The Joker Seeks The King's Trouble For The First Time Since The Bubble! | Official Lakers (#7) vs. Nuggets (#1) WCF Thread

[CP3.]

Nuggets in 6.

They have the best player in the series and they have home advantage. They'll never have a better chance of making their first finals than this.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Will the altitude play a factor??

I don't think so but I really don't know.

Of course, it'll play a factor. We all saw how hard it hit Phoenix.

 

[Yinny]

LFG

 

[Soldier]

Denver in 7.

 

[Fortunate Lee]

Of course, it'll play a factor. We all saw how hard it hit Phoenix.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT TEAM

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Its a concern. He's got the strength (maybe more) than Brooks and got the athleticism (well almost) of Wiggins.

Will be Bron's toughest matchup for sure.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

AD owns Joker lowkey. Lakers in 6

Last time the Lakers beat them.....Thomas Bryant scored 21 after AD got hurt. Now he's on the Nuggets, lol. Russ had a triple double, Bron was fresh/healthy Bron.

I just hope in that altitude Ham trusts his bench. Playing just 6 or 7 guys will be rough on them.

 

[Saint1]

Of course, it'll play a factor. We all saw how hard it hit Phoenix.

Was it the altitude or the lack of depth?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

THIS IS A DIFFERENT TEAM

ALL TEAMS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT HOW THEY’VE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ALTITUDE.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

How Denver limited KD was stunning to me.

KD was limiting himself by shooting nothing but jumpers. He didn’t trust his body and he didn’t have the stamina to consistently attack the basket. He wasn’t nearly the KD everyone expected and I don’t think Denver had much to do with that.

If Booker had them in the torture rack damn near every game, a healthy KD would’ve had them in a Figure 4 leg lock.

The Lakers don’t have anyone with that type of shotmaking ability, but they do have bigger and better players than Phoenix. However, they’re a Play-in team for a reason. Same with Miami on the other side. At some point you’re going to be the team you’ve always been.

 

[Soldier]

So far in these playoffs, The Lakers haven’t faced a team with the same level of team execution, team cohesion and team chemistry as the nuggets. The young and dumb grizzlies and the old, tired and deep as puddle warriors are inferior to Denver this year. The nuggets are dialed in this season.

 

[Theflash]

LA in 5/6

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Silver will do whatever it takes to ensure we don’t see a nuggets/heat finals

 

[iamduval]

This one is will come down to the ad/joker match up.

Nuggets have more perimeter defense and shooting than they did in the bubble.

Lakers are the stronger team. Should be a great series

 

[T.he I.nformant]

KD was limiting himself by shooting nothing but jumpers. He didn’t trust his body and he didn’t have the stamina to consistently attack the basket. He wasn’t nearly the KD everyone expected and I don’t think Denver had much to do with that.

If Booker had them in the torture rack damn near every game, a healthy KD would’ve had them in a Figure 4 leg lock.

The Lakers don’t have anyone with that type of shotmaking ability, but they do have bigger and better players than Phoenix. However, they’re a Play-in team for a reason. Same with Miami on the other side. At some point you’re going to be the team you’ve always been.

This seems like a big time casual take labeling the Lakers as a play-in team as if they haven’t been one of the best teams in the league since they made their in-season trades