The Lakers And Nuggets, After Purgatory (johnwilmeswords on what we saw in Game 1 as these two teams meet again after two mostly lost seasons)
Sprinting distributive beast, Nikola Jokic was once again a brain-breaking player in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Owning the boards with his hyper-magnet hands, pushing the pace, working impossible passing angles in the high-post, looking like drunk Hakeem in the low post, stroking threes, and always being in the right place defensively, ready to use the best hands in the sport. His Denver Nuggets raced to a 18-point halftime lead over the Los Angeles Lakers.
In Game 1, they figured out how to come back against what’s been the best team in the playoffs, nearly pulling off an upset in the fearsome Colorado Altitude; after a riveting comeback, the Nuggets eked by with a six-point victory. Davis strayed from the 1-on-1 matchup against the two-time MVP, which dizzied him and took him out of his prime defensive role as a roaming disruptive terror.
While he’s Denver’s best defensive option on James, by far, Gordon’s unreliable shooting from deep is what allowed Davis to lurk near the paint while ignoring him in the corner.
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