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

[81Zees]

This is more of a confidence issue for Lakers more than anything. There is not a big gap in talent between the two teams. Denver has more 2 way players but Lakers are playing below their standards and should be tied 2-2. It would have been a more interesting series.

[durden_tyler]

As expected, Nuggets still favored (7.5) big in the closeout game in Denver. If you’re backing the Nuggets, time to pound that line early.

Enjoy the positive energy, LA fans. At least the next two games you can still play hour theoreticals before getting eliminated on Tuesday.

[Oscirus]

Nuggets gotta do something about those slow starts.

[Cubbies2120]

If Murray has a game were he scores more points than his shot attempts they probably win the series.

It'd be nice, but if the Nuggets win the title with Murray playing like this it would catapault Jokic into the GOAT discussion instantaneously because he'd essentially have won 2 titles with a supporting cast consisting of zero all-stars.

[LaLover11]

Honestly Jokic should just request a trade to the Lakers next season

[KyRo23]

Ham looks like he won the lottery in the post game presser

He's lucky Dlo caused that late game turnover. If he would have let another game go without using a challenge, he might never recover

[dygaction]

What could have been.

Read on Twitter

Could have been Nuggets 4:0 Lakers with 4x last minute daggers

Heck of a graphic just now on
@ESPNNBA
on the Lakers-Nuggets:

Lakers have led this series for 169:06
Denver has led this series for 0:53
Tied 22:00

[uberhikari]

I always find it crazy how many people hate watch LeBron. How do you hate watch somebody for 20 years, lol? Some of y'all been hate watching LeBron since Bush's first term.

[jkvonny]

What could have been.

Read on Twitter

Could have been Nuggets 4:0 Lakers with 4x last minute daggers

Heck of a graphic just now on
@ESPNNBA
on the Lakers-Nuggets:

Lakers have led this series for 169:06
Denver has led this series for 0:53
Tied 22:00

Wow!

This is crazy.

Lakers def could gave swept if you think about it.

[MrGoat]

The Nuggets have been kind of careless this series. It's over but if Game 2 went just a tiny bit little differently we're talking 2-2 right now. They're going to need to be more checked in than that against Minnesota

[Wolfgang630]

This is more of a confidence issue for Lakers more than anything. There is not a big gap in talent between the two teams. Denver has more 2 way players but Lakers are playing below their standards and should be tied 2-2. It would have been a more interesting series.

Murray has played way below his standards.

[KyRo23]

I always find it crazy how many people hate watch LeBron. How do you hate watch somebody for 20 years, lol? Some of y'all been hate watching LeBron since Bush's first term.

Some people who hate watching him have graduated, had kids and then those kids had kids

[Chuck Everett]

Hachimura is due for a good game. Considering the way the previous four games have gone, I have no reason to believe the Nuggets will come out with great energy. They've been doing it all season.

The only way Game 5 turns into a blowout is if the Lakers role guys get tight with their season on the line since they won't have their home fans rooting them on.

[Wolfgang630]

The closest 5 game series ever!

[LaLover11]

How does this loss affect Jokic's Legacy?

[Wile E. Coyote]

I thought their goose was cooked the way they looked after game three. That was a hell of an effort.

[GeorgeSears]

Congrats to the Lakers for averting the sweep. They did two things they haven't done all series: outrebound the Nuggets and committed less turnovers. AD getting 23 rebound was the the difference maker here. It really should be 2-2 instead of 3-1. The game 2 choke job is what will haunt them.

Other points:
- Jokic was embarrassing defensively. He just showed no effort at all on that end. The Lakers had 72 points in the paint. Everyone was attacking the basket and scoring at will with no resistance at all. It was easily the worst performance he's had in a very long time because he did absolutely nothing on defense.
- The Nuggets bench finally got outplayed by the Lakers bench. I knew the honeymoon phase wasn't going to last long. Sure enough, it didn't.

Oh well, got to close it out in game 5.

[ArksNetsSince99]

I always find it crazy how many people hate watch LeBron. How do you hate watch somebody for 20 years, lol? Some of y'all been hate watching LeBron since Bush's first term.

Some people who hate watching him have graduated, had kids and then those kids had kids

Some people who’s got life with parole , is out already

[zimpy27]

I’m still hurting from the other losses. Hard to be happy when you should be up 3-1 or 2-2 at worst.

Lakers have been ahead for like 140 minutes, Denver have been ahead for 40 minutes.

Insane that Denver are 3-1 up when Lakers should be

[Ridicululz]

Still light years ahead of any color man we have in the game right now.

You know Hubie Brown is still alive right?

Heard him on Heat vs Celtics G3 earlier...was shocked he's still doing commentary at age 90.

Same here, was just talking about this was my friend the other day. He's still pretty good too.