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The Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets will play the most unexpected game of the NBA Playoffs. When all the forecasts placed the Clippers and that duel between the Los Angeles franchises, the Nuggets showed that few things can beat a united team and talent in a state of grace, like those of Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic.
The Western Conference Finals kick off next Friday, but it’s good to remember how both teams fared in their meetings with each other in the last regular season. As is known, the Lakers were the best team in the West in the previous phase and one of the reasons is that they beat each of the rivals that were put in front of them.
The first meeting between the Nuggets and Lakers was in December of this year, nine and a half months ago. On that occasion, the victory went to Los Angeles, who had LeBron James and Anthony Davis combining for 50 of the team’s 105 points. Meanwhile, Denver turned 95 and Jokic’s scorecard was lackluster: 13 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds.
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Michael Malone’s men took revenge 19 days later and they took the victory from the Staples Center 128-104. What is the striking fact of that night? LeBron James did not play in that match due to a chest muscle injury. On the part of the Colorado franchise, Murray only got 6 units, but the scoring was distributed among all the players.
With LeBron recovered, the Lakers took the third game between them in February, with a tight score of 120-116. AD and the King of the NBA converted 65 points, beating Murray and Jokic’s 54. In the last duel, which was played in the Bubble, Los Angeles took the win again: 124-121. Without a doubt, The balance is in favor of those of Frank Vogel, but never underestimate these Denver.
