    Porter – 39%
    Gordon – 29%
    Jackson – 36%
    Braun – 38%

    Defensively, this is not the same team as last yr Nuggets with Brown and Green supporting starting lineup so effectively. This Nuggets bench is a bit doubtful tbh. Is Jackson, Braun and bench going to be as effective as their last playoff. That core has to do some heavy-duty work . Thats where this series could shift if even one of them dont play up as expected. I am not saying will, it could.

  8. this is a different lakers team. If nuggets sleep lakers can shoot them out of the building. Lakers have shooting and depth on th wing now. WIth Dinwiddie and vincent plus dlo, reaves and hachimura shooting. nuggets will have a hard time

  9. The only thing the Nuggets will be upset about is having to play 4 more games against the Lakers this year 😂

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