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Lakers look to shutdown Jokic, Nuggets in Game 2 of Western Conference Finals | NBA | UNDISPUTED



LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers look to even the Western Conference Finals with the Denver Nuggets tonight in Game 2. Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets are 5.5-point favorites according to FOX Bet Sportsbook. Despite the win Nuggets head coach Michael Malone talked about how different the result feels. Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe preview Game 2 of Nuggets-Lakers.

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29 Comments

  1. Man Jock-itch doesn’t even generate assists he gets; All he does is stand his big slow but in the middle of the floor while his teammates set multiple off ball screens in order for him to make the pass….

    Media really hyping a dude!!!

  2. Lakers showed their cards first, after getting blown out for 3 quarters. They (all sports media) will find anyway to spin things to keep Laker people watching. The one thing that never changes in life.

  3. Actually feel sorry for Rui because media hyped his defense in one quarter up so hard, and now when Jokic gives him 40 piece everyone will scratch their heads and blame the poor guy. Not sure why Skip picked Denver to win this series because he complained about their game ever since.

  4. Yeah the nuggets are not going to play that great but the lakers are not going to play the great either

  5. But AD is totally gonna average 40, whole team shoot 50% from 3, Lebron gonna average a 35 point triple double and Reaves gonna go off hitting clutch 3's.

    Come on guys both teams played way above their weight Nugs were just better.

  6. Don't see AD going for 40 back to back games. Nah Bruh, ain't happening. Yet he needs too. Nuggets in 5. Lakers win 1 game at home. 😢

  7. I will put jokic on Embiid because jokic is a winner. He’s a better scorer than Embiid

  8. The thing is, Jokic is a an equal, if not better, defender than AD. For this season alone: Jokic has a better Defensive box plus minus (4.5 to 1.7), more defensive win shares (3.8 to 3.4), steal percentage (1.8 to 1.5), Total rebound percentage (20.2 to 19.7), and defensive rebound percentage (31.3 to 27.6). Combine this with the fact that Jokic dominates AD in almost every offensive rate category (2P%, 3P%, FT%, FG%,) and every single league adjusted shooting stat, (FG+, 2P+, 3P+, eFG+, FT+, TS+ FTr+, 3PAr+), Jokic is quite obviously the more valuable player, as evidenced by him being double the value over replacement than AD (8.8 to 4.0).

    The playoffs have a tiny sample size, only 12 and 13 games, but we can still see a similar story to the regular season.

    The only notable advantage that AD has is his blocks. (blocks per 36 he led by 3.0 to Jokic 0.8, and per 100 possessions led by 4.1 to 1.1). He also has a better Defensive rating, allowing 100 pts per 100 possessions to Jokic's 110. But in terms of production, Jokic still wipes the floor. Offensively he more than makes up for any defensive shortcomings he may have, notably leading in assists by a huge margin. (13.3 to 3.5 per 100 possessions).

    Oh and lets not foget, the playoff defensive plus minus favors Jokic 3.7 to 3.4, and the offensive box plus minus is a staggering 11.0 to 3.1.

    The stats paint a clear picture: In a game, Jokic is a more valuable defender than Anthony Davis. In addition to being an efficient defender, Jokic is a league leading offensive producer, dominating in nearly every category.

  9. At this point I think Vando should start let Rui be that pop off the bench since Denver knows what to expect now. Vando can cause a lot of problems and let Rui be Mariano Rivera.

  10. They should have D Lo come off of the bench as 6th man. He's a defensive liability. if he's putting up numbers I would keep him in the line up but he's not. Start him when they go back to LA

  11. I don't know how those " analysts" have job and get there money, this is fuc robbery they are far from real analysts.
    They sell fog to the audience talk about everything and not about Lakers shooting and ad 40 game, who with brain will expect that Lakers can have 3-4 more games with that shooting from Lakers and glass queen to have 40 games.

  12. Imagine say Jokic can't guard anybody, when AD had worse shooting porcentige when Jokic was on him.
    Jew is a jew, disqusting idiot, hope the same hate you speak about Jokic and Malone comes back to your family.

  13. Just hve AG screen for Jamal and let him run off the screen to the corner now AD has to pick up Jamal an guard him, which mean now AG can dive to the basket because whoever was guarding jamal is gonna be too small stop AG from slashing , and if AD does come over to help , now you have jamal still in the corner 🤷🏽‍♂️😂, Jokic can make either pass depending on what AD does , that will force them out of it

  14. Skip the only guy in sports media who consistently thinks him “watching” the game makes him uniquely qualified with an opinion that should trump all others.

  15. At Staples maybe Yes but Nuggets home court advantage it will be very hard but I admit it's a shame Lakers didn't catch Nuggets game 1.

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