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There is not an iota of doubt that the Los Angeles Lakers are heavily favored over the Denver Nuggets as they play Game One on Saturday, September 19, of their best-of-seven series for the National Basketball Association Western Conference crown. (NBA).
And the main reason for this is LeBron James, the best player on the planet today.
James is not just a man on a mission, so to speak. He is as obsessed as anyone who wants to win a lottery jackpot in his desire to end the Lakers’ title drought of a decade.
Leaving Cleveland for Los Angeles, James wants an NBA ring in the West to add to his three in the East (two with Miami and one with Cleveland).
He’s also driven so much to plan an NBA 17th crown for the Lakers.
At 35, time is not on James’ side. If you have to rack up more glory amid the so-called elongated shadows, it should be now.
So while he couldn’t lead the Lakers to Lalaland on his debut in 2018, he didn’t have the right backing to start with, he seems poised to pull it off this time, given he trapped Anthony Davis to be his main friend. , if not co-equal, in the handling of the cabin controls for LA
Okay, it’s also safe to say that Denver’s answer to the James & Davis Show is Jamal Murray and the hard-to-control Nikola Jokic.
But then what about Coach Dayong’s third-man issue where the Lakers are certainly way ahead, thanks to the resurrected Rajon Rondo now helping James tremendously handle base duties?
I don’t see Denver’s immediate antidote to Rondo, who can shoot and assist with the ease of a magician pulling a rabbit out of his hat at the slightest opportunity.
So to the Nuggets, good luck.
In the meantime, my hat is off again to Erik (not Mike) Spoelstra for pulling Miami out of a 17-point deficit yesterday for another surprising 106-101 Heat win and a 2-0 lead over the poor Boston Celtics. luck in the East. Finals.
Become interesting.
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Danny Barrozo sends his condolences to the loved ones of Honeygirl Singson-de Leon, the former head of the Philippines Charity Sweepstakes Office, who passed away at age 74 on Friday. Our condolences too.
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