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 Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 5:44 pm Post subject: *** Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets (05/16/23 @ 5:30 PM PT) Western Conference Finals / Gm#1 *** |
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Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets
Ball Arena | Tuesday, May 16, 2023 • 5:30 PM PT
Western Conference Finals / Gm#1
* TEAM ROSTERS(links)
* INJURY REPORT(Link)
Denver Nuggets
C. Gillespie - Out
Los Angeles Lakers
Mo Bamba - Out
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......... NUKE the NUGGETS!! 
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Every game is a MUST WIN!!
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LET'S GO LAKERS
8 WINS TO GO
ROAD TO #18 |
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Let’s do this!! |
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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The betting line is currently at Denver -5.5.
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LakerSD
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| I would love to steal this one, it won’t be easy whatsoever as Denver has seen what has happened to Memphis and GS when they lost home court. |
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Go Lakers!!!
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Their size is an issue and takes away much of our advantage in the paint in terms of rebounding, shot blocking and scoring.
None the less, let’s steal game one again… that won us the last two series. |
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Hopefully coach Ham doesn't try his old small ball habits against the Nuggets. We need legit size in the front court for pretty much every second Jokic is on the floor.
With that in mind, maybe Mo Bamba is healthy and able to be this round's Lonnie Walker IV surprise (even if only in defensive impact alone). |
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| Can we borrow Dwight for a few games, like a new China trade agreement? |
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pio2u
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| PenG_ wrote: | | Can we borrow Dwight for a few games, like a new China trade agreement? |
Do it Mitch!!  |
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Our strength is defense. We really need to lock in.
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| 32 wrote: | | The betting line is currently at Denver -5.5. |
Anybody recall the game 1 lines for round 1 and 2? |
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LakerSD
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Celebrating LGSRS and injuries?  |
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| dont_be_a_wuss wrote: | | 32 wrote: | | The betting line is currently at Denver -5.5. |
Anybody recall the game 1 lines for round 1 and 2? |
The Grizzlies were -4.5
The warriors were -4.5
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joeblow
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| Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 6:56 am Post subject: Re: *** Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets (05/16/23 @ 5:30 PM PT) Western Conference Finals / Gm#1 *** |
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| pio2u wrote: |
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Mo Bamba - Out |
Hey, there hasn't been an injury status update for Mo Bamba since the GSW series. Why did you list him as being out? |
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| defense wrote: | | Our strength is defense. We really need to lock in. |
I've always believed in you dude! |
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AD has his work cut out for him if his assignment is defending Nikola Jokić. Joker can't jump over a phone book and he's slower than a snail with arthritis but he's quick. Watch him labor up and down the court then watch his footwork near the rim. He's virtually unstoppable. He can also hit the 3. Ham has the arduous chore of developing a game plan to stop Nikola. I think we should make our guards attack the rim to try to get Jokic in foul trouble. Prove yourself Darvin. Slow him down. I don't think we can neutralize him.
Lakers Injury Report: Mo Bamba Supplies Update On Sore Left Ankle
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Now, the 3-and-D rim-protecting big man has provided his own health update to Marc J. Spears of Andscape. The 7-footer informs Spears that he expects he could play for LA during the Western Conference Finals, should the Lakers advance that far. |
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LETS. FREAKING. GO. LAKERS.
HYPE! HYPE! HYPE!
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| LakerSD wrote: | | TDRock wrote: | |
Celebrating LGSRS and injuries? |
get off the Internet! |
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| jodeke wrote: | AD has his work cut out for him if his assignment is defending Nikola Jokić. Joker can't jump over a phone book and he's slower than a snail with arthritis but he's quick. Watch him labor up and down the court then watch his footwork near the rim. He's virtually unstoppable. He can also hit the 3. Ham has the arduous chore of developing a game plan to stop Nikola. I think we should make our guards attack the rim to try to get Jokic in foul trouble. Prove yourself Darvin. Slow him down. I don't think we can neutralize him.
Lakers Injury Report: Mo Bamba Supplies Update On Sore Left Ankle
Story by Alex Kirschenbaum • Friday
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Now, the 3-and-D rim-protecting big man has provided his own health update to Marc J. Spears of Andscape. The 7-footer informs Spears that he expects he could play for LA during the Western Conference Finals, should the Lakers advance that far. |
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i can totally see Ham asking AD to guard Gordon and help in Jokic in the post. Lebron and Rui body him up. |
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Some stats for you all. Do with them as you all will because I'm not sure how valuable they are given that all of our games against Denver were prior to our February trades, prior to LBJ's injury AND prior to Reaves' late season boost. Also, neither Lebron or AD played in the last/4th game against Denver (which was a loss in Denver in January). The other 3 games pre-January and with both LBJ/AD playing, we were 2-1 against Denver.
Again, really hard to take away much from the 3 games. That being said, I'm glad we're a different team now. I had assumed we played them much better than we actually have. Team versus team, overall, we kept Denver to slightly worse averages than against other teams, and we played slightly better than against other teams. However, when you look at the stars (Jokic/Murray/AD/LBJ), all of them basically played to around their averages give or take.
The interesting thing is going to be to see how D'LO, Rui and Reaves play against them. I think much like the Memphis series, Rui is going to have a big role in this one. I also think Vando can play in this series more than he did against Golden State - to what extent though, we'll see. They won't be able to defend us the same way as they did before, and they won't be able to take advantage of our perimeter D the same way they did before either. I do hope that Mo is available though - much as he did against JJJ/Tillman, Wenyen will get killed if he has to match up with Jokic.
DEN RS Record: 53-29
LAL RS Record: 43-39
LAL RS (Post All-Star Break) Record: 27-32
LAL RS (Pre All-Star Break) Record: 16-7
DEN v. LAL: 2-2*
*None of these games were post All Star Break; Lakers were 2-1 with both LBJ and AD playing.
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DEN PPG Overall: 115.8 PPG
DEN TS% Overall: 60.1%
DEN PPG Allowed Overall: 112.5 PPG
DEN TS% Allowed Overall: 57.7%
DEN PPG v. LAL: 112.5 PPG
DEN TS% v. LAL TS%: 55.6%
LAL PPG (Post All Star Break) Overall: 117.6 PPG
LAL TS% (Post All-Star Break) Overall: 59.1%
LAL PPG Allowed (Post All Star Break) Overall: 112.6 PPG
LAL TS% (Post All-Star Break) Allowed Overall: 55.4%
LAL PPG (Pre All Star Break) Overall: 117.0 PPG
LAL TS% (Pre All-Star Break) Overall: 57.8%
LAL PPG Allowed (Pre All Star Break) Overall: 118.2 PPG
LAL TS% (Pre All-Star Break) Allowed Overall: 57.0%
LAL PPG v. DEN: 113.8 PPG
LAL TS% v. DEN: 55.8%
Summary
DEN v. LAL PPG: 112.5 PPG v. 113.8 PPG*
DEN v. LAL TS%: 55.6% v. 55.8%*
*None of these games were post all-star break; despite all of the games being played prior to our trades, and one of the games missing both AD and LBJ, we still defended them much better than average, but also scored almost equally worse than average against them.
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Jokic Stats Overall: 33.7 MPG, 24.5 PPG (70.1 TS%), 11.8 RPG, 9.8 APG
Jokic Stats v. LAL: 35.3 MPG, 23.3 PPG (72.2 TS%), 12.3 RPG, 9.8 APG*
*The fourth game AD didn't play; however, that was also Jokic's lowest scoring game - he had 14 Pts, 11 Rbd, 16 Ast in 35 minutes
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AD Stats Overall: 34.0 MPG, 25.9 PPG (62.7 TS%), 12.5 RPG, 2.6 APG
AD Stats v. DEN: 30.2 MPG, 18.3 PPG (59.7 TS%), 11.0 RPG, 3.0 APG
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Murray Stats Overall: 32.8 MPG, 20.0 PPG (57.1 TS%), 4.0 RPG, 6.2 APG
Murray Stats v. LAL: 32.6 MPG, 22.8 PPG (53.0 TS%), 5.0 RPG, 5.3 APG
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LBJ Stats Overall: 35.5 MPG, 28.9 PPG (58.3TS%), 8.3 RPG, 6.8 APG
LBJ Stats (Post Injury): 32.2 MPG, 24.1 PPG (55.0 TS%), 7.8 RPG, 6.0 APG
LBJ Stats v. DEN: 35.3 MPG, 25.0 PPG (54.5 TS%), 7.3 RPG, 7.0 APG*
*All games against Den were pre-injury
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Reaves Stats Overall: 28.7 MPG, 13.0 PPG (68.7 TS%), 3.0 RPG, 3.4 APG
Reaves Stats (Post All-Star): 30.4 MPG, 17.6 PPG (73.4 TS%), 3.1 RPG, 5.5 APG
Reaves Stats v. DEN: 28.0 MPG, 11.3 PPG (73.7 TS%), 3.3 RPG, 1.0 APG*
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| LakerSanity wrote: | Some stats for you all. Do with them as you all will because I'm not sure how valuable they are given that all of our games against Denver were prior to our February trades, prior to LBJ's injury AND prior to Reaves' late season boost. Also, neither Lebron or AD played in the last/4th game against Denver (which was a loss in Denver in January). The other 3 games pre-January and with both LBJ/AD playing, we were 2-1 against Denver.
Again, really hard to take away much from the 3 games. That being said, I'm glad we're a different team now. I had assumed we played them much better than we actually have. Team versus team, overall, we kept Denver to slightly worse averages than against other teams, and we played slightly better than against other teams. However, when you look at the stars (Jokic/Murray/AD/LBJ), all of them basically played to around their averages give or take.
The interesting thing is going to be to see how D'LO, Rui and Reaves play against them. I think much like the Memphis series, Rui is going to have a big role in this one. I also think Vando can play in this series more than he did against Golden State - to what extent though, we'll see. They won't be able to defend us the same way as they did before, and they won't be able to take advantage of our perimeter D the same way they did before either. I do hope that Mo is available though - much as he did against JJJ/Tillman, Wenyen will get killed if he has to match up with Jokic.
DEN RS Record: 53-29
LAL RS Record: 43-39
LAL RS (Post All-Star Break) Record: 27-32
LAL RS (Pre All-Star Break) Record: 16-7
DEN v. LAL: 2-2*
*None of these games were post All Star Break; Lakers were 2-1 with both LBJ and AD playing.
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DEN PPG Overall: 115.8 PPG
DEN TS% Overall: 60.1%
DEN PPG Allowed Overall: 112.5 PPG
DEN TS% Allowed Overall: 57.7%
DEN PPG v. LAL: 112.5 PPG
DEN TS% v. LAL TS%: 55.6%
LAL PPG (Post All Star Break) Overall: 117.6 PPG
LAL TS% (Post All-Star Break) Overall: 59.1%
LAL PPG Allowed (Post All Star Break) Overall: 112.6 PPG
LAL TS% (Post All-Star Break) Allowed Overall: 55.4%
LAL PPG (Pre All Star Break) Overall: 117.0 PPG
LAL TS% (Pre All-Star Break) Overall: 57.8%
LAL PPG Allowed (Pre All Star Break) Overall: 118.2 PPG
LAL TS% (Pre All-Star Break) Allowed Overall: 57.0%
LAL PPG v. DEN: 113.8 PPG
LAL TS% v. DEN: 55.8%
Summary
DEN v. LAL PPG: 112.5 PPG v. 113.8 PPG*
DEN v. LAL TS%: 55.6% v. 55.8%*
*None of these games were post all-star break; despite all of the games being played prior to our trades, and one of the games missing both AD and LBJ, we still defended them much better than average, but also scored almost equally worse than average against them.
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Jokic Stats Overall: 33.7 MPG, 24.5 PPG (70.1 TS%), 11.8 RPG, 9.8 APG
Jokic Stats v. LAL: 35.3 MPG, 23.3 PPG (72.2 TS%), 12.3 RPG, 9.8 APG*
*The fourth game AD didn't play; however, that was also Jokic's lowest scoring game - he had 14 Pts, 11 Rbd, 16 Ast in 35 minutes
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AD Stats Overall: 34.0 MPG, 25.9 PPG (62.7 TS%), 12.5 RPG, 2.6 APG
AD Stats v. DEN: 30.2 MPG, 18.3 PPG (59.7 TS%), 11.0 RPG, 3.0 APG
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Murray Stats Overall: 32.8 MPG, 20.0 PPG (57.1 TS%), 4.0 RPG, 6.2 APG
Murray Stats v. LAL: 32.6 MPG, 22.8 PPG (53.0 TS%), 5.0 RPG, 5.3 APG
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LBJ Stats Overall: 35.5 MPG, 28.9 PPG (58.3TS%), 8.3 RPG, 6.8 APG
LBJ Stats (Post Injury): 32.2 MPG, 24.1 PPG (55.0 TS%), 7.8 RPG, 6.0 APG
LBJ Stats v. DEN: 35.3 MPG, 25.0 PPG (54.5 TS%), 7.3 RPG, 7.0 APG*
*All games against Den were pre-injury
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Reaves Stats Overall: 28.7 MPG, 13.0 PPG (68.7 TS%), 3.0 RPG, 3.4 APG
Reaves Stats (Post All-Star): 30.4 MPG, 17.6 PPG (73.4 TS%), 3.1 RPG, 5.5 APG
Reaves Stats v. DEN: 28.0 MPG, 11.3 PPG (73.7 TS%), 3.3 RPG, 1.0 APG* |
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