2023-05-20 15:56:00
The Lakers return empty-handed from Colorado. They have not won a win on the Nuggets floor and are now down 2-0. Nikola Jokic and his troop arrive full of confidence at the Crypto.com Arena and are ready to finish the job at 90% tonight (2:30 a.m.) by pocketing a third victory in a row.
At the end of Game 2 where Jamal Murray had decided to take the series on his own, LeBron James took the time to express his feelings about the start of the series where everyone already sees LA eliminated after two defeats in a row. “It’s not the NCAA tournament, it’s the first four-win team,” and not just one like in college basketball. It is also normal to go home fallen to 0-2 in postseasonespecially against Denver, which has still not lost a home game in these 2023 Playoffs. The audience at the Ball Arena wear Nikola Jokic and his men, but the audience at the disastrous Staples Center also wears the King and his soldiers. They also haven’t lost at home since the end of the regular season. So for this Game 3, as Mr. James says, we will have to improve like in Game 2 to be able to overthrow the Nuggets.
“This is not the NCAA tournament. It’s the first team to 4 wins… If we can get better from Game 2 like we did tonight to Game 3, then we’ll put ourselves in a position to do that.”
LeBron James on the Lakers being in an 0-2 hole vs. the Nuggetspic.twitter.com/jAV0dzGJnr
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) May 19, 2023
Tonight, getting back into a position to beat the Nuggets is more than necessary, because otherwise it will be a nice 3-0 for the band of the double Serbian MVP. And 0-3 in the Playoffs… no one has ever overcome this huge gap. If this scenario were to happen, we would have to win four games in a row. In other words, beat a confident team that’s just waiting for the fourth win to finally reach for the NBA title. And that also means the Lakers have to win three games on the small chicken parts floor, still undefeated at home. If the Nuggets win tonight, the fate will be almost irreversible for the Lakers, and some will already start booking their hotel for Cancun. On the other hand, if the Lakers win, they will allow fans to dream of a comeback, and it is not the King James who will be against winning his 42nd career Playoff series.
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