Lakers-Nuggets Predictions: Will LeBron & LA FINALLY break Denver curse vs. Jokic? | Hoops Tonight
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- Jason Timpf shares his predictions for LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the Los Angeles Lakers' matchup with Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and the Denver Nuggets. With Denver having eight straight wins over Los Angeles, including a 4-0 sweep in last season's Western Conference Finals, Jason discusses the key matchups the Lakers must win in order to turn the tide in this matchup. Later, Jason breaks down film from prior Lakers-Nuggets games and shares his series prediction.
Timeline:
00:00 - Nuggets have owned Lakers
02:48 - Difference with this year's Lakers
04:55 - LA's Offense vs. Denver Defense
11:12 - LeBron is playing "Top 3" basketball
14:04 - How AD can attack Jokic
15:06 - Keys for LA offense & Denver defense
17:59 - Denver Offense vs. LA Defense
20:00 - LeBron & AD vs. Jokic & Gordon
21:30 - Denver Offense vs. LA Defense
23:57 - Jason's Series Prediction
26:55 - Lakers-Nuggets Film Study
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Since you added comprehensive film study to your breakdowns, your analysis is head and shoulders above ESPN/FOX-anyone on the web…and it’s not even close.
Kudos and keep it up!
Love it!
You need to look a bit further imo, but he's certainly had me watching all his videos:) he's good. Especially compared to ESPN lmao they don't know Jack
Yeah it’s super high level but you gotta watch Thinking Basketball- masterclass in film study
@@desipardo1646 Yes but Jason has an advantage in that he's mixing in the personal aspect of film studies which adds quite a lot. Never once seen the guy behind Thinking Basketball
Dora the Explora could do a better job than ESPN/FOX.
@@erdnussriegelhe has watch along. Check then out
Lakers in 17
is 17 the difference in trip to the line. Because 17 games only widens the gap between them, doesn't bring the Lakers closer.
@@timknapp6388No, he means Lakers will need 17 games to win 4!
yeah 17 💍 rings & counting
@@Vajra1021 literally nobody cares about that
Was that 17 years?
I foresee Peyton Watson being a difference maker in this series. Surprised that I haven’t seen anyone call out his defense being a big difference between last years squad and this one. He’ll be extremely disruptive in the non Jokic minutes
Nuggets in five. Lakers will win one game not because Lakers played well but because nuggets made too many defensive mistakes, It will humble the Nuggets and get them to refocus and locked in and from there Lakers won’t to stand a chance.
Kinda like what happened to Miami in the finals when they won game two because nuggets made way too many defensive mistakes and the Nuggets got humbled and needed to refocus their attention. I think that’s what’s gonna happen in this Laker series, nugget to get too confident too comfortable and make too many mistakes, and then the Nuggets say “fuck that that’s not gonna happen a second time” and the Nuggets blow them out every game after that.
That is my super specific prediction of the series
this is disrespectful. nuggs in 4. the hell with mistakes, they wont make mistake. same as last year. period
I can see that happening. The Nuggets handle the Lakers in the first two games in Denver. Then the Lakers win game three and the NBA media declares the Lakers have now figured out the Nuggets. All you hear for two days is how the Lakers are now in control of the series.... and Coach Malone lights a fire under their ass, the Nuggets refocus, and smash the Lakers for a 4-1 series win.
@@arturobugarin3125 stfu, Denver will sweep the Lakers. giving the Lakers a game is so disrespectful to the Nuggs.it is what it is, Lakers aint stand a chance not a single game. period.
@@arturobugarin3125
The 7 game format is 2-2-1-1-1... no way the Lakers can beat Denver 2 games row and steal one in Denver without the refs' help.
They got the worst road record of any playoff contender in the West.
If LeBron and AD show out and play their best game, Denver wins in 5.
😂😂😂 loved it
Damn that's a third degree burn right there
Not even remotely true
Another hater😂😂😂😂😂
THEIR BEST GAMES, and THEY WIN🤡💩
The idea that Jokic didn't shoot as well this year is supported by the overall numbers but he's been smoking on his jump shots and 3's since the all star break. He does this every year. Ramps up the perimeter shooting near the end of the season and then kills it in the playoffs. He's a career 41% from 3 in the playoffs, is the 7th leading ppg playoff scorer of all time, has the 7th best true shooting % all time in the playoffs, and is top 20 in both playoff rebounds and assists per game all time. I see no reason to believe this playoffs will be any different.
I do think he's not shooting quite as well as last year which was history efficiency for the type of shot he takes. He's so good gotta knock him for something
@@ryanmahon1 i mean yeah, he fell off from by far the best player in the league to the best player in the league.
@@crystalizedExposed yeah, it's okay to have a critique. He is the best
He's been dealing with a wrist injury on his shooting hand for a while now.
Hes shooting a league high in shot clock hot potato shots interestingly enough
My man! This was an outstanding show. I really enjoyed the play analysis. Keep up the good work.
If they are better this year, then why didn’t the Lakers win a single game against Denver this year?
All games were close, what are you even talking about, you watch basketball with your eyes closed.
@@MeminFB Losing better is still losing.
@@MeminFByea totally they kept it close in all 11 loses😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the education on how to watch the series. Love your videos. I don't even bother watching other analysts any more. Keep it up!
I always see a lot of Laker fans say this time will be different because the nuggets won hit "miracle shots", but they never acknowledge AR shooting 55% from 3 that series, hitting multiple bank shot 3s along with multiple clutch threes, Rui having an absurd 2 game stretch where he averaged 19 points on over 80%ts, or Lebron throwing a lob into the basket. They also act like Bruce was the only reason Dlo was ass, but the thing is, KCP was on Dlo more than Bruce was. Anyways, nuggets in 5
Lakers haven’t give us any reason to believe that they’ll even Win one game cause they lost what 8 straight against Denver . Bro you gotta keep it real.
Finally doing actual video footage. W 💪🏽
Lakers are going to win all the moral victories in this series. 4-0 Denver all over again, no drama.
Sad but true
And if the Lakers beat the Nuggets it’s going to be nothing but “The refs” and “It’s rigged” excuses 😂😂😂
Just Wanted To See How Well This Comment Ages😂😂😂😂😂🤷🏿♂️
Yall are going to actually cry if they win aren't you lol
The moral victory thing is so cringe. Come up with something else
Since March 13th the lakers have played 13 out of 17 games against play in or worse teams. Their record was 12-5 which is good but you still have to consider the level of their opponents. They only had 2 wins against opponents ranked higher than a 6th seed in which they had a record of 3-2 with wins against the Pacers, Bucks and Cleveland.
You know his soul was burning just spitting all those nuggets factslol😂
😂
Lmaoooo crying inside, but for real this is why I watch him, he might not cover every team equally but he always does a good job imo
Lmao maybe a little but he has been giving nuggs their flowers all season
Huh
I feel like you guys are treating him like nick Wright. yes he roots for the lakers but he is objective about his analysis. he clearly picked Denver and said everyone should.
The refs gonna try their hardest
I hope so
I HOPE SO! LAKER FAN HERE!
I do not think so, bring back stern to help LeBron as he donated that rings to Jordan. Or the Kobe rings vs Kings and Celtics no calls. Or the warriors moving screens every year
That’s the only hope they got,refs putting joker in foul trouble. But with that being said Nuggets in 5 😂😂😂😂 #nuggetsnation
and the league.
Would love to see another sweep. Go Nugs!
People want the nuggets to go down so bad so the lakers and Celtics can maintain the status quo of the nba, it’s so boring. I’m excited seeing new teams rising to the top
What "people" are you talking about?? I haven't heard one person in the media picking Lakers over Denver. NOBODY is picking Lakers over Denver.
Nobody cares about Denver, nobody wants to watch them. The tall Serb doesn’t even like basketball.
Realistically, teams like OKC, Denver and Wolves are boring from a narrative perspective. Teams like the Lakers sell because they’re more polarising. Even Wemby gets more airtime than those teams.
Same... I've always felt this way. Go Nuggets!
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it's my first time watching your analysis and breakdowns! U're legit bro, made many valuable points and u seem to be unbiased. Keep the content coming thank you
Hoops Tonight, Subscribed because your videos always make me smile!
Mailbag: Jokic is 19th in free throw attempts per game, but 10th in points in the paint. Of those in ahead of him in FTA's but behind him in PITP are Anthony Edwards, Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, DeMar DeRozan, Zion Williamson, Paolo Banchero, Jaren Jackson Jr, and maybe more... I ran out of room before I was asked to pay. Plus, Jokic has as many or more games played than almost all of these guys. Anyway, why do you think Jokic doesn't get the FTAs the others do and what do you think he could do different to get those FTAs? Love the show & watch nearly every episode... Keep it up, yo.
Jokic is shooting over people. Not a lot of room for fouls there. Im surprised he's shooting as many free-throws as he is.
Nah, Jok gets fouled prolly 50%+ of possessions. It's ridiculous, really.
flop to get more free throws, like embiid
@@andremiller1566so Joel Emweak shoots below people?? F off. Joker's arms full of scars. Lakers will drive home soon. 😂
You're not accounting for the fact that Jokic converts like 70-75% of his paint attempts. So he shoots less frequently in the paint when compared to his counterparts who score an equal amount of points in the paint. For example, Jokic was a top ten scorer this year while only being #19 in FGA per game.
Jamal has made it a point to dramatically improve his defense, I'd not count on trying to "target" him on D it'll bite em. GO NUGGETS!
For real. He has improved drastically. I pray DLo tries to target him. He’ll lose his confidence and get played off the floor even faster
I predict 50 free throws a game for the Lakers.
Drive to the rim as much as the lakers do, get fouled like they do, and maybe youd get them too
Lol okay, guess the lakers are the only team that drives to the paint. Not like Zion took over 20 shots in the paint and still had less free throws then Lebron. I'm sure its a total coincidence lmao@th3b3astmodz1
@@th3b3astmodz1they below average in drives 😂😂😂
@@PardeepKumar-vz8kb and look where zions at - injured 🤷🏻♂️
@@th3b3astmodz1Jokic gets fouled every time when he’s posting up. They don’t call fouls because Jokic doesn’t flop.
we talking about DLo and/or Reeves Ding up Murray as a key? That’s tough and disrespectful to Murray to even suggest either of those 2 have a chance of doing anything
28pts 10ast 8reb on 58% from the field and 45% from three since the all star break is ridiculously good like holy fuck.
I feel bad for Lebron fans. Aaron Gordon is a nightmare matchup for him.
@@Thanosdidtherighthing A nightmare matchup for Lebron doesn't exist buddy.
@@aidanbogursky2581 🧹🤭
Spot on with this breakdown
Im curious what the Lakers have done to make their fans think they're winning this series
Nothing, but we got old man Lebron. And i bet you never watch any laker games.
i mean it’s really hard to count lebron out. but idk who you talking to but i do not think the lakers are winning.
Well Almost every game has been close so it’s a good bet
@@patrickjane2024 old man LeBron
Not the Lakers, the media
Excellent analysis. Best analyst out there. Crisp and exacting. I wonder if its as good as the Lakers staff.
Reggie Jackson has a record of 6-0 against the Lakers between April 17, 2022 and April 17, 2024.
Bron wins a chip every 4 years
@@alphal6775 omg yes now i realize that
Are you trying to say Reggie Jackson beat the Lakers ? That’s an empty stat …
Omg Reggie don't miss against LA smh
Reggie Jackson's lackluster play this year may be the sole reason the Lakers' chances improve....conversely, the two respective X factors of Rui and MPJ will determine who wins this series.
Good analysis, but the Reaves/Murray is off...Reaves can't shake Murray, and can't check him...
Darvin Ham watching and taking notes 😂
“Do I trust Darvin ham to do that.. NO” Jason is a funny guy
Just put Rui on Joker, that will do it.
That’s right. That was the solution for the joker problem last playoff run
Exactly did that last year & Rui got manhandled by Joker ..Rui is built like Honda civic ..& Joker is built like a Hummer
Nice breakdown… We need to get an answer for PNR (Murray & Jokic)
Jamal Murray had one of his best series ever with DS on him lol... So it cant get much worse..
Right
Hopefully Denver eliminates Lakers in the 1st round so we can get some objective, non-delusional analysis for the rest of the post season.
This is one of those series where I can see the path for a Lakers win, but it's so narrow and treacherous that it's basically a clicheic "anything can happen" type of thing.
It's basically the Cavs against the Warriors in 16/17, where I can see a series with LeBron going 28-11-9, AD being 25-15-3 with 3 blocks per game, plus DLo and Reaves combining for 30-35 points a game in good efficiency and ball handling... and the Lakers still losing in 5.
So you’re saying this nuggets team is as good as the KD warriors? Lmfao how high are you
i feel like it’s about decision making and defensive attentiveness than talent disparity also how much darvin yam rolling out prince and reddish when they aren’t playing well not calling timeout when the team is on a 30-0 run but we will see
@@sfcSpidey
Yeah. The coaching disparity between Ham and every coach worth a damn is definitely not talked about nearly enough because the knee jerk reaction is "yOu aRe mAkInG eXcUsEs", as if we didn't see a team with 2 All-NBA players and 3 other guys that would start for 80% of the teams in the league go under .500 for nearly two months in no small part because their coach refused to make changes to the starting lineup.
With that precedent you can't trust him not to say "oh, let's play 3 minutes a game of some random lineup that is gonna get outscored by 12 and completely bury the work the starters have done of keeping it close or even getting a lead".
You’re not accounting for the lopsided free throw differential the lakers are about to have. So factor that in too.
@@cjgonzales8588
No, thats not what I'm saying, you need to work on reading comprehension skills. Comparing two situations doesn't mean that every single element is exactly the same.
If you need me to spell it out what I'm saying is that the gap in skill between these two teams is similar to the one between the Curry/KD Warriors and the Lebron/Kyrie Cavs. The Cavs were a great team that against any other opponent would have had at worst a 50/50 chance of winning, as they showed the year prior by beating the 73 wins Warriors, but once those same Warriors added KD Cleveland became basically fodder with a minimal chance of winning a series against them unless some catastrophic injury or something of the sort happened.
Nugs in 5
I’m a Denver fan and I see this series as 50/50. Lakers have really built better cohesion, Murray and probably not going to go off like he did, the difference may be Jokic and our coaching staff
Murray is an all-time big game riser and that isn't going to change now. Nuggets in 5, if not another sweep.
That double drag action with bron Dlo and AD is lethal.
The path for the lakers to win is basically the Morgul Veil from Lotr.
Their biggest problem against the nuggets is discipline. Jokic and Murray will score and make the individual defense look silly at times, that doesn’t mean to start gambling on passes and leaving shooters wide open. Last series was decided by guys like KCP and MPJ providing that cushion for late game 4th quarter margin so Murray and jokic could go to work.
Jason, you totally ignored MPJ's firepower and defense. Lebron can not leave MPJ on the perimeter because MPJ pu ishes instantly if he gets a smaller defender. And when Lebron is camping on the perimeter, that means that AD has no help in the paint.
Second, MPJ will start on AD in position, Jokic will play the role of the helping / secondary defender and grabs the rebounds.
MpJ and aaron gordon really what give lakers and other team fits super athletic and can guard smaller and bigger players also mpj jumps 12 feet in the air and makes 10/10 shots
I feel like Gordon is so much smarter now on defense. He’s proved that this regular season
J. Would you not recommend having a C. Wood on the floor on Gordon? He can provide spacing; rebounding; length; and would do a good job on MPJ or Gordon. Provided that he is healthy enough to play of course.
LETS GO! PLAYOFF hoops tonight the best time of year Lol
Lakers attempting to beat the Nuggets is like Wile E. Coyote chasing down the Roadrunner. Just when it looks as though he may be able to reach out with his claws, it just goes "meep meep" and zips away, leaving him in the dust
perhaps the finest analysis I have seen on the web. Well done man.... well done!
50 years to win 1 title and y’all act like the Nuggets are a dynasty😂😂😂 You can’t make this shit up😂😂😂
Totally. The Nuggets do that to everyone. They basically do the least they can to stay in games, then win in the clutch.
@@fearlesskingdom4051 LOL this isn't ancient China. Dynasty in the NBA doesn't mean multi-generational. That said, they aren't a dynasty yet
PERFECT analysis right here!!! LOL!!!
Never really been a Nuggets fan, especially in the old days when Kobe and the Lakers battled them in the playoffs, but what I really like is they have a certain humility and even keeled attitude. They do talk smack sometimes but after they've earned it, where as the current Lebron Lakers celebrate a bit too much on small things.
Nuggets in 5 sadly being generous with the 5
As a Warriors fan, I'm sad this season is over. It really felt they were in a good place, but when you're in the play-in, one bad to awful game, and it's over. 😭😭😭😭😪😪 On to next year!Can't wait!
In the meantime, playoffs are looking VERY promising indeed, especially in the West!
May the best team win without any blatant assistance from the refs. 😊🙏
I have a feeling if they keep Klay , they’ll finish fourth or fifth next year. I don’t know why. They have ONE a more trophy in them 🏆
Warrior fans still talking about refs - SMH. Maybe if your players actually drove to the lane instead of just shooting 3's, you'd get some calls. Let the weakest team get eliminated first in the play in. Enjoy the summer. Oh yeah, signing Klay Thompson for 1/3 of his current salary won't make him any younger...maybe he'll shoot 2 of 10 next time.
A Lakers fan talking about the refs, lol.
talking about refs when youre the king of moving screens is hilarious and you were lucky to be in the play in at all 10 seeds dont normally make the playoffs
@@athanjourdan9312 lmao 🤡🤡🤡🤡👋👋
Send this to darvin ham
That’s hilarious…he’s the worst pre and on game adjustments dude…
Send it to Bron…he’s the hammer and driving force on this team…
Do not play Cam Reddish!
Period!
Full stop
@@jmarks51 I mean we know how this is gonna end. Kcp gonna lock up dlo. Overhelping on jokic gives Aaron Gordon the lob. Murray is gonna hit every shot. Rui is gonna get clipped on every mpj pindown. Then the one possession where Ad locks up jokic on the perimeter he’s gonna green fn with 1 second left on the shot clock.
@@zain4070 agreed…Nuggets are just a younger, more athletic, better shooting, better defending version of Lakers…but I’d like to see it go 7
@jmarks51 smoking rocks with that statement lol don't ever compare the nuggets to la.
Denver❤❤❤
Jason, you forgot to mention CB and PW. They will play only about 10 minutes, but they are the expendables lockdown defenders whom can be put on anybody in the Lakers crew.
Add Reggie in there also
Notification Gang!
Last year in the WCF, the Laker bench outscored the Nuggets bench in all four games. In two of the four games, the Lakers bench combined BPM was better than Denver's. The Nuggets starting 5 averaged 102.75 ppg while the Lakers starters averaged 89.75 points per game. Denver's starters combined average BPM per game was a + 37.5. While the Lakers starters were at a - 33.5 per game.
I think this series comes down to the starting 5. Whoever has the best starting 5 will be the first to 4 wins.
Look here the Lakers not winning nothing if the team doesn't get 30 plus free throws. The whole world knows that
The fact that lakers is more offensively minded this year is important. You HAVE TO beat denver by outscoring them. Jokic’s offense especially in the clutch is inevitable in the sense that either they have a great look by an open man or jokic shoots a high percentage shot close to the rim. It does not matter who your rim protector is, which was why lakers won games last year, but was also completely negated when facing nuggets. Lakers this year will have a harder time beating other teams because of defense, but also a real puncher’s chance against denver. How did phoenix win 2 games against them? By getting insanely hot offensively
Best case scenario for the Lakers: Darvin Ham gets hospitalized and can't coach them and they play so much better without him there that he gets fired. Second best case scenario as a Lakers fan: they get swept and Darvin Ham gets fired. Worst case scenario: Lakers win series and Darvin Ham keeps his job one more season.
Lakes in 6
Can you do a breakdown of just how dominant Bron and Kyrie were in the 2016 finals
Wow, the Cam Reddish footage shocked me… I knew he was bad but goodness
Lakers in 7, Lebron, Rui and D-Low are having theyre best year shooting, now we playoff Gabe & Dinwiddie we also have playoff experienced Prince, Jaxen Hayes.
is it crazy that im more scared of murray than jokic? i mean obviously jokic gonna do what he does but jamal murray literally turns into to kobe against us he had 23 in the 4th quarter of game 2
Any Laker fan thinking Lakers going to win is DELUSIONAL 🤡🤡🤡
what if someone got a major injury during this match up? such as Jamal? or joker
Anyone who thinks any team including the Nuggets can’t lose is delusional. You can’t make this shit up😂😂😂
The Lakers are going to win. 🎪🎪🎪🎪
Lakers in 5
That's harsh. Itll be tough but lakers have been playing good ball..
Jason you're the man, is their any reason Lebron doesnt matchup hunt KCP and murray? I think the lakers are missing out on taking advantage of this strategy, especially for DLO to keep him engaged, or ever run screen rolls to keep Jokic involved.
Because he can't or refuses to expend sustainable energy on defense....that's like asking a hunter that can't shoot to hunt.
I know you are a Lakers fan, but I didn't notice any sort of bias. Also no "narrative" stuff we get from the media.
Props to you sir. Great video.
I think they have to put Rui on Gordon more often because Rui makes him work and eliminates some of those dunker spot cuts Gordon gets.
No series is a foregone conclusion. I expect both teams to take this series personally after what happened last year and for there to be lots of adjustments.
That said, if the nuggets play their game and KCP and MPJ are themselves from 3, I got the nuggets in five, maybe six.
Lakers in 6 lebron is better and Ad is better. And healthier and dlo is the c factor if dlo keeps playing this way in this series the lakers will win
@@josephblocker2724 so much better that a four game sweep last year turns into lakers winning four of their next six games? Guess we’ll see
lakers in 6🫅💪🙏
Nuggs in 4
@@Beeman2892 lakers in 6✌️💪🥰🫅
It’s time for the refs/NBA to draw a line. We can’t have the lakers being eliminated this early, after all, they were the most hyped 10 seed we’ve ever seen.
Er…8th seed! My Warriors WERE 10th…🤦♂️🤮
Every fan knew lakers needed to get a big to help ad at the deadline. Then they get all obsessed with getting a defensive guard and forgot about the big guys. Now they will be reminded exactly what they need one for.🤦🏼♂️
Literally doesn’t matter Denver is unbeatable and im a lakers fan
Lakers may steal one then lose 4 close games off Jokic behind the head chucks
no point of watching game then I still like our chances anthing can happen in 7 gm series
There is no such thing as a unbeatable team. The closest team to that would be the 2017 Warriors. Denver is good team but far from great
Lakers with another competitive sweep
GAMEPLAN IS SIMPLE TO BEAT NUGGETS. Make JOKIC a scorer not passer. There is only so much Jokic can score in a game. This will kill the rhythm of other nuggets players if they don’t get open passes from Jokic. Hopefully Ham is reading this
Jason, watch Joker literally screen AD on the Lekers end and get him behind the play. He does it a lot. AD must not get caught on that
Probably one of Jokic greatest strengths that no one ever mentions- the man knows how to set screens. Guess there’s no stat for that
Lakers in 6. Next
4-0 nuggets force James to retire after this ..
The Nuggets didn’t play a single team in the post season that won over 45 games last year. Thats absurd and not talked about enough when you talk about their title run. Not saying they weren’t the best in the league, but they had a SUPER easy path. There were 8 teams with better records than the best team they had to play. This season 45 wins doesn’t even get you in the play-in. Hopefully Denver is locked in, because the worst team they play this year will quite possibly be better than the best team they faced last year.
I wonder how many times, on the aggregate, Jason says "on the aggregate"
On the aggregate, Hella times
Lakers in 6!!
cmon man we all know the ref gonna give LAL
50 free throw and get them win
Lakers fan and I agree. NBA needs a ton of viewers for these finals with the new tv contract coming up. Lakers and Celtics finals🤫
Notis
I’d like to say Lakers will have a chance, but AD gotta step up, and he always just seems so lethargic against Denver every game.
Lakers are a play in team for a reason. Nuggets in 5
Lakers are going to win 1 game in Denver… and it’s going to be a great series
5280...no wins in Denver. Plus, they're the worst road team remaining in the WC playoffs....
Last year no one expected Denver to win the title, this year they got pressure to repeat it's different game
Cameron Reddish is an example of the American coaching tragedy. All his life he was a 3 level scorer he got to the NBA, played good defense and gave effort and was labeled a defender.
Lakers gonna cook some fresh Nuggets this series
Thanks for the lolz
As a lakers fan, this series is going to come down to Coaching and the others. Darvin Ham has to out coach Malone while DLO, Reaves and Rui have to outplay MPJ, Gordon and KCP. If that happens….lakers in 6-7. if not….nuggets in 4 😅
every game decided at the end. i would look forward jokic being in foul trouble can be a problem
Longtime listener, first time commenter. I'm hoping you'll answer. I want to trade ad and LeBron after this season for expiring contracts and picks. Historic blow up. What say you? We have no future as is. The west looks so tough.
Damn, this dude can talk. Seriously.
people act like denver unbeatable like they got kobe and jordan in their primes its crazy🤣😂💯
Cam Reddish has been a good to great perimeter defender, his injury jus fucked him up
So what you’re really saying is if we don’t see Cam Reddish in this series the Lakers have a 99.9% chance of winning 🧐
Did you not see that LeBron ran out of gas last night and shot 6 for 20? And now he's facing a much, much better team? Why predict that LeBron will be different this time?
Cuz he's getting 4 days off. And 2-3 days in between each game. He's played do or die basketball for the last month. He finally gets to relax and fill up the tank.
Find a way to attack joker down hill. He can get quite a few easy points that way.
@@shyqyrimusta190 which blows my mind how well Malone hides Jokic on defense. They should be putting him in every PnR/mismatch and constantly attack him
@@foundationsyth9825 I was about to comment How on earth they hide joker? Its beyond me.
@@foundationsyth9825 lol perhaps cause Jokic is actually a good defender...
I expected a traveling call
The Lakers need to start Hayes at center and AD at Power Forward this series. Let's AD defend Aron Gordon and play help defense. Bring Rui off the bench. When Hayes gets in foul trouble then and only then you move AD back to center. If the Lakers follow this formula they'll win the series.
only problem with that is that you need rui to start for the offense and defense. hayes takes away too much offense and his size isnt enough to offset that sadly
@@yadonjohnson6209 AD is going to get in foul trouble guarding the Joker. If that happens it is over.
Fascinating breakdown. Lakers could throw a wrench in the universe if the refs decide to favor them with 25-30 trips to the foul line per game. That's free money with no time off the clock.
Mailbag question:
Hey Jason, i think the lakers should put austin on MPJ and put lebron on jamal murray for defense. I think austin is fast enough to keep his body on MPJ and lebron can bully jamal. Maybe not for the whole series but maybe just if jamal starts cooking. What do you think?
MPJ will shot 15 3's over Reaves. And Jamal will beat LBJ on feet.
@martongere5992 hard disagree. Austin can't disrupt mpj base when shooting. And lebron if he puts the effort in can keep up with jamal. Plus it negates the 2 man jamal and joker game
People are seeing this series as foregone conclusion but has potential to be an upset. No Schroeder as point of defence, Bron not having poor shooting form, no Bruce Brown and most important Murray had an outlier of a series last time.