2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN WINS 4-1)

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Who wins?

Nuggets in 4
108
27%
Nuggets in 5
155
38%
Nuggets in 6
70
17%
Nuggets in 7
5
1%
Lakers in 7
21
5%
Lakers in 6
32
8%
Lakers in 5
2
0%
Lakers in 4
11
3%
 
Total votes: 404

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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-0) 

Post#5001 » by ChipotleWest » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:50 am

This is the first time in Lakers franchise history they have gone down 0-3 and not gotten swept (0-9)
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Post#5002 » by jokeboy86 » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:50 am

Jokic waited way too long to get aggressive
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Post#5004 » by PistolPeteJR » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:50 am

Loaded_Hollows wrote:Jokic’s first shot of the quarter? That’s bad coaching


Nah it’s not on Malone it’s on Jokic he’s shying away from the pressure.

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Post#5005 » by scrabbarista » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:51 am

Raps in 4 wrote:Put LeBron on these Nuggets and he easily closes out this series. Jokic doesn't have that killer instinct.


Nuggets are 13-1 in their previous 14 playoff games. Somebody on that team has it.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-0) 

Post#5008 » by Calinks » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:51 am

Lakers win this and even more pressure will go on the Suns to not get swept tomorrow. And if they do get swept the backlash will be absolutely savage.
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Post#5009 » by VicG » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:51 am

Game 5!!!
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Post#5010 » by Jazz9 » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:51 am

Mid game by Jokic's standards and yet he's somehow 30/13/13...
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Post#5011 » by JustBuzzin » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:51 am

Lakers playing with house money now. All the pressure on Denver to close this series out. Lakers can play freely now.

Scary sight when King James has no pressure on him.
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Post#5012 » by djsunyc » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:52 am

i wonder if they tarped off the lakers locker room with plastic sheets for the champagne celebration after this.
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Post#5013 » by Mamba Mentality » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:52 am

Murray has been garbage. Can’t believe he stole a game from us.
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Post#5014 » by Statlanta » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:52 am

The lead is too big for heroics
Aaron Gordon, Devin Booker, Tyrese Halliburton, Trae Young, Anthony Edwards and Luka Doncic all made the Conference Finals.

Where’s Joel Embiid?
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Post#5015 » by EmpireFalls » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:52 am

Bron just closed it there with the pick 6
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Post#5016 » by durden_tyler » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:52 am

Lakers, the masters of winning non-bearing games. And their leader is of course, LeBron James…
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Post#5018 » by socal74 » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:52 am

that was the makeup call for for Lebron lol. Refs let Lebron maul out of Murray
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Post#5019 » by Chuck Everett » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:52 am

jokeboy86 wrote:U wonder will Murray ever be consistent or healthy enough to actually be an all star?


No, because they sit him for every little nick. In the East maybe, but not the West.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West 1st Round: #2 Denver Nuggets vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-0) 

Post#5020 » by Mk0 » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:52 am

Watch the Lakers still blow this
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