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The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals thanks to Anthony Davis.
The Los Angeles Lakers nearly gave the Denver Nuggets a split in the Western Conference Finals. It took a big mistake from the Denver Nuggets and an Anthony Davis bomb with Nikola Jokic dead to his face to lead the Lakers to a win and a 2-0 series lead! Lake Show Life breaks an instant classic with Lake Show Life Lessons! The only Los Angeles Lakers postgame report with video analytics!
Let’s be clear here, there’s no Los Angeles Lakers website that is happier about the team’s success than Lake Show Life (Man, covering the draft is hard work, folks!). Seeing this team become the clear favorite for their 17th title is a privilege we do not take for granted.
But the Los Angeles Lakers need to wake up! They were 2.1 seconds away from the shock the Los Angeles Clippers felt for three straight games that sent them home!
The Los Angeles Lakers started the game on fire after LeBron James’ dominant performance in the first half. Then something funny happened in the second half. After Dwight Howard kept his voo-doo mind games on Nikola Jokic, a technical foul on Phil Handy of all people (Yes, you read that right! Phil Handy!) Sparked a shift in momentum.
Then the Lakers suffered several dry spells that allowed for the following …
- Allow the Denver Nuggets to reach the free throw line.
- Turning the ball over (especially LeBron James!) In the 4th quarter.
- Allow Nikola Jokic to get into the rhythm.
- Giving Jamal Murray room to operate.
- Nikola Jokic hitting a hook shot over AD for a 103-102 lead with less than 30 seconds to go.
Then this happened. Well, we’ll let Jared Dudley describe it!
All the Lakers fans around the world said the same thing …KOBE!
Now let Lake Show Life take care of the rest because a lot is happening here.
- There’s a loyal reader named McKinley Webb who was watching this game gathering his thoughts to defend Danny Green after Jamal Murray blocked his shot to set up this play.
- Mason Plumlee was the original defender for Anthony Davis. The only reason he was probably out there was to defend the balloon at the rim.
- AD runs strong down the left wing and receives a pass from Rajon Rondo. Plumlee never followed, but asks Jerami Grant, who has his back turned worried about LeBron James, for a change.
- Rondo hits him with a perfect rebound pass into AD’s shooting pocket.
- With Jokic playing excellent contest defense, AD hits him with a 3-point shot that runs away over time GAME OVER!
- JR Smith then punched him in the face in celebration!
Despite a spirited comeback effort from the Denver Nuggets in the fourth quarter and stretches of sloppy play by the Lakers to aid the cause, the Lake Show escaped with a 105-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 2. Despite taking a series-leading 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals, the stories of the second games were nowhere near the same as those of the first.
In Game 1, the Lakers used big runs over the course of the contest to kill the spirit of the Nuggets. Unlike that game, despite the runs in the first half, the Lakers were not in full control. Despite LeBron James doing an offensive clinic, the Lakers only had a 10-point lead at the half.
In the second half, poor shooting and turnovers allowed the Nuggets to almost slip away with a victory.
Lake Show Life wants to congratulate Nikola Jokic. No one says Denver will win this series except the Joker, unless injuries are a monster to deal with for years to come. Jokic was killing the Lakers at the end of the fourth quarter and before AD hit the game winner, he also handed him a business card.
In short, the Los Angeles Lakers are very lucky to be up 2-0 in this series. Very lucky!
For new Los Angeles Lakers fans visiting for the first time, welcome to Lake Show Life Lessons. An extensive post-game report with video analytics covering all of the Western Conference Finals.
On the next few pages, we will provide highlights of certain players and coaches. The comment section is then loaded with expert fans adding their basketball knowledge. We usually start with the stars.
Which one? Let’s go to Lesson One and find out!
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