Los Angeles Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks player. ATL: Mouhamed Gueye, Trent Forrest, Bruno Fernando, Vit Krejci, Seth Lundy. That's to say the Lakers will be doing everything they can to get a win on the road, but everything might not be enough. LAL: Anthony Davis, Gabe Vincent, Colin Castleton, Cam Reddish.

Quite frankly, they play like they don't have a sense of humor.

Yet, it's got to be said that the Nuggets are no joke. So, what to expect? It would be reasonable to believe that the Lakers aren't going to take their Game 1 loss lying down, especially knowing that to go 2-0 down would not be ideal to say the least. Indeed, the fact that he narrowly missed out on a second straight MVP award and has led his team to the Conference Finals - the actual MVP has since gone home - only further confirms the idea.

On the other, we've got a guy who is steadily affirming his status as one of the greats of today's game. On the one side, we've got a legend of the game and arguably the greatest player ever to play it - trigger warning for Michael Jordan fans. Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets Oct 24. DEN: Hunter Tyson, Vlatko Cancar, Jay Huff. Xavier Moon, Jordan Miller, Joshua Primo, Ivica Zubac, Moussa Diabate. Tonight's game between the Lakers and the Nuggets promises to be an intense battle. LAL: Jalen Hood-Schifino, DMoi Hodge, Alex Fudge, Colin Castleton, Jarred Vanderbilt. Gabe Vincent, Skylar Mays, Colin Castleton, LeBron James, Dylan Windler. We're now less than minutes away from tip off in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals and we can safely say, we're excited. Ultimately, this series is far from over but it would be naive to think that the Lakers can do anything less than turn in sensational performances from this point on, if they're to get back in it.Ī goodnight to all of you and don't forget to join us again for Game 3! That's before we mention the manner in which he freaked out in the 4th with an incredible shooting display from beyond the arc. The Canadian point guard was everywhere - he played the entire second half - and then some. Yet, mention has got to be made of Jamal Murray one again. In defense of the Serbian's not-so-prolific night, he too was key on defense, with a solid shift against Anthony Davis. Indeed, James was stellar on defense, forcing several turnovers out of Jokic in fact. Where the stars are concerned, it's got to be said that both LeBron James and Nikola Jokic had quiet nights offensively, but that's not to say they weren't key for their respective teams in other ways. With 22 second half points, Murray is the main reason why the Nuggets now have a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. That is until Jamal Murray simply went off. In what was a tight game right through, LA actually maintained a lead for the majority of it. The Lakers open the Western Conference finals at Denver on. It goes without saying that the Lakers are now in trouble, but it would be unfair to say that they don't have the quality, talent and grit to get out of it as was clearly evidenced tonight. LeBron James had 30 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to lead the Lakers to a dominating victory over the Warriors in Game 6. Read more about the Lakers’ road to the championship here.The Lakers & Nuggets put on a show in Game 2 but the star of it all was Jamal Murray A mere 355 days after the Lakers played their season opener before a packed crowd at Staples Center in Los Angeles, they toppled the Heat, four games to two, to finish off their playoff run on an elaborate made-for-TV sound stage that lacked spectators, aside from a few of the players’ family members and friends. The Lakers won their 17th championship - and their first with LeBron James as their centerpiece - with a victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday night in Game 6 of the N.B.A. It was disjointed and odd, unprecedented and often unpleasant, an odyssey that began for them in a Chinese hotel amid a geopolitical feud and ended in a mostly empty arena at Walt Disney World, the site of the world’s most famous bubble since the invention of chewing gum.īut for all the disruptive forces that rocked the N.B.A., the Lakers triumphed in the end. It was 12 months packed with tragedies and togetherness. For the Los Angeles Lakers, it was an obstacle course.

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