The Western Conference final looks more and more like a one team show. The Denver Nuggets are just one game away from playing in the NBA Finals as they beat the Los Angeles Lakers 3-0. The Crypto.com Arena is also hacked, with Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray more and more comfortable in the role of absolute rulers. In 108-119 in favor of the Nuggets for them 24 and 37 points respectively.
For the Serbian there is also a particular primacy that unites him in destiny a Oscar Robertson: between the regular season and the playoffs, in fact, he becomes the second player to accumulate 2000 points, 1000 rebounds and 800 assists in the season. Murray isn’t far behind either: his 30 points at halftime make him the third to achieve that statistic against the Lakers (previous: Allen Iverson 2001, Devin Booker 2021). Never before a team of LeBron James it had found itself 0-3 in one round of the playoffs other than the NBA Finals.
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As for the comparison, it doesn’t seem to have a great history in the first quarter (20-32); the Lakers are good not only at coming back (53-53, even if it’s 55-58 at halftime), but also at holding on when the Nuggets seem to be able to turn things on their side several times. The yellow-purples also make good use of the resources on the bench (Hachimura leads twice to -1).
Above all, however, they have a good version of Anthony Davis on their side, who ends up with 28 points. And in this it helps that Jokic is forced to deal with foul problems right from the start. However, these didn’t stop him in the final: 15 of the last 24 points belong to him. And this puts the seal on what appears to be an ever closer first time to the Finals by the Nuggets.
Photo: LaPresse
2023-05-21 06:17:38
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