What I want to know is: How're we guarding Lou Williams?
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The extra day of rest will help Denver quite a bit. Usually, a team might be tired after a 7-game series (Denver just had two of them). Now, they're getting two full days rest, instead of one. Also, more time off for us.
I know the league is most likely doing this bc Friday (instead of Thurs.) will yield better ratings, but I wish they just stuck to having one off day.
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1. LeBron-40
2. AD-40
3. DG-28
4. KCP-28
5. Kuz-24
6. Caruso-24
7. Morris-24
8. Dwight-24
9. Rondo-16
Depth-McGee/THT/Waiters
Would like to see our rotation something like this. No McGee.Start Dwight who played really well vs the Nuggets this year. Dwight/AD will allow us not to have to double on Jokic.
KCP/DG/Caruso has been battle tested facing Dame/CJ/Harden/Westbrook. I'm sure the will be ready for Murray.
I like this rotation - Vogel has seemed to give Javale the token starter mins to keep him in it mentally but I would go straight to Dwight as well
Interesting in 2006 we blew a 3-1 lead to the Suns when we could have had a chance to face the Clippers in the 2nd round and now it’s the Clippers who blow a 3-1 series lead and a chance to face us.
Honestly I usually think luck balances out but we were very unlucky in that series because we had outplayed the Suns in Game 6 and left them almost devoid of hope. Just that stupid ass bounce and failure to secure the rebound by Odom and subsequent shot by Thomas immediately jolted them.
Don't forget the Kwame Brown fly-by
Devon George not being able to throw it in the river.
You know I had burned all these terrible memories out of my mind, and it took a lot of drugs and alcohol to do it. Why bring all of these horrible things back up?
Clippers were a bad matchup for us because their strength lies in their big wings.
They were a bad matchup for us, because their only chemistry was a common desire to beat the Lakers. We still would have got that ass, but that's when they are really at their best.
Clippers had 0 chemistry and were mentally soft. I fully expect us to dominate the nuggets. I see this series going 5 at most.
I think chemistry is so underrated.
I don't watch the Clippers much, do they have their own network? Do they have Backstage Clippers?
Clippers were deep and have all the talent in the world, but like Lou said, they didn't have chemistry. No point having the best ingredients on the table, if you don't know how to mix them. _________________
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Something I just realized yesterday... Mike Malone was lead assistant under Mike Brown and coached LeBron for five years in Cleveland. Maybe he knows how to stop him. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
This is the series to go back to playing big, really liked Vogel's strategy of defending Jokic. Howard did a really good job on Jokic this year, as McGee & Howard in the 1st & 3rd quarters made Jokic work on both ends of the floor rebounding and as post up defenders, while AD could roam around. Then in the 2nd quarter and in the crunch time in the 4th quarter AD just dominated Jokic on both ends of the floor by being able to rest up instead of guarding Jokic for the whole game. Murray has been brilliant and will be the Nuggets X-Factor this series, but Vogel has been money on his defensive gameplans against Dame & CJ in the first round and Harden & Westbrook in the second round when everybody kept saying the Lakers have nobody that can guard them or have no chance against them.
Lakers have the 2 best players in the series, even if people will put Jokic ahead of AD due to Nuggets beating the Clippers, however AD is a monster on both ends of the floor which gives AD the edge over Jokic imo. On paper, Lakers should win in 4 or 5, but the Nuggets have been resilient throughout the playoffs and actually play as a real team together with great chemistry as well. Funniest thing is that a few weeks ago everyone would have said the Rockets are a bigger threat and more likely to beat the Lakers than the Nuggets, and the Lakers just straight up smoked and embarrassed the Rockets in 5 games.
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what about put LeBron on Jokic? Jokic isn't quick so no worry about LeBron getting beat off dribbles. LBJ can definitely bodying up Jokic without double teaming. another factor is LeBron being an excellent passer himself, knows the angles of Jokic's passing lanes before it happens, so i can see a lot of turnovers from Jokic when guarded by LBJ.
We had the “Rest vs. Rust” debate prior to Round 2 when LAL had gone 5 games, and HOU 7, with 6 days off between games. It’s the same gap w/DEN into the WCF. Notable postseason minute totals: Murray (548); Jokic (527); Grant (469); Porter (343); AD (349); LeBron (342); KCP (272).
What Jokic did against the Clippers was a very impressive 26/15/7 on 52% from the field and 41% from three on 6 attempts a game. On top of that he had 1.7 blocks. He really has showed up in much better shape and looks like a different guy than the one from the regular season, he can hurt us in both aspects be it scoring or passing, so having an answer for him is going to be the most important.
If we can limit him or disrupt his rhythm, this will be an easy series. That said, the Nuggets are now the one team that I'll worry about if we get a 3-1 lead.
I feel that Jokic is the X-Factor, but this is also going to come down to Mike Malone vs Frank Vogel. This will be the test of which team can make the most adjustments.
I said earlier I wasn't worried about Murray as I considered what he and Lillard would do to be similar... then I decided to look up Murray's Playoff stats.
Jamal Murray is putting up 27 PPG on 50% from the field and 49% from three that stat shocked me. He is also shooting 91% from the free throw line.
So Murray is averaging 27/6/5 on 50/49/91 shooting, that's worrysome. If Jokic and Murray are playing at this high a level right now this will be a rough series.
For the record, Jokic is putting up 25/11/6 on 51/44/83 shooting.
Currently in the Playoffs, Murray and Jokic are unquestionably the best 3 point shooters on the team, next is Paul Milsap, Gary Harris and Michael Porter whom are all shooting at 37% so there's a gap there.
I still feel like we're a guarantee to go to the Finals, but this is going to be a harder series than I expected, given the level the 1-2 punch of Denver is playing at. _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
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Denver’s numbers are very inflated due to who they have played. Against the Lakers, Jokic is an above average center who can score 17-18 with some assists. Jamal Murray shot 16% from 3 against the Lakers. Not a 1-2 punch that remotely compares to what the Lakers have. They had to get insanely hot from 3 to win against the Clippers and they’re not going to have hot shooting to bail them out this time.
Denver’s numbers are very inflated due to who they have played. Against the Lakers, Jokic is an above average center who can score 17-18 with some assists. Jamal Murray shot 16% from 3 against the Lakers. Not a 1-2 punch that remotely compares to what the Lakers have. They had to get insanely hot from 3 to win against the Clippers and they’re not going to have hot shooting to bail them out this time.
This seems a little too confident, but the Lakers are a bad, bad matchup for the Nuggets. _________________ Under New Management
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