The Nuggets Played LeBron | Lakers Nuggets Game 2 2024 NBA Playoffs 1st Round
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Denver Nuggets head coach Mike Malone came up with a genius system to defend LeBron James and virtually control the Lakers offense - enabling them to overcome a 20 point deficit and witness Jamal Murray's incredible game winner.
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mismatching hunting is great but also dumb if it takes your best players out the action, Jokic and Murray will attack regardless of matchups to end the game, they didn't just swing the ball around because it was AD and LBJ guarding them.
Bingo
Damn. Excellent point.
I feel like AG is one of the biggest unsung heroes of the nuggets/probably the biggest glue guy. Dude does anything and everything you want him to do; and no matter what it is…he does it humbly and does it well
They have great roles. Joker is the engine/quarter back.. Gordon is the glue guy you can fill multiple roles.. KCP is the athletic 3&D guy.. Porter is almost a 7 foot 3 level scorer who can also contribute on defense.. Murray is also a 3 level scorer but he has closing ability. This is the best 5 in basketball and they play beautiful together
He plays like a charles barkeley
Lebron made AD stand in the corner, and gave him the ball at the 3point line when he got 1 shot off the entire 4th.
It’s the Lebron show , someone body has to shut it down ! He’s the reason they lose
@@SlimeoutrickyYou haters are pathetic as heck. He’s the only reason they were in the game. Everybody else was bricking
What happened when he went to the bench?
@@jerryren4076 Lebron ran his 2 man game right at the half which lost them their lead . You ice your team mates and wonder why they miss
@@jerryren4076 the lakers were dominating when AD was getting the ball !! The lakers were steadily losing the lead while lebron was the dominating the ball. FACTS !!!
The lakers icing out AD in the fourth has had me going crazy for a couple days now
This is just amazing basketball. No crazy 3s just fundamentals
Jamal and Jokic the modern day Kobe and Shaq
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No they parker and Duncan
@@jaden85643 except Jamaal is lightyears better than Parker.
@@jaden85643 more fitting
@@bfraze9658 Except Parker is a Finals MVP and all-star, so even if Murray is better, Parker is far more accomplished individually.
Lebron James overturning every Darvin Ham playcall for makeshift iso ball must be frustrating.
The Lebron curse . The offense dies with him and the game . Ik he’s the goat but his ego is insane sometimes
Darvin Ham doesn't playcall 😂
@@Slimeoutrickyhe doesn’t want to defend. He cannot play off ball. His stats is build on his own system and his star teammates sacrificed their games for it.
@@toveycen4668 "he doesn’t want to defend. "
Exactly.
4:00 - notice how he just stays down, until he sees that his team has regained the ball...
@@toveycen4668couldn't have said it any better. You're spot on. The whole LeBron makes everyone better is one of the biggest lies in sports. He makes guys who can only shoot spot up threes good but everyone else? Nah.
If lakers can't hit wide open 3s in crunch time. They got no business in the playoffs
Coach Nick, holy crap, you are completely right. Mike Malone is smarter than I gave him credit for 🤯. Watching the game, I could feel the dynamic change greatly when the switch occurred, I just couldn't pinpoint in my head exactly why the Lakers couldn't really get themselves into an advantageous position to score. AD seemingly always out of place or covered, it was actually genius. I hope that with the line up adjustments in Game 3 they can game the Nuggets a bit more.
With Vando and Christian Wood (hopefully) returning I'd like to see if they can provide a bit more versatility, as you remember for the Warriors, Javale McGee was the game changer, you couldn't leave him. They need to do something like that with Wood, where he's in the dunkers spot/3pt area ready off of a high PnR off the top between AD and LBJ.. or the alternate roll man to free up AD on the weak side because Rui has no business being a roll man. You'll never be able to leave the weak side to help. Keep D lo strong side corner and Denver has a big problem.
Edit: now that I think of it, that fully unlocks Rui or Vando if they slide into the opposite slot for a cut for a dunk over tough defense or a ditch out 3. Lakers need depth and it shows. Been watching since 2011, thanks for all you do by the way.
In spite and irrespective of that long-winded show of the wordsmith_ speaking concisely here: the only reasonable HOPE for a Laker win is the occurrence of another horrid shooting performance by Denver.
(some folks here thinking there is a
-fail- in this assessment in that I didn't mention the referees proven penchant for being Laker's Houseboys... well THAT, goes with saying!)
@@onewayup5 Even with that, I still don’t think that the gap is that large between the Lakers and the Nuggets. If the Lakers can just execute. I mean 5 of the 0-10 they’ve lead by double digits at some point, they are just having major problems closing games out. Which when you start reviewing more footage, you’ll see so many easy things even the lakers are letting slip. If Lebron comes out with 2018 focus, I think they can beat the Nuggets 4 straight.
@@Chief_Indo Well Chief, very good for you to believe there is reason for hope.
@@onewayup5 Hope is good. It’s how I became successful. Life without hope is death. Good luck to you.
Lebron had to ice AD because if AD continued to score more in the 4th Quarter he would have gotten credit for the win.
After all those missed shots it was Jamal Murray's job to make up for it in the end and he did, because that's what great players do
Denver switching Gordon to AD pretty much iced their offense, Lakers simply could not adjust to that
On that note, It's hilarious LeBron dismisses and overwrites real coaches and considers himself LeCoach wherever he wants to go
@@aeonokwap you based this on what? Narratives?
@@cyberbron2077it’s well documented that LeBron consistently overrules coaches decisions on what plays to run
@@kingjaydex7464 where
@@cyberbron2077in their minds.
Coach Nick thx for this video. Learned al lot!
Absolutely fantastic video Nick, great analysis
I totally agree. I was frustrated watching LeBron slow down every possession down after getting up by 15, instead of running more plays that actually got you the lead, like feeding ad and letting dlo initiate the offense. Bron is too emotionally attached to plays and is letting them dictate their losses. He needs to stop being a pusy and start trusting his teammates fr
It’s the Lebron show , and it will die with him. He demands the ball every play, when that doesn’t work w the nuggets . With great defenders
My guy ! They switched Gordon on AD and he couldn’t cook anymore ! He was missing clean looks at the rim and even committed offensive fouls which, got him in foul trouble !
@@papadiom9260 AD got like almost no good looks in the second half, he was spaced out to the 3 point line for most of the 4th after sitting out with foul trouble. We don't know how well he would've attacked Gordon, bc we didn't get to see it. He got zero post ups in the 4th quarter. Zero post ups. Thats unacceptable.
He needs his stats so his clown fans don’t blame him
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Wait…so you’re telling me that all a team has to do is deny lebron a size matchup advantage and he completely breaks down and unable to adapt or simply score on someone when the matchup isn’t the most favorable. Yeahhhhh…. Totally the 🐐 lmaoo
Just put 6'2" Jason Terry on his ass he'll break down real quick.
Hate Lebron or not . We know 2018 cavs Lebron is smoking this team . He’s old now show some respect
You do understand the man is 39 right 😂 this isn’t a prime Bron and it’s crazy the standard he gets held at still so yeah he is the 🐐
Yeah and do you guys understand that he still calls himself to go and still insists he's the best in the game of?
And when he loses a game he pisses and moans and cries and whines and blames it on the refs?
As Abe Lincoln said fuck that whiny asshole
@@Slimeoutricky 2018 Cavs would get swept by the Nuggets just like today's Lakers
I like that you didn't put any music on Coach. Great video :)
Great game breakdown! It started out looking like the Lakers were going to win in a blowout but Denver didn't give up and it ended up being a bit of a thriller.
Another great video
Great breakdown!
great analysis coach Nick. So many ESPN & Tnt analysts including my favorite Tim Legler didn't recognize the personale switch on the Nug's part (I noticed that actually haha), which prevented the Lakers from going to AD or the AD/LBJ pick and roll
excellent analysis
Coach, remember when way back when you put out your first video without the iconic soundtrack and I called you out for it?
You’re still at 850k subs. With your quality, you should be at 2m EASY. I get not wanting to be repetitive or feeling tacky by doing so BUT you’re f’n with the magic formula. It engages people.
Bring it back. Stop fighting it.
Great bkd. That’s why AD didn’t score in the 4th
It’s gotta be frustrating to be AD
It's gotta be frustrating being LeBron's teammate in general, always getting blamed for losses and never credited for wins even though the Lakers performed better without LeBron this season in multiple important games.
@@steveshin820Hypocrites. Y’all always blame Lebron yet says he’s not blamed?
@@jerryren4076 I'm talking about mass media here. When it comes to real content creators and people, LeBron gets the blame he deserves.
@@jerryren4076 in the media hes not blamed fans do it all the time an exception would be skip but even he his kindly to lebron for his standartds
great breakdown. coach always comes up big.
Lol sir we come here for the music play it please 😂
jamal murray is insane bro
I think the reason why the Nuggets are able to consistently beating the Lakers in close game is due to them smartly manage their stamina, which is also helped by their terrifying efficient offence.
The scary part about the Warriors dynasty was not so much that their system created unstoppable offence, it's that their offence was terrifyingly efficient even if they miss. I think efficiency metrics we have, have yet to account for overall players workrate and exertion. Dribble and shoot would spend more overall stamina than, say, pass and shoot. We must also take into account the fact that unlike isoball in which shooters stand around while the most important player tyre themselves out, the Warriors combination of ball movement and decent shooting created a machine since their main pieces are not required to spend all their energy on holding onto the ball and create or score, as well as having to exert themselves all the time with dribbling or drive. Those movements are the reason why guards like Kyrie are frequently injured. They exert themselves.
Back to the Nuggets, the scary part about the Nuggets is not just that their players have pretty good workrate with Jokic and AG having very good stamina for big guys, but also that because Jokic plays such a simple and effective style of basketball, their offence do not emphasise "opportunity efficient" as in making use of all their possessions, but effort efficient, getting the basket with as little stamina as possible, they are able to conserve stamina for crucial moments. By distributing the ball to a variety of players, the Nuggets can make sure their stars can chill until their numbers are called. Jokic himself can handle the scoring load while his teammate play less aggressively.
This is my explanation for their "clutch" stat, why the Nuggets can play well in the 4th. They are just fresher because they are effort efficient. Bron is the master of this hence his longevity but that doesn't mean his team can always measure up. I also believe this was how the Heat can chase teams down the stretch in multiple close series last season. They always seem to have something left in the tank because they play such efficient offensive basketball. Limiting dribbling and create more movement to force your opponent to tire themselves out force out a "clutch" situation in which you outperform them in the 4th.
great breakdown
Also offensive rebounding for the Lakers dissapeared for much of the second half...look at all those Denver defenders and no Lakers close to rebounding starting at 3:07
Where’s the music 😢😢😢
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Denver shot appallingly and had to resort to last minute heroics and still won - Lakers are cooked - no way Denver are playing this bad over 48 again in this series even when it is 8 on 5 in LA
It wasn't all on Denver. Lakers were also playing good defence. Legs get tired in the latter stages though.
@@DanceswithHyenas good defense, but the Nuggets missed a ridiculous amount of totally open threes. 0/20 from non-MPJ/Jokic? That's almost Rockets vs Warriors bad shooting
@@metalhead2536 Yes, they did but Rui and Reeves also shot the ball badly. Rui is normally clutch in the mid range but couldn't buy a bucket. Austin is so much better offensively than we have seen too. On top of that the Lakers also missed a bunch of layups. Layups!!!
The Lakers should be better at home where they are not playing at altitude. Role players also tend to play better at home.
Let me just say. I am under no illusion as to how good the Nuggets are. They are healthy, clutch and are the team to beat this season. Lakers were a 7th seed but could have easily been the 10th. The tables don't tell you everything but they say a lot. The Nuggets are a far better team.
I do agree with you that the lakers. Defense was very good over the first half. However, I would also say that there were moments where there were wide open shots by the nuggets that we just missed. Whereas with the lakers they couldn't miss Anthony. Davis was 10 out of 11 or something insane like that at the end of the half. And his shot selection was crazy. Some of those shots that he hit were just simply amazing@@DanceswithHyenas
Lebron should have driven to the basket in his last play. Better odds in making the basket and getting fouled plus using the clock.
After dropping the defender and wide open? That’s the best possible shot buddy
@@jerryren4076 no buddy. Must consider the time. A drive was better. Higher percentage and nuggets get less time after.
@@dave52gwhen the refs swallow their whistle when Lebron drives, then you would be sayin he had a wide open shot! He's afraid of taking the shot! Scared of the moment!
U guys really are hypocrites😂
@@jerryren4076 if you considere Lebrons track record on those koinds of shot best play would had been a drive or pass to DL´O or a dumb of to AD after drive
but i agree so wide open who could resist
@@ryankayombya7576 nope. It's still the best play to do. Dont be carried away by your feelings on the refs. 😂😂😂
0:04: Poor AD😅
I thought LeBalco was so smart but now it's Ham's fault again lol
Ham’s a top 3 worst coach in the league it’s not debatable
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Lakers head coach Darvin Ham should implement Zipper Punch with Lebron James as the cutter.
Davis and Russell Pick and Roll is deadly they need to run this more and Lebron just need to lead the game when it Time
I understand what you mean and you are right but this is more involved with the coaching. I was watching the game in confusion Wondering why AD was at the 3 point line. Ham didn't make the right adjustments so the offense lagged.
lol Lebron did that not ham
He's at the corner because LeBron wants a PnR with jokic man, in this case Rui. The other guys need to space to the corners and weak side wing spot as part of the play. The play LeBron called. It's no one's fault but Lebron's that he wanted to initiate the offense instead of DLo down the stretch and he kept calling for that PnR.
Disagree with the last shot of lakers. Lebron should have milked the clock. Theres a 6 second time/shotclock difference there and given a wasted time to rebound and take a timeout it would leave the nuggets 3-4 seconds at best and not the 12 seconds where the nuggets got composure with more time to decide the game.
drain clock then run in for a 2/foul couldve been nice
I'm not a lebron dude...but he should have drove to the hole instead of shoot that. Tie game, closest player to you in 5 feet away from the basket. He had a runway before a defender came up. He had the advantage and just needed to get fouled. But he likes to avoid the line at the end of the game.
@@Jcikokalol only thing i can think of is he mustve been mad tired and wasnt as confident in his ability to make the shot if a defender was running up on him if he tried to drain the clock
It was a great shot. Do you know how difficult it is to generate a great shot with less than 30 seconds left in a game? People are saying this with hindsight
I think it’s just a philosophy thing. I tend to believe in taking the first great shot u see myself instead of waiting letting the defense recover and burping up a mediocre contested one.
But I get the other view too. The shot lebron took increased the nuggets odds of winning. But it also increased the lakers chance of winning in regulation.
Do u think the lakers really wanted overtime? If not the gamble makes sense as it shortens the game. Just the outcome was not the desired one for the lakers.
It’s a tough call. Credit to Murray for timing his previous score perfectly to setup the 2 for 1. A subtle detail in that sequence. 😀
Damn almost thought you worked for ESPN lol
ESPN doesn't get this technical.
@moonskeetz Missed my point mah boy. He starts the video by glazing Lebron. Most of ESPN seem to be scared to criticize Lebron in any way.
We have plan A, (pick and rol wth Lebron, Rusell and DLo with Davis) BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT. We then go a forced iso ball. THIS GAME 3 IF WE DONT COME PREPARED THATS IT.
It’s Lebron ego .he won’t listen do hams plays for nothing . He’s the one playing, doing his forced iso ball. You need more then that to beat the nuggets !
Rui Hachimura shot 0 for 2 at 3-pointers, scoring 3 points total because Hachimura is a low volume 3-point shooter = 3.4 attempts per game with 1.4 made per game regardless what his 3-point shooting percentage says.
" Its on Darvin Ham"? We'll guess we're screwed then.
Ah the good old Lebron system at full effect
lol right turn everybody into spot up shooters
Lebron's last made 3 pointer was a 26 ft shot, not 33 ft.
As for the rest, you pretty much nailed it at the end with Darvin Ham having to reprogram LeBron. But since that's never gonna happen we'll continue to see Ham and LeBrons' teammates get blamed for the losses and LeBron taking all the credit in a win.
A heartbreaker for sure
i miss the music😢
First, for lbj "the chocker" even with BALCO he can do nothing.
Second, Denver is the defending champs, stop changing the narritave in favour of the lakers.
Coach am I wrong for thinking that LeBron should have just posted KCP up every time they matched up? He’s much smaller
Calling for LeBron to post up more is a time honored tradition. Many of us have been saying this for his whole career. Lebrons best position is PF, and when teams try to guard him with a smaller, more nimble, guy with quick hands he should just post that dude. Get a double and pass out, or if they don't double just dunk it on him. LeBron doesnt want to post though, so he rarely does.
Lakers shooting 40 free throws in game 3, watch it !
Lakers need to run more sets where they initiate with double ball screens to see what Denver is going to do and then either attack or get into a secondary. They need to be more judicious about over helping until the shot clock is lower. They need to rest LeBron in the 2nd and 3rd and let DLo and Reeves find a rhythm with AD. Someone needs to wake up Rui and remind him that he needs to try to be as aggressive as MPJ on offense
say that since the last 2 years Lebron should Play ca 20 min
Yea but Lakers look lost when you sit Bron. If you sit Bron for the 2nd and 3 quarters, the game might be over by then ! I remembered the game against the Warriors when it was a 4-pt game and Coach subbed Bron and Warriors iced the game with a 19-6 run pushing their lead to 17 in a 2-minute span.
@@papadiom9260 he gets gassed and need to be able to go against joker and AG with more energy. They have to figure out like getting him to rest 3 more minutes per the first 3 quarters and get AD more plays with DLo when AG and KCP aren't in. Resting 3 more minutes per quarter is only like 5 offensive possessions. You're right that the Lakers do sometimes look lost without LeBron but they still have AD and alot of those non LeBron minutes are going to be against the nuggets 2nd unit without Joker and AG. I feel better when LeBron plays about 30 min a game vs 40 min a game going against the nuggets defense which does have some holes
in 4Q Lakers offense became weirdly static nobody move except when they got balls
that make easy def for nugget
Lakers always have the lead coming into the half . End of the game it’s the Lebron show and it will die with him . He Makes his team mates cold by doing his weird iso
@@Slimeoutricky yea if you watch live nobody move to try make space or screen its weird
@@Findyification I always thought about that . But it’s him calling the shots , if someone cuts and he drives it messes up the spacing . So he just calls iso and runs a 2 man
That Porter 3 was the difference maker in that game imo. The Lakers did few mistakes there. As coach pointed, d-lo dive was unnecessary. But AD also had no reason to run after lebron when he dunked it or at least he could’ve went back to defense faster. Its pathetic that 39 year old lebron got back before AD after the dunk.
That's the big shot that should be the news of this game. That was the most important shot in this game. Of course, all points are important. But that was the big turning point in the game.
The change of matchups in second half play perfectly to the cards of Lal, they just did not respond to it. E.g.simply LBJ should post KPC and not to try play pick n roll against him. That was stupid and just oposit of hunting for mistmaches. All the blame is on coaching staff or players did not listen to them. Or in another words play to win, not to not loose.
Nikola THE REAL MVP Jokić is already in the G.O.A.T. debate!
give him 2 more chips and we can talk at it stands right now he top 15, i hope he get it done
would be a blow for the faster stronger better agrument
FIRE DARVIN HAM
It’s Lebron , he’s the one running plays . He is the one spamming the weak 2 man game .
LeBron literally froze AD lol
@@Slimeoutrickythe weak 2-men game that worked his whole career. You haters are sad
@@jerryren4076 not now so switch it up . Nuggets play team ball and lakers play Lebron ball .
The Nuggets went from having one of the worst transition offense in the regular season to running the best transition offense in this playoffs so far. This team's ability to adjust their game on-the-go is so lethal. The Lakers played their best on this game, an almost perfect basketball, but it didn't even faze the Nuggets
No fighting for freedom music? 😢
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Surprised you didn’t talk about the controversial successful challenge on the Russel foul where he was smacked in the face. Lebron was not happy about it in the postgame interview
Surprised you think LeBron deserves to be able to complain when other players and coaches get T'd up when they do it. LeBron straight up commits multiple offensive fouls and traveling violations every quarter without the being called on it.
What do you think about lebron not making an effort to stay with Murray on the last play ? There was definitely a gap for him to easily go through. He did the same thing in 2018 where he didn’t try to stay with kd on the final shot
AD is an all time great defender who can switch to guards. It is not a long term winning strategy for Jamal Murray to isolate on AD and jack up shots. Jamal just made a very clutch shot over an excellent defender.
@@saberplaytop I agree with AD being a great defender. He’s the best in the league to me. But the fact that lebron is ducking these assignments is quite pathetic how
2-Guard for the Lakers 1st Unit, Austin Reaves shot 1 for 5 at 3-pointers, 4 for 11 total (9 points scored total). I guess we should blame Coach Malone.
Too Lebron centric
Austin Reaves, IMO, is a major contributor to the Lakers who isn't contributing. The Lakers need to get him going. He's also good for some clutch points so he needs to get going.
Wait there's no music wtf
Wrong, it would've been plenty of time on the clock if Lebron had not jacked the 3 when he did. There was only 6 second differential between game clock and shot clock. But because he took the shot when he did Nuggets had some 15 seconds to get a good look at the game winnings shot..
There’s not that much of a difference, since they’d have called time out and advanced to half court. That was a great shot from a guy who had just hit two and has been elite all year long
@@bballbreakdown still not a great shot. 6 seconds could have been reduced to 5 or 4 seconds or even less if they used the entire shot clock. A great shot would have been taken by an elite shooter at the end of the shot clock.
@@bballbreakdown but wasn't a drive still more effective (taking into account -3 sec at least, possibility to get fouled, and better rebound chances)?
@@bballbreakdown it’s the worst shot cuz that shot eliminated time pressure on the side of the nuggets. The nuggets were able to bring up the ball without taking the time out preventing the defense to set up. Having no pressure at all Jamal was able to make his step back jumper against a slower defender.
@@bballbreakdown "That was a great shot from a guy who [...] has been elite all year long"
Not in crunch time.
Never in crunch time.
"since they’d have called time out"
The very difference you've missed: the way it went, Denver didn't NEED to call timeout, and their chances of getting the Lakers caught in disarray went up. It is x times harder to get a shot of, when the ball is coming from a throw-in against a set defense.
Sorry, but you are wrong.
If the Nuggets weren't shooting so horribly, this game wouldn't have even been close. Wait until they get to L.A., their shooting will be must better and the Lakers will be toast again. The only question left for L.A., is whether they will get swepted again.
If Nuggets lose both games in LA, what will be your excuse ??
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The Lakers got tired in the mile-high city and started shooting 3s, leading to losing. They need to be more aggressive in the paint. Jokic is just a brick wall, those floaters from AD/D-Lo will be lethal if they can hit them on a consistent basis. Lakers have a change to win the series but you can't let a game like this slip.
Man, no team in the NBA is taking 4 out of 5 games from Denver this season, they have the best starting five and are all in their primes. The only question now is whether the Lakers take a game, having now lost ten straight to Denver, or get swept.
That's what you said the last 10 games against Denver and the Lakers lost all of them. Denver putting KCP on Lebron and Gordon on AD completely messed up the Lakers' offense. Nuggets shot 23% from 3, missing many open shots while DLO hit 7 threes, AD played well overall, LBJ played well, they shot 43% from 3 and they still lost. It's over.
No they dont have a chance in this series at all but they can 1 or 2 Games
@@student99bg wait till 7
Need contributions from the bench and Rui and AR. Yes, D'Angelo and AD and Bron have to do their things. But you need more. Game 2 did slip from the Lakers. Now it is about protecting home court. Can they do it? Not if they don't change things and get more of the other guys producing.
Do dallas game 2
This game made me sick to my stomach, after that buzzer beater i was just in disbelief as a lakers fan.
First fives of both the Nuggets and the Lakers seem to be at almost par -- where the Nuggets clearly dominate are in 2 areas: the bench and in coaching. Malone is clearly the better tactician and makes quick adjustments to both the offense and defense that are precise enough to produce wins. Denver will easily win this series.
AD is made of glass, and Lebron is made of old age (at this point), they are still good but can't play well full game, they are not a 48 minutes team, so the Lakers tried best to score as much as possible and expect to defend in the later part of the game to steal a win, it is a very good strat prbly the best idea,and they almost got it, nothing done wrong, this is just what will happen when you fight a juggernaut team.
Just see how many Jokic-Murray PNR Lakers forced out of nuggets, Malone don't usually run this unless he has to, it's their kill shot and they had to run many times just to win this game (if it's not the lakers I think they won't try this hard, nuggets really want to sweep them)
yep story of this year plus denver is alltime great in the clutch/ 4th
Lebron James's "mismatch hunting" forces his teammates to stand & watch because all ball movement stops. Coach Ham needs to interrupt with Horns Flex Offense featuring D'Angelo Russell as the ballhandler.
Old GOAT James
So how was block on DLO not a foul?
after the Play and it wasnt intentional and not hard, correct call after review
how wasnt Lebrons travel not called, why Lebron got 2 Ft after a clean swipe from Braun, why no Foul on Bron after he hit KCP in the face unnecasry move why Lebron did not got a T after yelling at refs
why could DL´O walk out of bounds with the ball and LA get possesion quesions over questions
they did not play Lebron, they played AD. AD was lakers and kept them in it all game long. sadly ball is not going back to him in the 4th
AD cannot score unless he is passed the ball, so I don’t blame him for not being able to get going
Hey guys, guess who I am: DARVIN HAM is why I refuse to bring children into this world VS NUGGETS 😂 Love your analysis, coach Nick. I've been noticing that LeBron being gassed late in games has really cost the Lakers at times. He's amazing, but I wish he'd take his own human limits into account.
will nebver happen than he doesnt get his precious stas, omg i got a real hater over the last 3 years sad ;(
Complacency thats the point of Lakers collapse. I can blame the coach, but it was the whole Lakers rosters complancency and no sense of urgency, lack of hustle in 2nd half. 😂
Lebron had Anthony Davis in the corner like he's Chris Bosh or Kevin Love. Lol.
It would have been a big shot if he converted. Poor timing at that point in the game though.
Thought despite the strategy lebron and the lakers still got good looks, I mean the Austin reaves isolation still creates an open three for rui just like a lebron ad pnr can.
I guess but imagine the nuggets in a crucial 4th quarter possession not having Jokic or Murray touch the ball…. Yanno?
@@bballbreakdown If Lebron had just let the Lakers play their game they would've won. Their offense was cooking, AD was cooking, and Lebron didn't need to resort to hero ball. What a shame.
@@bballbreakdown true, the game plan did work to thier intentions and I like the keeping AD in the corner with that matchup
@@bballbreakdown also I admire your ability to read the strategy and create such a detailed breakdown so quickly, I just started watching games with the intention of figuring out strategy, do you have any tips that you use ?
@@Paulie_Geeliemate what are talking about? SMH ppl like you are the worst. If Lebron sits back and feeds within the offense and the offense isn’t going (like game 1), y’all say oh he’s not kobeeeeeeee kobeeee kobeeeeeeeee. If he notices things are going cold and tries to kick the gears up at age 39, you fools say oh he played hero ball (which ironically is kobeeeeee kobeeeee). So what do you want wife?
Jokic is inevitable
LeFraud makes a couple good plays on defense and people act like he had a great defensive game . The reason why the Nuggets couldn't score was because they were missing open 3s and settling for too many 3s in the fastbreak instead of finishing in the paint . The amount of times LeFraud was walking back on defense is laughable but he gets all the credit for doing the bare minimum
All facts ! Must we remind them he didn’t want to stay on murray the last play. Those weak screens couldn’t have stopped lebron from getting to Murray if he really wanted to
It’s criminal that Murray is not even an allstar
I said the same thing, Lebron killed the offense when he took the ball in the second half, trying to hunt for mismatch instead of sticking to the AD pick and roll which was almost perfect and kept the offensive rhythm for the team. Who should be blamed for the loss though? Coach Ham, call a timeout and make the team stick to whatever was working. He is so bad as a coach.
They simply got outcoached
where is the classic background music? i miss it
This is not a series for Austin reeves he is too short if he was couple of inches taller he gets that ball
and weak compared to gordon
Clearly Ham was outcoached here, plain and simple.
LeChoke strikes again. Classic brick uncontested from 3, that guy will never change. that already worked in 2007 and still works today.
bro idk if y'all are serious when you say shit like this, but somehow this typa shit makes we want to defend fucking LEBRON lmao
if you actually watched the game you would have seen that he had just put in 2 3's immediately before this, and was the main contribution to all offense in 4th quarter. Only reasoning wasn't a blowout for the nuggets was him keeping things together in the 4th, jamal just decided to wake up at that point too
@@benschmitt7035This was his first decent 4 in the past 6 playoff games against the Nuggets. He was averaging like 5 points on 30% shooting and Game 1 scored 4 meaningless points. He also sold out on the biggest shot of the game. This is NOT GOAT shit.
Read this comment just like watches horses race with donkey. You can’t explain anything to a donkey.
That's what you took away from this video?
@@benschmitt7035 They don't know any other way to consume the product. They are only here to have coach confirm their priors (that's also why he made the title what it was).
Fans are irrational in general, but this is the result of years & years of First Take-style talk about sports. The smarter you get, the more you will hate these people.
They should have 2 man or 3 man game it… LEBRON and Center weak side offense … lol 😂 oh well
Labron JOKED AGAIN 😂😂, do l see the brooms 🧹🧹🧹out Again???🤣🤣
Do y’all think lbron will sit out 3rd game?
Lebron is the coach not Darvin ham that’s why he can’t override the way he is playing also I thought you were gonna explain why it’s the replay team fault the lakers lost the game
so the replay team gave up a 20 pt lead?
lol, that’s a good point but it was running a little long and I was running out of time. That replay was effed up for sure
Ham is clearly lebron’s puppet. He has no control with the team, he could have called a timeout but instead let lebron run that kind of offense which makes his teammates useless.
So Malone was making adjustments throughout the game while the Lakers just had lebron making decisions
LeBron system where everyone standing around hoping for a pass which at times it's a force shot, doesn't work that's why Bron need 3 superstars & bunch of good shooters with him for him to win.
He has never needed 3 superstars. So what if he needs good shooters? Every team needs good shooters. You need spacing.
@@urbaindelva7869 At least 2 super stars
I watched this whole game. LeBron gave up alot of backside cuts to Aaron Gordon. He mad multiple lazy plays on defense or straight up lack of defensive positional awareness. Your missing some footage obv
Lebron should low post Kcp more,it’s easy match up for him
It's amazing how LeBron never learns. He continues to play this mismatch nonsense reducing all of his teammates.
This is why "LeBron needs more help" has been the constant theme of his career. His teammates can't help him if they are not allowed to play their game.
I really believe LeBron would take a loss with him scoring +25 over a win where he scores 14 points.
I could certainly understand why it would be hard to play in that kind of offense
exactly and yet Lebum still blames his peers
Truth , he just wants to spam 2 man game against the nuggets . That’s not going to work get the team involved
@@Slimeoutricky This strategy is exactly what has gotten him to be the top 5 player of all time. Ydkb
@@jerryren4076 and losses more than wins in the finals lol.
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U c thay play alot better with out lalame
I hate when Lakers fans correctly point out reasons for the Lakers losing and everyone else just calling it excuses. That it’s somehow taking away from Denver. “No, the Lakers just suck!” Obviously not, they had the lead pretty much the entire game. No one is taking anything away from the Nuggets. The burden to be better isn’t on the reining champs with the reining MVP, it’s on the Lakers to be better. The Lakers were more responsible for their loss, then the Nuggets were for their win.
depends on the reasons, dont blame roleplayers they are what they are roleplayers
and imagine having murray who played 7/8 realy bad quarters as the second guy i swear he would get death threads if he would play beside Lebron
@@jacobscholtissek2410 so starting lineups are supposed to win games on their own? Is that what you’re saying? Because other then the starting lineup of 5 guys, and taurean prince, no one else has scored for the Lakers. The Lakers bench has only scored 17 points, all coming from prince. You have to imagine if everyone but Dlo, Lebron, and AD hit their shots, this game is different. Rui has been abysmal to start the series even though he finished the season playing very well.
@@asapmimic1289 and nuggets Bench scored 12
im saying you dont rely on your roleplayer to be the Hero you should not expect them to bey Gamechanger, thats for the top 3 Guys.
you can applaud them if they do it but not blame them constantly, if their is 1 Guy who constantly fuck up ok but if they have 1-2 bad Games dont blame them
my english isnt the best hope you god my point