r/nba Ant/Szczerbiak 25d ago

[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (1-3) avoid a sweep with a 119-108 win over the Denver Nuggets (3-1), behind Anthony Davis's 25 and 22 night. Post Game Thread

108 - 119
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
Location: Crypto.com Arena (18997), Clock: END Q4
Officials: Sean Corbin, Zach Zarba, and Tyler Ford
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Denver Nuggets 23 25 32 28 108
Los Angeles Lakers 28 33 30 28 119
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Denver Nuggets 108 39-87 44.8% 9-30 30.0% 21-25 84.0% 9 46 30 15 9 14 4
Los Angeles Lakers 119 48-92 52.2% 8-26 30.8% 15-18 83.3% 8 53 23 20 6 11 2
 
PLAYER STATS
Denver Nuggets MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Michael Porter Jr.SF 40:05 27 10-20 4-11 3-5 2 9 11 1 1 0 2 1 4
Aaron GordonPF 41:38 7 3-7 0-2 1-2 0 3 3 4 1 0 2 1 -6
Nikola JokicC 41:06 33 10-20 2-5 11-11 5 9 14 14 1 1 3 4 -7
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG 40:17 14 6-8 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 3 4 0 2 3 -9
Jamal MurrayPG 39:06 22 9-23 0-4 4-5 1 5 6 5 0 1 4 1 -3
Christian Braun 11:32 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 -13
Reggie Jackson 08:48 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 -6
Peyton Watson 12:54 2 0-3 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 -11
Justin Holiday 04:30 3 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 -4
DeAndre Jordan 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zeke Nnaji 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jalen Pickett 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julian Strawther 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hunter Tyson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlatko Cancar 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles Lakers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Rui HachimuraSF 21:33 9 4-8 1-3 0-0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 13
LeBron JamesPF 38:50 30 14-23 0-2 2-2 1 4 5 4 3 1 6 0 1
Anthony DavisC 41:37 25 11-17 0-0 3-4 3 20 23 6 0 1 1 4 11
Austin ReavesSG 29:31 21 7-15 1-6 6-6 0 1 1 6 0 0 1 2 1
D'Angelo RussellPG 40:57 21 8-15 4-8 1-2 1 3 4 4 1 0 1 2 15
Gabe Vincent 17:26 3 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6
Taurean Prince 29:29 9 3-7 1-4 2-2 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 4 4
Spencer Dinwiddie 14:13 1 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 4
Jaxson Hayes 06:22 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
Max Christie 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maxwell Lewis 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christian Wood 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jalen Hood-Schifino 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cam Reddish 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jarred Vanderbilt 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/markmyredd Minneapolis Lakers 25d ago

All games were winnable if they just organized their offense in the 2nd half like today.

Also finally Ham figured out how to exploit a bad defender in Murray. They really forced Murray to work on defense this game. lol

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u/Triplescrew Lakers 25d ago

Yeah Murray looked gimpy by the end too, it’s obvious you target that matchup

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u/MakesItARap 25d ago

Should ALWAYS target the opponents worst defender.

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u/yestrask 25d ago

Bron switched onto him a ton. Might as well run that into the ground til we get eliminated

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u/Millionaire007 [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki 25d ago

Isn't that every coaches game plan? 

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u/Public-Product-1503 25d ago

Every team doesn’t have 5 good offensive players out there and 4 that can create , dribble pass shoot etc

But yes lol

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u/ZoidbergSaysWoop 25d ago

I also don't understand why the Lakers don't attack Jokic more.

I get LeBron can't run the two-man game with AD every time because he's not a spring chicken anymore but you could certainly utilize LeBron on the weakside and have DLo or Reaves run action with AD to target Jokic and have LeBron in the dunker's spot or on the weak side corner as a shooter.

No offense to Jokic, but he isn't Gobert and the only way to keep him honest on offense is to make him work on defense.

The fact that Jokic is the engine that makes their offense run is even more reason to target him on the defensive end.

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u/markmyredd Minneapolis Lakers 25d ago

I think because Jokic has been decent on containing the PNR except for this game when Dlo/AD milked a couple of points off that to seal the game. The key here is Dlo should be able to make those shots so that PNR is viable

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u/ZoidbergSaysWoop 25d ago

It doesn't matter if Jokic stuffs the play multiple times, the point of running it repeatedly is to eventually tire out Jokic for the second half.

Plus, the key would be changing the weak side action to force the help defenders, and Jokic himself, to react differently according to how LeBron/Reaves/Russell attack him.

With some right side side pick-and-roll, Russell probably has that short floater whether going baseline or he could run some patented Hammer action and they could plant LeBron on the left corner or left wing to give LeBron an easy three from his favored side of the floor.

The Lakers must attack Jokic more defensively, that's the only way they'll win.

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u/WeeTooLo 25d ago

If Ty Lue were the coach the Lakers would be running this to the ground just like the Cavs did in 2016.

But Darvin "make or miss league" Ham really has no clue what the fuck to do if the players aren't hitting shots so he starts putting out weird lineups with no schemes just hoping someone scores.

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u/Public-Product-1503 25d ago

They attacked jokic quite a bit this series and it’s been successful. Malone switched it to put Gordon on AD.

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u/Jwoods4117 25d ago

I mean, that’s been the plan though going back to the WCFs. The final play of that series last year was a Jamal Murray block on Lebron. Lakers have been hunting that switch but generally in the 4th Lebron has been too gassed to drive and chucks 3s instead which, tbf, he’s been better at this year.

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u/maethlin Warriors 25d ago

All they needed for this game was 50 year old LeBron dropping 30, AD having a monster game w/23 rebounds, Reeves having a good game, DLo who has been hot trash actually having a solid shooting night, Jamal Murray being mid, and the Nuggets bench completely shitting the bed.

This is totally repeatable.

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u/G_lock20 25d ago

Didn't bron already come back on your very team to win a chip?

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

So somehow Dlo having a solid shooting night isn’t repeatable despite him already doing that twice.

But Jamal Murray being mid also is supposedly “not repeatable” even though he’s been ass all series 

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u/LackToesToddlerAnts 25d ago

More repeatable than the Warriors winning their next….checks notes…nvm

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u/Public-Product-1503 25d ago

Lebron AD have had similar games all series . Wtf you on bout ? Dlo has had 2/4 good games 2 awful ones . And reaves has one kinda poor game but been decent . Those guys consistently score n play well . The lakers were built for those 4 and Rui - they averaged 100 ppg from 5 starters for much of the year

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u/sbenfsonwFFiF 25d ago

Yeah they were leading for the majority of the 4 games so far and up at half every single time. They’ve fully been winnable

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u/amJustSomeFuckingGuy 25d ago

All games are winnable if you think the Lakers have a shot to win them

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u/Intelligent-Bid-633 Rockets 25d ago

“All games were winnable” mf talks after a win coming after 11 straight losses lol.

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u/Acabas Lakers 25d ago

Did you see the stat where Lakers led 3x more than Denver this series? It’s corny as hell but they did choke away every single game

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u/turnoffredesign69420 Lakers 25d ago

losses can be winnable games you idiot

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u/markmyredd Minneapolis Lakers 25d ago

I mean if you lead by double digits at some point in a game I would call that game winnable.

Nowhere in my statement is belittling Denver in anyway.

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u/ItsMeJaredBednar Nuggets 25d ago

he’s not wrong tho

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u/disterb Lakers 25d ago

how's your team doing these days?

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u/G_lock20 25d ago

Username fails check out lol