It’s hard to imagine anyone slowing down Denver’s Nikola Jokic, but harder to imagine anyone contending effectively with the Lakers’ LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Saturday at L.A., 5:30 p.m. May 26 at L.A., 5:30 p.m. Oct. 26Lakers 126, Nuggets 108 at Crypto.com Arena53-29 … Season record … 43-3937.9 % … 3-point Pct. … 34.6% 4.5 … Blocked shots … 4.6 The seventh-seeded Lakers’ guards were said to be inferior to Ja Morant and Desmond Bane during their first round series against the second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies. They were said to be inferior to Steph Curry and Klay Thompson of the sixth-seeded Golden State Warriors in the second round.
Both coaches tightened their rotations to eight players for the first two rounds, which is fairly typical with extra rest between games and no games on consecutive nights as during the regular season. Reserve guard Lonnie Walker IV’s fourth-quarter outburst in the Lakers’ victory over the Warriors in Game 4 of their series proved to be more than a one-off. He followed it up with 13 points in the Lakers’ series-clinching victory in Game 6.
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