Denver won Game 3 with another fourth-quarter push the Lakers could not match. It's a reminder that the Nuggets have been the best in the West this season, writes sports columnist helenenothelen.
Through it all, the Nuggets stayed above the chaos below them. They’ve shown that same confidence against the Lakers, making plays and runs that have quieted the chaos within the first three games of the West finals while taking a 3-0 stranglehold in the best-of-seven series.
and sent fans at Crypto.com Arena streaming toward the exits before the final horn mournfully sounded. “It’s a one-game series for us,” James said, and that one game is scheduled for Monday.The Lakers have been let down by members of their supporting cast in this series, most notably the continued poor shooting of point guard D’Angelo Russell, who was one for eight from the field Saturday.
No NBA team has erased an opponent’s 3-0 lead in a playoff series, though it has happened four times in the NHL — most recently by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Kings over San Jose in 2014 — and once in Major League Baseball, when the 2004 Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
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