Lakers Vs Nuggets: Western Conference Finals Discussion

Nuggets have gotten better whistles since they whined after game 1. Now the lakers have sent in a request to ask the league look at why lebron only has 10ftas through 3 games. Hope we get some love.

 

yeah, gotta really go after jokic and murray on defense. they're denver's whole offense. get them in foul trouble or make them work on both ends.

and yes, lebron needs to be shooting more FTs. he's got to force that issue, too. vogel needs to get him going downhill with the ball as often as possible.

 

better show up big time tonight -- they certainly will... i'm tempted to say tonight's winner goes to the finals, but that could be a little extreme.

 

Yikes!

 

Glad we’re up 3-1 but these Nuggets are proving they are no joke. This is definitely a series where Lakers need to close this on Saturday. No messing around, treat that game very much like a must win. Btw loving Dwight in the starting lineup.

 

I don't want to take anything away from our boys, and I am a diehard Laker. And credit to us for even getting Denver into foul trouble this series... but damn.... if we didn't get them into foul trouble at different periods in this series, we wouldn't be 3-1 up. What a hell of a team they are.

Assuming we win the chip, I am going to appreciate it so much after everything we've been through to get it.

 

I’m usually watching highlights of a playoff victory and keeping Spectrum’s post game on all night.

I don’t want anything to do with this game. Just ugly and uncomfortable the whole way through. Let’s get our guys some treatment and therapy in the training room and be better going forward.

 

I feel almost identical. But I feel slightly more deserving of victory than you suggest, considering we always had a (very slight) margin ahead of them, and held onto it.

 

Nuggets are definitely legit. I predicted this going six and expected most games to be close. That’s what we are seeing. I expect a similar game in game 5 but wouldn’t be shocked if LeBron breaks out of his funk and leads us in closing this out.

 

I think we can still appreciate it. We played well enough against a team that is seriously hot right now.

At least we aren't going to have a Utah or Clipper locker room after being 3-1 up.

 

Felt like the Nuggets didn’t miss a shot or a FT for 5/6 mins in the 4th. Murray made some unbelievable shots throughout the game as well.

Need to finish them Saturday, they are a great team, so we will need to be focused.

 

This was a must win game for the Lakers.

Happy to see the defense step up.

LeBron's stats may look good... but, he did not have a great game.

Denver is not winning 3 in a row in this series.

 

Lebron lost all confidence in his jumper right now but he played great D on Murray to close it out

 

I think it’s been so long so we’ve been in the playoffs that we’ve forgotten how close games can be. We pulled out a lot of tough wins on the way to our other championships. This is no different honestly.

you gotta be able to win ugly to get a ring.

 

He needs a "LeBron" game. Needs to be way more aggressive in the paint.

 

I agree. He needs to impose his will.

 

Oh for sure, don’t get me wrong lol. I’m super relieved and happy we got the 3-1 lead. I’ve been an anxious mess the past few hours! But I’m only going to be able to appreciate the W in itself because if I go back and look at the details of this game, it just wasn’t pretty and raised some concerns.