Maybe playing Nikola Jokic and the defending champion Denver Nuggets is a no-win proposition … but were the “pundits” really serious?
Anthony Davis, right, and the Lakers again find themselves matched up against Nikola Jokic, left, and the Denver Nuggets, a postseason opponent some suggested they should have tried to avoid.
• That said, the Lakers now get the team that swept them in last spring’s Western Conference finals, and that hasn’t lost to them since December of 2022. Yes, the usual suspects are still there: two-time league MVP Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, etc. Shore up the fourth quarter – and try not to depend on LeBron James to bail them out – and the Lakers have a puncher’s chance, maybe more. …
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