LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers will face Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets in the first round playoffs. The disparity seems obvious and even King thinks the Serbian is one of the best players to ever exist in basketball history:
“He is one of the best players ever. It’s that simple.”, LeBron James said about Nikola Jokic. “The most important thing is that he changes the way his teammates think about their game. When are you able to inspire your teammates to play at a level that sometimes they don’t even feel they can reach? That is the true test of greatness. We have similar components in our game, what we bring to the table.”
Including the Western Conference finals in 2023, the Nuggets have won eight consecutive games against the Lakers. Five of those have come in crunch time, usually when the Lakers take control. Denver, however, got Los Angeles (and everyone else) in trouble with the Jokic-Murray two-man game.
Game 1 between the Lakers and Nuggets will be played Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Ball Arena in Denver. The table is set.
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