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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**23**|**25**|**32**|**28**|**108**|[](/DEN)|
**LAL**|**28**|**33**|**30**|**28**|**119**|[](/LAL)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**39-87 (44.8)**|**9-30 (30.0)**|**21-25 (84.0)**|**9**|**40**|**30**|**14**|**9**|**4**|**15**|**108**|
[](/LAL)**LAL**|**48-92 (52.2)**|**8-26 (30.8)**|**15-18 (83.3)**|**8**|**46**|**23**|**11**|**6**|**2**|**20**|**119**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|40:06|10-20 (50.0)|4-11 (36.4)|3-5 (60.0)|2|11|1|2|1|0|1|27|+4|
A. Gordon^^PF|41:38|3-7 (42.9)|0-2 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|3|4|2|1|0|1|7|-6|
N. Jokic^^C|41:06|10-20 (50.0)|2-5 (40.0)|11-11 (100.0)|5|14|14|3|1|1|4|33|-7|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|40:18|6-8 (75.0)|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|3|2|4|0|3|14|-9|
J. Murray^^PG|39:06|9-23 (39.1)|0-4 (0.0)|4-5 (80.0)|1|6|5|4|0|1|1|22|-3|
C. Braun|11:32|0-2 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|1|0|0|0|1|0|-13|
R. Jackson|8:49|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|2|0|0|0|2|0|-6|
P. Watson|12:55|0-3 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|0|0|1|0|2|1|2|-11|
J. Holiday|4:30|1-3 (33.3)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|2|0|1|3|-4|
**Totals**||**39-87 (44.8)**|**9-30 (30.0)**|**21-25 (84.0)**|**9**|**40**|**30**|**14**|**9**|**4**|**15**|**108**||
**DNP:** ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Julian Strawther***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***
**[](/LAL)LAL**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
R. Hachimura^^SF|21:33|4-8 (50.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|2|4|1|0|0|0|3|9|+13|
L. James^^PF|38:50|14-23 (60.9)|0-2 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|5|4|6|3|1|0|30|+1|
A. Davis^^C|41:38|11-17 (64.7)|0-0 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|3|23|6|1|0|1|4|25|+11|
A. Reaves^^SG|29:31|7-15 (46.7)|1-6 (16.7)|6-6 (100.0)|0|1|6|1|0|0|2|21|+1|
D. Russell^^PG|40:58|8-15 (53.3)|4-8 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|4|4|1|1|0|2|21|+15|
G. Vincent|17:26|1-4 (25.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|1|1|0|1|3|+6|
T. Prince|29:29|3-7 (42.9)|1-4 (25.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|3|1|1|1|0|4|9|+4|
S. Dinwiddie|14:13|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|2|0|0|0|0|3|1|+4|
J. Hayes|6:22|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|
**Totals**||**48-92 (52.2)**|**8-26 (30.8)**|**15-18 (83.3)**|**8**|**46**|**23**|**11**|**6**|**2**|**20**|**119**||
**DNP:** ***Max Christie***, ***Maxwell Lewis***, ***Christian Wood***
**Inactive:** ***Jalen Hood-Schifino***, ***Cam Reddish***, ***Jarred Vanderbilt***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|52|5|12|0|5|14|12|[](/DEN)|
**LAL**|72|14|8|19|13|12|13|[](/LAL)|
**Lead Changes: 0** | **Times Tied: 4** | **Gametime: 2:20** | **Attendance: 18997**
*Officials: Sean Corbin, Zach Zarba, Tyler Ford*
by BigHoneyBot
49 Comments
If Jamal is hurt, then they aren’t beating Minnesota. It’s as simple as that. Shit they could even lose this series
im not worried and also have been so fucking annoyed by this team this series lol. Why we’re allergic to just straight burying teams that we know we could is beyond me
Only reason I wanted to sweep the Lakers is because I am sick of them and these wild takes from the media and their fans. Let’s close it out at home and hopefully Mal shows up. Also, the team needs to play with urgency and not treat this as a regular season game.
The weirdest thing for me is Holiday coming in and his shot profile and playstyle just changing completely.
Dude has never been a player that just jacks up 3s, and he’s a 30% career 3pt shooter.
All things considered, I am optimistic. I’m also trashed. But I feel good
I’m so afraid of the timber dog bro
minny beating us in 5 lol
GG deserved loss with that level of defense. Like Malone said no urgency at all. We definitely take this series but getting out this slow is terrible going into any future series, especially versus a team like the Timberwolves that can build leads before the 4th
jamal needs to wake up, twolves have ant, mcdaniels, and naw to throw at him theyre all great defenders so its worrying he js struggling vs the lakers
Jokic averaging a 29-15-10 triple double on 69%ts im leaving here with something
This team ain’t beating Minnesota.
Lakers in 7 is trending on Twitter now…stay off Twitter fellas. Gonna be a long next couple of days
It’s my fault. I bet Nuggs money line at half. 3-1!
Wolves are going to be full of themselves after we rest and have home court advantage. It was nice of the nuggets to give the Lakers a win.
Nuggets need to demonstrate in game 5 that they can take control early, and hold it.
DNVR, which is an awesome watch, said that they want the nuggets to be the clutch-est team of all time. They think that’s the best. To me and many others, dominating is the best thing. Domination is what leads to championships, not being clutch all the time
We’ve lost the last 2 playoff games I didn’t watch at home. Chat is this my fault?
They’ve played so bad. Could e lost all four
Am I the only one not worried about Timberdoggies? They still have Rudy on that team and he will continue to be Rudy.
Typical game 3 letdown
I’m saving receipts from this thread. You all need to have some confidence in this team that has always exceeded our expectations and rises to the occasion.
Is Jamal actually injured or what
Nugs drop 1 game instead of beating a team with LBJ and AD 12 times in a row and suddenly we’re getting bounced in 5 next round. Y’all are trash.
We are worse than last season just on the basis that we are not sweeping a weaker Lakers team.
Bad defensive efort. I think they will be better in Denver. This loss is for that game 2 miracle. Tonight they didn’t make that kind of effort and sold the game. It is what it is.
Hopefully this is just a simple wake up call and this gives one more game for Murray to figure it out lol everything is going according to plan 🧘♂️
Wow! I really can’t believe this one was on Malone!
I need Christian Braun to get way more minutes than Holiday.
I need Jokic to stop being so afraid to foul that he gives no resistance to anyone taking the ball inside.
I need Jamal Murray to score.
I need Reggie Jackson to act like a pro basketball player.
I need Aaron Gordon to stop shooting threes.
Wwll I get to see Bron lose one more time before he retires…nice
The offensive effort was horrid, Jokic needed to take control of the game in the 3rd and slow the game down. Everyone except Jokic and MPJ look like they were running with her heads off
Great, now you got laker fans yapping about some “lakers in 7”🤮the lakers are going home Monday night
Our offseason were all misses.
All draft picks didn’t pan out.
Reggie and Holiday were misses.
Just needed one contributor.
Meanwhile Minnesota get to re-sign Reid and NAW for free because teams are offering Bruce Brown 20M.
It’s all over bros. Might as well forfeit.
That was gross. Get back to JOKIC on the block
Not to be a doomer, but really an 0-3 comeback is easier to do than the record says (i think it’s like 0-150 never been done in history of NBA), although ofc still hard.
Lakers only need to win game 5 that’s the hardest game since it’s away. Then from there the Nuggets are doomed with all the pressure on them.
Game 6 Lakers can ride their crowd and win it easily with role players stepping up like awhile ago.
Then game 7 is always a toss up.
It almost happened last year Celtics-Heat if Tatum didnt roll his ankle
Yall realize they threw this game to fill ball arena on monday right
Uninspired basketball. Yet w all the Lebron, AD, Austin, DLO stat line chatter, Jokic yawned through a triple double. Bring the noise Monday.
we doomin’? Am I too late?
Well y’all, the Nuggets lackluster shooting finally caught up with them in this one.
They’ll be fine. There were NUMEROUS bunnies missed. Jamal missed several layups and Jokic didn’t shoot his normal Jokic self.
Glory to the Lord most high. May his will be done
We will be fine
https://preview.redd.it/emyki3jr45xc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=d773c19e09c1d2bde4294eace060ca8c2a72a69b
The nuggets need to stop opening these games like their regular season games. Shits annoying
This is not looking like a championship team even if Monday closes it out. I don’t see this performance flying against any other team in the west, Mavs/Wolves, moving forward, this team looked like the pelicans tonight straight up.
All because I didn’t get Panda Express today smh
I’m not worried about this series, because I think the Nuggets are simply too good of a basketball team to lose 4 in a row against the Lakers. But I will say this: It bothers me that LA has managed to build a 10-20 point lead in every single one of these games.
Late game execution and all world composure not withstanding – the fact still remains that in order to find yourself down by 15 points, that means you’ve spent a measurable amount of time in that game getting your ass kicked. Yes, we’re a better team in nearly every metric. Yes, we close out games much better than LA does. And yes we had an 11 game streak going against them, and not by luck. But the truth is, in spite of those things, they’ve spent an uncomfortable amount of time in this series pummeling the fuck out of us. And that shit needs to come to a stop. Quickly.
Gentlemen, it with great displeasure to inform you that Denver Nuggets have lost one basketball game
Some disrespect could be good for this team. Maybe if we start doubting them, they’ll play harder. Looks like they may have lost that chip on their shoulder.