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LeBron, Lakers lose Game 1 vs. Nuggets, Nikola Jokić post triple-double | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST



The Los Angeles Lakers came up short in Game 1 losing to Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets 132-126. LeBron finished with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists in the loss. Meanwhile, Jokić had his sixth triple-double of the playoffs. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes discuss if they have more or less faith in the Lakers after Game 1 and debate if Jokić can continue his dominance in the series.

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37 Comments

  4. Ben L

    Nick as usual doing Nick stuff lol. Stupid takes. Fact is everyone knows Lakers usually win when AD plays well. This game, AD played very well. And they still lost. I'd be worried if nothing else. Time will tell. The game wasn't even close. Coming back to close the gap when you are 20 points down to make it 10 points … and thinking it was because of your own effort and not the other team reducing the pressure on the accelerator … thats just naive thinking. Lets proceed to game 2.

  6. ruukiiee

    Lakers waited too long to make the adjustment to a bigger lineup. It was obvious from the tip-off that there were glaring mismatches with Schroder and D'Angelo in the starting lineup. Murray is just too strong for Schroder and KCP is just a better player than Schroder and was outplaying D'Angelo. So hopefully Darvin Ham watches the "tape" of the first game and makes the necessary change. Lakers need to go big against the Nuggets. The Nuggets are not a quick team. Their guys are not "fast", they are average speed, but the ball moves around really fast, so you don't need a lot of foot speed when you can pass the ball like the Nuggets can. Lakers need size, height and weight and length. They need long arms to disrupt passing lanes. They need more rebounds, so small speedy guards are just not going to cut it against the Nuggets. If I were "God", I would see to it that the Lakers start Reaves and Lebron at guards, Vanderbilt and Hachimura at forwards and AD in the middle and have him "float" around because sometimes the Joker likes to get the ball early and high in the offensive set. Lakers are going to have to be effective switching off to limit the Joker and to defend the rim. We know that Joker will be looking for the cutter if he's doubled at the FT line. Or he will kick it out for the three but I would just live with that if I were the Lakers. Lakers need to control more rebounding on both sides of the court. Lakers can accomplish all this but not with a small line up as the main force. The smaller guys will get their minutes when the Nuggets go to the bench, but when they have their starting lineup in the Lakers have to go big…they have no choice, their small guard line up was run over…just the facts.

  9. Moon SKeetz

    Out of characteristic?? Denver is the number 1 offense. Don't be fooled by hypocrite Nick, he tweeted it was a bad loss for Denver last night.

  11. Sophie Cepeda

    Nick so desperate for the Lakers to win the championship just for him to have another reason to push Lebron as the GOAT. 🤣

  12. Yuanツ

    Nick applauded everything that he liked in the Lakers losing, but criticized significantly about what went well for the Nuggets. You are making the illicit arugment this was a good loss for the Lakers and a bad win for Denver. Not specifically saying something does not remove your the ability to introduce innuendos, create insinuations, or apply implications to things.

  14. CT (EvilCT)

    Nick is really blinded or too beloved with LBJ and LA… LA can sustain everything they done last night… LA can do everything…

  16. RetinolGaming

    AD dropped 40/10, LeBron nearly had a triple double, you had help from other guys and still lost. What happens when AD has his 16/7 like every 3rd game this post season?

  18. Matthew Burnham

    Nick yesterday: the Nuggets will be shocked by Lakers defense.
    Nuggets score over 130 points.
    Nick: I was right.
    😝

  21. Top Tier Hater

    that game was such a classic. i’m rolling with the lakers, but i was just in awe of how the stars of each team actually showed up and gave us great games. i need this series to go 7.

  26. John Merchan

    The delusion from lakers fans is hilarious.
    Never seen a side lose game 1 and acting like the team who won is in trouble.

  30. 50thgz

    He told a straight up lie. That was not the most points Jokic has scored in a playoff win.

  32. Joey Buchanan

    I wonder who's junk Nick Wright had to gargle to get his job. Dude is a total 🤡 some of the worst logic I've ever heard him spew on this episode 😂😂

  35. Jack L.

    Nuggets have shown to be the better rebounding team and the better offensive team in the playoffs, Lakers have to pick it up on the boards and find a way to stop Jokic without doubling or the Nuggets will rip them apart with extremely efficient 3 point shooting. Both teams won't keep shooting that well, but the Nuggets have done it all year so they're more likely to sustain it.

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