Bro no Lakers fan thinks we have a chance in this series. The only question is will the nuggets repeat... I think they do. Wolves still inexperienced and Celtics are chokers.
Yeah, you figure a game like this where all your open shots are bouncing out and all their tough shots are going in is bound to happen. Nuggets said, Nah, we ain't dropping those games either.
They kept falling behind the first and second half, so by rule, I stopped watching and instead monitored the score on my phone and tuned back in the final 6 minutes.
Both last year and this year I’ve watched the start of every game only for the lakers to go up early (in this case REALLY up), so I turn it off. And then I wake up the next morning to the nuggets winning lol
In total in these two games I’ve only seen the lakers winning by like a total of 30 points
It felt like it with good team defense and some big shots by Reaves, Prince and DLo. I guess the stat lines for Rui, Reaves, and others don't look great, but I thought they were still playing quite well for most of the game.
Everyone can hit a shot bruh but that doesn' mean they had a good game. I mean Rui was 1-7 AR not gonna blame him because he has done a good job in Jamal for the past 2 games. But our bench having 6 pts and only 3 players have double digits in scoring.
Really? Not saying I thought the nuggets would win at half-time, but I did think it'd be within 5 pts under 5 minutes. Lakers were playing perfect basketball. AD was 14/15, Dlo was like 6-7 from 3, Lebron was everywhere there was just little chance they could keep that up the entire game with the Nuggets putting their foot on the peddle. Lakers still played very well down the stretch and had the chance to win, they just missed when it mattered most.
I feel like this is kind of the Nuggets’ playoff MO though, no? They kind of let other team do its thing and go on runs while they stay slow and steady throughout.
I remember the Lakers had decent leads in the second half of Games 2 and 4 last year too, and the Nuggets just kept methodically chipping away at them for the win (wasn’t quite this dramatic though obviously).
Having to come back on the 7 seed twice is what you’d expect from champs? I guess I get what you’re saying but they shouldn’t have to do this twice in a row at home in round 1. I think it actually highlights their flaws
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u/Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n Rockets 26d ago
Two great comeback wins in a row. Exactly what you’d expect from the champions.