[WC Finals] (1)Denver vs. (7)LA Lakers

Nuggets defense is so bad but it doesnt matter when their role players all shoot 50%

 

Everyone out here playing basketball while Jokic is playing 2k.

 

nikolakeem jokijuan tryina out-boring tim duncan with his demeanor. all biz no flash.

 

Lakers winning series and the championship. Wouldn't be surprised if they won the 6th game since that's how they won the previous two series. Remember someone on here noting LeBron got some people for his "Last Dance" doc. This being his last championship before he plays with his son in the NBA. While also winning in the year 23' for the number of Jordan.

Also warriors will probably never win another championship with that group. Can't allow them to go even with this modern era Jordan (LeBron).

Like how did a trash team like the Lakers who struggled all season. Got mighty help from the refs near the end and barely made play-in to now in WCF lol. They also had a lot of FTs against Warriors.

 

This definitely won't be an easy series for Denver. LeBron's ridiculous amount of experience in this situation will pay dividends, and the whistles will, as always, be on LA's side.

I still have Denver in 6. Joker is just too good, and the altitude will help compensate for the officiating differential. They aren't playing in Florida this time.

 

Think about how wild that is. Hachimura on joker is the difference maker adjustment. Insane. And yeah I saw it..joker could barely move him..bc the refs allowed hachimura to plant his feet and push with all his strength on jokers hips. Thats still something joker has to work to get through only to meet AD help defense so yeah its a difference maker but its absolute BS. Hachimura is the key to stopped Joker from record breaking pace... thats so insane that no one questions it

 

Game of adjustments. Let's see how (arguably) the smartest player in the league adjusts.

 

Well if they are going with the Hachimura on Jokic thing and AD on whoever else. Then whoever has AD just needs to GTFO and hand on the perimeter.

 

Nikola Chamberlain with another big game

Teams can't contain him on the boards

 

Was very strange not once AG went out on the perimeter to close the game to bring AD out of the paint.

Very easy to say LA just goes to Rui earlier.

The flip side is surely (hopefully, right?) the Nuggets sessions until game 2 are purely based on what players need to do when AD is defending them to help on Jokic.

 

*Malone compliments KCP every round of the playoff series. He really seems like to like the trade.

 

Jokic is amazing -- he has skill, vision, shooting touch, competitive drive, and smarts. He has very limited athleticism... a trait that is ridiculously over-valued in the NBA.

 

Jokic has a great mid range game and he will have to use it more. Simply shoot over Rui if that's what they give him.

 

I think at this point he gives Duncan a run for his money.

 

I thought that was weird to. He just parked his bum at the really bottom corner of the key. Wasn't moving, which allowed AD to help.
Hopefully they do, I don't want to see the lakers in the finals.

 

KCP is going off like Malik Monk.

 

We have our own version of Jokic.

Build around Sengun.

All the talk about "this archetype doesn't work in the playoffs" has already been proven wrong.

Basketball IQ >>>>>>>>>>> jumping ability

 

We also have a version of jordan with jalen and a version of durant with jabari. Who needs wemby!

 

Sengun's age 20 season stats compare pretty nicely to Jokic's during his age 20 season. Very interesting statistical comparison.

 

Screw Wemby and the ****ing Spurs.