Lakers-Nuggets Game 4 reaction: LA finally beats Denver to extend their series
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2024
- Here's my reaction to the Los Angeles Lakers' 119-108 win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of their first-round NBA playoff series at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
I cover how LA finally beat Denver, the psychological impact after 11 straight losses, reasons for optimism, why Anthony Davis has been awesome and has me cursing, LeBron James taking over in the fourth quarter, D'Angelo Russell's bounce-back game, Game 5 and more.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
20:20 Takeaway No. 1: The Nuggets can actually bleed
26:26 Takeaway No. 2: 70.8 percent
33:56 Takeaway No. 3: AD deserves his flowers
40:02 Outro
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Is RP’s seat getting warm? I was watching the show you were in with JT on hoops tonight and the point of choosing basically THT over Alex C. Was something that slipped my mind. Anyway love the Pod and keep it up!
LOVE this channel, and your work prior to starting this channel.
What is the best case scenario in regards to DLo, for the Lakers (as opposed to for most beneficial for DLo)?
Is there even a market for him?
For salary comp of PGs. Avg per yr
D'Angelo Russell: $18,000, pnts 18.0, Ast 6.3, 3P% .415, FG% .456
Malcom Brogdon: $22,500, pnts 15.7, Ast 5.5, 3P% .412, FG% .442 ... I may have added stats for playoffs, but oh look at that, Brogdon doesn't have any this season
Marcus Smart: $19,122 pnts 14.5, Ast 4.3, 3P% .313, FG% .430 ... I may have added stats for playoffs, but oh look at that, Smart doesn't have any this season
Seems like the only way to improve would be to try to send out a package for a bigger star? (DLo, Vincent, JHS, Wood... Maybe Prince and pick(s) for the right star? Include Hayes if there is a real strong defensive center in the overall package?
Given his lackluster performance in this series, should the Lakers look to package Rui in a trade this off season?
Why not play Wood over Hayes?
AD really has been phenomenal. I'm glad this performance won't end in a sweep at least.
He deserves a lot more credit.
Maybe next season, when Lebron is gone.
Yeah he deserved a playoff win, at least. 👍👏
Hands down been the best laker
Getting over the Nuggets mental hurdle was the biggest thing for the Lakers.. now you go out and play your game and who knows.. dont let us get 2🔥
It should be 2-2 tbh but don't let us get 2️⃣ 👀👀
Denver has been playing even worse than the Lakers and they've been winning 3 out of 4... You realize that, right?
I expect Denver to bring it in game 5 and get it over with. They definitely don't wanna risk losing a game 6 back in crypto.
As bad as Lakers have been playing, Nuggets been playing worse and the law of averages should tell us that Game 5 will be the final game of this series.
Anyways, game on! 😊
@@dvdv8197 unless Murray has a good game in game 5, I'm not certain he is gonna have a good game this series, he seems bothered by Austin chasing so hard. Id say mpj been the one keeping the nuggets close really
@@riveenwickenham8392 yup, that's a fair assessment. But I expect Murray to have a good Game 5. You never really know, though. 🤷♂️
@@dvdv8197dlo 6-8 3pt game 5 👀
@@dvdv8197 The law of averages were that the Lakers wouldn't get swept and it took this long for the Lakers to finally win a game against Denver. I think it can go any way. The Lakers may finally beat Denver in Denver. Or not. To me a lot of it has to do with Gordon and Porter vs. DLo and Reaves. And DLo has become Jekyll and Hyde this playoff season. Hyde may show up next game and if that happens, the Lakers have no chance. But then Porter may have a bad game and balance out DLo's bad game. The DLo no-show seems more likely.
If Murray is truly hurt he has to be targeted defensively next game
They need to go at him anyway they are making him work hard on both ends. Props to AR man he's giving Max effort.
Murray always needs to be targeted. Austin & Bron P&R with him will force rotations and getting Rui & DLo open shots. Bring it back to Crypto & anything can happen.
@@gaberox1They do but if he’s hurt, he needs to be HUNTED by Bron and AR.
I hope we see more of Lebron off ball moving forward. It’s very effective in keeping Austin and DLo fully engaged on offense and saves Lebron’s leg for 4th qtr. Rui is just not playing very confidently out there. I think his mistakes on defense and rebounding is getting him down and affecting his offense.
They need to let it fly from deep in game 5. Shoot it with confidence and not guide it trying to not miss. I see Denver packing the paint after giving up 72 there this game. Malone couldn’t stop talking about it.
Really good point on the LeBron off-ball movement. That was huge tonight
@@jovanbuha Reaves and D Lo being good PnR ball handlers will be the key to winning this series for the Lakers. They need to take it game by game and make adjustments. But Denver doesn't have an answer for the PnR actions of Lakers either. Lakers won almost every game by blowout... IF they could just get a simple offense going in the 3rd and 4th in games 1-3 to keep up with Denver scoring.
I agree with your analysis of what Denvers Game 5 adjustments could look like. That’s also why we need LeBron to continue handling the ball to run pick & roll with AD and when the Denver defense collapses on them, our shooters D’Lo, AR, Rui, & Prince need to be in there spots behind the arc with readiness and confidence to let it fly. If we can knock down the early shots and quiet the crowd understanding the Denver adjustments we’ll undoubtedly be capable of grabbing control of game 5. With our shooters knocking down shots Denver will need to once again make adjustments at the half opening up the floor for AD & Bron to go to work in the paint. I did like our execution from Bron in the Dunker position getting easy buckets taking plays out of the Denver playbook.
@@scottbrewer8671 yeah they’re just not shooting it confidently and hesitating and it shows in the numbers.
Another reason I like pnr with Austin or DLo is that it makes Murray work on defense. Denver wants to hide him on defense so whoever he is guarding should initiate. Looks like Murray came up a little limp too in that 4th so that should definitely be tested early to see how he handles it.
@@sy12 you’re right. We do need to go after both Murray and Jokic on the offensive end to make them work. Please note our “role players” (AR,D’Lo, Rui) in the first 3 games were outscored by the Nuggets “role players” (AG, MPJ, KCP) 183 - 131. In game 4 Lakers role players had the edge 51 - 49. Getting those guys open looks early so they can see their shots go in early will set the tone for those guys to build confidence early and help us to win the role player battle which is crucial to get the result we want. Bron dictating play and penetrating the paint to then look for open shooters I believe will be a strong strategy going in. HAVE to knock them down!
It’s gonna be a bloodbath tomorrow😂😂😂the Nuggets will blow us up. I’m just glad we won this one. I didn’t wanna get swept again.
When was the last time they did that
The nuggets haven't blown la out the whole series. We'll find out fairly early if la just wanted to make it a gentleman's sweep or not.
Denver hasn't even shot well this entire series lol. Just wait for Denver to pop off
@@Eastunder Neither has the lakers really. Have had some hood first half shooting but they’ve not had a good shooting game
The fact that we led the entire game is huge. Gives a lot of belief going into Denver for game 5. Our ceiling hasn’t been reached yet.
Neither has Denver, you know that, right?
@@dvdv8197 Denver has consistently been losing to the Lakers until the game slows down. If the Lakers figure out how to score in the half court, it's over. Denver doesn't have enough fire power. They need 1 outlier game again to beat the Lakers.
@@Chief_Indo we'll see. ☺️
Murray hasn't had a decent game yet, except some last minute heroics. 🙂
@@Zett76 indeed. His ceiling is wayyyyyy higher than what he's been offering thus far! 😅
win or lose,lakers for life❤❤❤
But we are winners we don't fear no Denver nuggets nor their dam sore loser coach
Good to see AD with more assists. Excellent all round game from AD.
Lakers in 7 gotta believe man
I DO!!! 💯
They've lost 10 in a row, just to win 4 in a row now? 🙂
Stay real.
Lmfaooo thanks for the lolz
@@Zett76 when it matters most. Imagine if it does happen
@@KWS365 I won't, because they don't deserve it. The Nuggets are the better team.
Nobody on the Lakers can stop Porter Jr from hitting threes not even AD
i ride or die with the lakers
Your funeral. ;)
dont let us get 2.....
You called it after Game 3
Ahsmwm
You lose in game 6, GOD willing.
I think we get our best game from both teams tomorrow. Denver will want to come back strong at home, so I’m sure they’ll execute extremely well. But we have our soul back 😂
Dlo and Rui had 30 points in this single game - more than what they had combined for two prior games... if dlo can just give us 15+ and rui atleast 10... we have a shot
Is there more than one basketball. You cannot score if you do not get shots. Buha is delusional
I disagree with playing Rui more. This series so far hasn't been for him. He's been getting killed on defense, he doesn't really rebound the ball, definitely not an assisy guy and he's barely been scoring. I was happy his minutes were cut this game honestly
I could be wrong. I still think size matters in this series. Lakers have gotten away with playing smaller but I think it’s bad process (and partly why they’ve been outrebounded in 3 of the 4 games and lost the offensive rebounding battle in all 4 games). Now, Rui needs to play bigger. The point I was making in this video was that he finally played better offensively - 9 points is his series high - and he was rewarded with a season-low 22 minutes. I think that’s how you start to lose Rui. Maybe the Lakers are getting there anyway. But I think he’s been slightly better than people are saying. And the alternative is Taurean, who has played well overall, but I think it’s mainly been the offensive side and his rebounding and defense haven’t been better than Rui’s. (The defense has been better but not the rebounding.) LA has been a net-negative all season with the core 4 + TP. It’s been better this series but I’m skeptical it is the rest of the series. We’ll see.
Unity! Everyone - and good on Ham giving DLO a chance which won us big points wit AR/ Rui - to compliment Bron & AD. Monster!
So glad they broke that streak 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Happy for the effort last night… I think the long streak affected fans as well , I know I was waiting even with a minute left for Denver to make a run. I would love to see a game 6 in LA…
Jovan, it has always been about balanced scoring by the Lakers. When their backcourt is involved and provides some help to AD and Bron, then they can beat Denver or any other team. The problem has been it's either Dlo or AR, but not both. We they both play well, the offense is very hard to stop.
LET! GO! LAKEEEEERS! WIN!!!
NO! SWIFT!!! 😂😢❤ JUST WIN!!!
Seems I’m the only one who remembers, the Lakers got off to a really good start start this season, when the TEAM & AD took care of the first 3 quarters. So Lebron could ball out in the 4th and close the game. That’s literally the winning formula. If yall don’t want bron to wear down and take us home. The team had to contribute so he can coast til the end.
We got one!
Throughout this entire series, the Lakers have been better with Prince on the floor than Rui
High and low sample size lineups
TP with starters over Rui has been exceedingly better.
Rui still needs to start but You can usually tell early how he's going to play and if he's not bringing it I'm fine with him getting fewer minutes.
AR my boy i need u fresh haircut b4 every games! thanks. LAKERS in 7
😂😂😂
I was talking to him about it last night 😂
It feels so releiving to have finally beaten the nuggets curse, honestly this could be a big big shift in the confidence of the Lakers.
Austin running more plays were huge for us and hope the Lakers can continue to get good production from Dlo and Austin.
Its insane to think how the lakers have lead for more than a 130mins out if a possible 192 in this series so far.
Strongly believe that we need to dominate the glass, if that means playing Jaxson Hayes more minutes (10-15min range).
I believe Jarred Vanderbilts presence wouldve been significant in maintaining LAs energy in spurts where Lebron was fatigued, been a tough series for us with Wood and Vanderbilt out( two of our better rebounders), as Denver hasnt shot the ball well at all, but have dominated on second chance points snd bench production.
Hope Vando and Wood can make a comeback for Game 5.
If Denver doesn't come out strong and we have a lead at half, I am willing to believe in us
"If Denver doesn't come out strong and we have a lead at half"
Ended well once in four games, so why should that be a good sign? 😀
The Lakers did not get killed on offensive boards and they actually won the second chance points
That's why they won
Go back the past two FULL seasons against the entire league, esp Denver, when the Lakers lose games it comes down to that MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
Jovan finally got some shut eye😂
Eh. Not much 😂
Cant tell you how good it feels. Game 5 is so crucial man. Lebron needs to be involved in more basline action.
When the Nuggets shoot bad, you say they haven’t had a good shooting game and haven’t been shooting to their standards. When the Lakers have a bad shooting night, it’s “They can’t beat the Nuggets or the Nuggets are doing this or that”. It’s a weird narrative that people are pushing, specially you Jovan. I feel like the Lakers have been mostly beating themselves this series more than the Nuggets beating them. When the Lakers play to their capabilities, you see what happens. W
I noted that the Lakers can shoot better too. Both teams have largely shot poorly in this series. LeBron, AR, DLo can all shoot better. The point I’m trying to make, and I think I can make it clearer, is that Denver’s offense generally generates better shots. In rewatching the game, they had a lot of good looks that they missed. The Lakers missed a lot of good looks too, but I think Denver missed more (in part because they generated more). So both things can be true. I think the Lakers are due for a better shooting performance too. That’s why I said maybe next game is 135-132 game or something like that. I just think that the Lakers have struggled tracking guys like MPJ and KCP and their defense is designed to give up open 3s, to some extent. Denver has missed a lot of those shots - they’re shootjng 27% on 3s, 10 percent worse than their season average - and from a Lakers perspective, my concern would be them finally having a good shooting performance.
The adjustment the lakers made was late in the 3rd leading into the 4th we sat Austin on the bench and went with Gabe and our defense. It was the key to the victory and was Austin’s least amount of minutes his played in this series . The season was on the line and the lakers made the correct adjustment to finally closing a game against Denver . Hopefully we take that same formula and have Gabe in for Austin’s when it’s time to win the game!!
Jovan funking Buhaaaaa! 🔥
was it you who asked darvin the question about organized offense? maybe that caused them to actually focus on it
I have asked about it before. Not last night
They let us get one Jovan, don’t let us get another Denver
Never seen Jovan smile this much before. Blink 5 times really fast in the next upload if ur afraid for your safety sir!
Inchallah we steal one in altitude
Ameen
Inshallah, Allahswt allows the arrogant Lakers to lose in game five (5).
Of course the season is still over but after 498 days not beating this team I'm still going to enjoy the moment
we broke the ice na bron smell blood lakers in 7
If we had DH this series would
Be over I blame Polinaka.. his incompetence is why we are where we are ..
What do you think about Max not getting minutes?
I think Max should be in the rotation. But I’ve been banging that drum for months. I don’t know. I don’t get it. He was solid earlier in the season. I always think back on that win over the Knicks in Feb. 3. He’s a good on-ball defender and rebounder as a guard. Look at how Denver has developed Christian Braun and Peyton Watson. I think Max could have that type of impact with proper development/confidence/trust.
@jovanbuha agree, exactly what I wrote on Twitter after the game. He's got length, plays good defense, rebounds, can create for himself on offense and can hit spot-up shots. Same here, I really don't understand.
Wait. Didn't Buha say after game 3 that this series is over? Now he's saying things like Lakers have life, momentum, confidence, wait and see, if this if that.... Which is it? Is it over or not? If he thought with the Lakers winning game 4 the narrative would shift, he should not have resoundingly stated it was over after game 3.
I said in this video I still think Denver winning in Game 5 is the most likely outcome (and I said last game that I think this series is over, it’s just a matter of if it’s 4 or 5 games). However, I think the fact that the Lakers led wire to wire and won in the manner that they did, along with them leading for much of the series, creates cause for optimism. So, again, I think they likely lose in Game 5, but based on how they first four games have gone, they’ll likely have a chance (barring Denver’s shooting regressing to the mean and them blowing them out). And if they somehow win, and push it back to LA for a Game 6, all of a sudden the pressure shifts a lot.
If Dlo scores 20 or more points, Lakers usually win.
He was my Lakers X factor
Yo Yo !!
Yo yo!!!
You call Jokic the best player in the world when he's a worse defender than Bron and yet spent so much time criticising Bron's defence.
When was the last time Bron got targeted in the playoffs for his defence?
My thing is; if you're going to criticise a player for his defence, don't ignore it when it comes to other players.
That’s all the lakers media do is criticize his defense.
"he's a worse defender than Bron"
Watch game 3's highlights, watch Denver's 2nd bucket, and watch Lebron's "defense"... I've never seen something that embarrassing, on defense.
and that's just ONE example.
Lebron isn't "bad" at defense, he's a no-show and a downright idiot.
My 12 year old niece knows better how to pay attention to her opponent.
Jokic is not a worst defender than Bron.
I have criticized both Jokic and LeBron’s defense in this series. I would counter that Denver has targeted LeBron at times in this series with his low-man defense and defensive rebounding (especially with Aaron Gordon). I hear you. I just don’t know how you can watch Jokic and not think he’s the best player in the world. If so, then we can agree to disagree, to quote D-Ham.
Where people are wrong is if AD is doing this to Joker than what would Wilt Kareem Moses Hakeem Patrick David Shaq and Tim do to him. Cmon are we stupid
Torian has been good in this series. When Ham is right we got to give him credit.
I said he’s been solid. He’s been their best bench player and better than Rui overall
@@jovanbuha even a broken clock is right 2 times a day.. I’m on the get rid of Ham van wagon but Torian has been a bright spot thus far. He is one of the few role players that is playing like himself
We need to cut the 3 guard lineup completely, we look so much with gabe and dlo or ar, cut spencer minutes play more jax and maybe wood or vando if ready
Good idea resting LeBron at the right time so 4th, not gassed.
Q: Should we appreciate coach Ham more? Timberwolves just swept Suns! (Vogel) btw.
Rui needs hit some corner 3's and finish a little better
AD Is playing Jokic to a draw, it looks more like Jokic has an advantage simply because his supporting cast has played better. AD playing F#&*#@(! Amazing!
I disagree. Yes, AD has played over his level more compared to Jokic in this series and yet Jokic, even not going at full power is still ahead.
Jokic might be the best scorer, rebounder and playmaker out of himself, AD and Lebron.
The reason why AD has more points and rebounds is because jokic took way less shots than him in gms 2, 3. and because he played at least 8 more minutes than Jokic in the series.
If minutes were matched Jokic would lead in rebounds too
I thought u said Lakes is done in game 4😂
11-1 against the same cast of players after 12 rounds is pitiful.
Ahsmwm
Why are people afraid to say that the Lakers lost game two (2) because...
*Lebron James missed a wide open jumpshot that he took early in the shot clock?* 🤔🤫😂🤣
I don’t think that’s the reason they lost entirely. Even if he made that shot, they still might have gone to OT and lost. They lost the game in the third quarter IMO when they stopped running their offense and let Denver back into it.
@@jovanbuha did not write "win" the game, but they definitely "lost" the game when he missed the shot allowing the Nuggets to win the game with Murray's bucket.
It should've been 2-2 going back to Denver...
No matter what happens with lakers I think Denver is pretty one dimensional… like the only thing they offer that scares is joker ! I don’t trust anyone on that team to be consistent not even Jamal which he’s shown
Now we can give 60 millions to lebron and forget about basketball for a 10 years..
I'd love to see christian wood take up some ruis minutes.. wood could play w both AD and Hayes. This solves our offensive rebounding issues and allows us to punish them in the paint and more specifically the dunker spot. Wood can go one on one vs mismatches. He can also switch on gordon or mpj on defense if needed.he can score on those 2 offensively.
But can hamm utilise him?
How about taking some of Princess minutes
People hyping up lakers in 7 really believe DLO will show up 3 straight games. They really do. Don't convince them they're stupid.
The dlo hate is out of hand.
@@akaliotp6766you’re not stupid. You’re a believer. We can do this man, yeeaa
@@akaliotp6766 I don't know if it is hate over track record.
@@MaoDopamineDong "you’re not stupid. You’re a believer. We can do this man, yeeaa"
If you "believe" in something that has never happened before, you are stupid. 🙂
Not that it is impossible, but: you'd never bet 1000 bucks on that outcome, right?
D-Lo doesn’t have to be a Savior for this team if Gabe and Dinwiddie do SOMETHING off of the bench!
Your voice is not LOW enough dude
Denver hasn't even played well yet and you barely squeeze by 1 win. Lakers are in shambles lol Denver in 5
Lakers only needed 1, it's off to the races now. Lakers in 7
Jovane, why are you giving false hope to this poor , decadent, perpetually crying yellow-purple nation.
Denver is winning game five and every single person who watched this video knows that.
Definitely ad has been A FUCKING SUPERSTAR and I do believe should be 2-2 that loss was mental one
Im gonna get killed for saying this, but ive never seen an 0-3 series more winnable than this one. Lakers have been the better team the majority of these games outside of the 3rd quarters.
Every team doesn’t make 100 percent of their shots stop it , we can win again just play defense
U r the most pathetic fan base in sports 😂😂😂
Lebron the baker. He loves making turnovers.
He’s also the playmaker for literally everything the lakers try & do everytime down the court…
@@taylormadevibe yup. Thank God for that.
We can beat this chicken nuggets just keep on grinding stay focus execute and we need the others to knockdown open shots…🟣🟡👊🏼
Laker fans see their team win 1 game out 12 & they then think they gonna win three more In a row?? Cmon now….ill admit nugz have not been hitting their shots they typically make, but u can bet they will make their adjustments just as lakers did game 4.
@@cindycanaga2474missing the entire point. We drew blood and we know they are beatable. Got to keep pounding them inside. Zero rim protection
@@SuperMan-uy6xl how then did nuggets have the lakers number for eleven games…because of their zero rim protection? Admittedly, nuggets have not had one game this series that was even par with regular season. …. But the Laker fans that assume because they won one game, that now they are going to win the next 3 games kind of reminds of last year….when many Laker fans were saying the lakers had it all figured out