Lakers’ Mindset vs Nuggets, D’Angelo Russell As X-Factor, Anthony Davis vs Nikola Jokic
The Lakers will need to have the right mindset to finally beat the Denver Nuggets, and it starts with D’Angelo Russell. On today’s show, Trevor Lane talks about D’Lo’s role, the team’s need to overcome the mental hurdle of getting a win in game 1, Anthony Davis’ job against Nikola Jokic and much more…
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Three Most Important Laker personnel vs Denver
1. Darvin Ham – He needs to close the huge coaching gap with Mike Malone. Be better at in game adjustments and clutch time strategy. Iso Lebron at the top of the key with everybody standing around should be eliminated from all game plans! I don't care if he's on a heater. You are playing right into the Nuggets game plan.
2. Anthony Davis – Divert 95% of your energy to the offensive end. You are not going to stop Joker and AD gets discouraged when he doesn't and it affects his game on offense. Go in with realistic expectations and give it back to Joker. Go at him and make him work defensively. Maybe get him into foul trouble. Outwork him on the glass. Give maximum effort on every play! Joker is avg 27, 15 and 12 against the Lakers so AD has to comeback with 26-32 pts, 14-20 rebs and 3-5 blks a game.
3. D'Lo – You want a significant pay raise? Show Lakernation why you should get one. What do Derek Fisher, Rick Fox, Robert Horry, Byron Scott have in common? Role players who raise their game in the playoffs and were key contributors on the way to championships. If DLo wants to stay in LA, he has to perform in the playoffs. You can't have Jamal Murray scoring 33 while you score 3. If Jamal drops 26-30 pts then you need to counter with 20-25 pts while hitting clutch daggers.
Lock down on Murray has been our problem he c
Get your brooms ready. Daddy's home.
They need to play hard defense and get all the rebounds and shoot shoot shoot keep jocker away from the basket good luck
Hoping "someone else knocks out" a good team so you avoid facing them is such a cowards view. Lol..what an awful take and mindset. People who have pride in general, and athletes who are great competitors actually prefer to take on the best. That way nobody can take that title win away from them. If the Lakers were on the other side of the bracket and made it to the west finals again, but this time someone knocked off Denver or they had a major injury…I'd be disappointed. This guy obviously wouldn't be. Pathetic.
The Lakers only chance to not have Boston pass them in titles is Denver.
Same story like last playoff,only Lakers are older now
This will be Gabe Vincent bounce back series 💜💛🦾
Long story short nuggets in 5
I don’t understand WHAT GAME DID YOU GUYS WATCH VS PELS when we talk about DLo ! Did he have a good game ? Yes he did . But what did he do 2nd half of that game ? He hit 1 three that’s it ! He had 14-15 points maybe more at the half and scored 5 points in the 2nd half he didn’t have a great game !
LeBron and the Cavs won game 7 in Oracle in 2016… it is possible. I cannot ask for that much entertainment value at this stage of his career tho.
I think your getting what he said a little twisted. Like a misunderstanding. I believe he's saying that if you have to face them it would be better to face them fresh rather than gassed
This is a Jaxon Hayes series he gone be the x factor we need that 2020 Dwight Howard energy from him that physicality on joker is gone be crucial
If dlo plays decent we can win this series
Chicken nuggets 🐔 all series lets start this trend 📈
DLo should play better. He'll get more minutes because Dennis is not longer on the team. Gabe and Spencer will have to have a green light to stay on the floor.
DLo, AR and Rui need to come out hot and blitz the Nuggets with a barrage of 3's.
Hi Trevor, you could not have been more correct with your perspective about the winning formula. Our guys need that hunger to win, fight off the naysayers' mindset, especially for game one. We are rooting for our guys all the way to the finals. Go Lakers !!!😊😊❤❤❤
Have 2 shut down MPJ, KCP & Gordon… Joker gonna get his.. Make it as tough as you can on Murray, Don't let MPJ hit 5 or 6 threes. Don't let Gordon get 5 or6 easy dunks off the baseline
The Clippers owned the Lakers, beating them 11 games in a row from 2020-2023. The Lakers reversed the jinx this season and beat the Clippers 3-1. Who TF is to say the tables cannot be turned on the McNuggets, whom the Lakers already beat in 2020?
For next year. The Lakers should not sign Klay. They need a couple of bigs.
If the Lakers somehow win Game 1, it might be a good idea to rest AD for Game 2 so he can be fresh for the next game.
D Russel needs to shoot 50% or more the same game than AD shoots above 50% , the same game should equate to a win
AD needs to hit all those open shots
Why does everyone keep saying it’s more rest in this first round between games. It’s literally the same as always. Every other day unless it’s the next city..
Yeah good luck with that one. First round exit and hopefully all the stuff you guys talked about doing this coming summer, which is why they didnt do much last year,will actually happen.
Trevor is so right. Several of Kob'e's all-defensive first-team awards were not deserved. Even Phil Jackson admitted the gift wrapping of that award was reputation-based.
They have to face Denver at some point WTF
I wonder if trev is a Biden supporter 🤣
Better to face Denver now when your rested. If Lakers lose well it’s an early vacation
The last time Lakers won vs Nuggets is Thomas Bryant outplayed Jokic. I think Hayes needs to be playing more making him run and tire him out
I’m amazed at how so called fans who always have something negative to say about players and i guarantee NONE have played at even a elementary level of any sport 😳
The Lakers absolutely have the refs on their side. You can bs about the ft discrepancy all you want and how it’s really perfectly good and fair that the lakers get free points from the refs at a rate no other team comes close to.
Thank you Trevor! Let's go Game 1
Every game that D'lo is hot and on, the lakers will win, every time he's a no-show, they will loose….. prediction
Hope they went to Denver as soon as they could to rest there. I used to live in Denver and the altitude is a thing and takes time to adjust