Inside the NBA reacts to Nuggets vs Lakers Game 3 Highlights

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one, that's how you work right there, this one, the Joker, okay, because in game one and game two the Lakers had double-digit leads by 12 in game one for 20 in game two they lost both of them. You know, we thought at the beginning of the game, when they came out with all that energy, it was going to be a tough night for the Nuggets, think again, LeBron, oh muscle on their way in, but they have a good way, as you see and move on . to work inside you, they have a way of just, uh, man, just slowing you down and just guiding you down, just punishing you with the offensive glass man that was beautiful, oh, go get that steel, won't you, Joker, all For its lonely inside, are you going for? that steel and don't understand it brother, it's not a good time LeBron up to announce that he had 16 in the half and in the half the Lakers were winning 5349 but everything changed in the third quarter when Denver beat him 34-22 oh.

Don't leave that guy open, Michael Porter Jr., the thing about Denver is when they get bigger and you get smaller, they can defend the little guys and they're actually still more athletic than, but it's just the man Aaron Gordon 29 and 15 for Aaron Gordon's career off me. man, postseason, leave me alone, little King, oh, now he's a little King and 24 15 and N man, look at this guy, shoot that ball, the

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definitely came to play, everyone played well for the Nuggets, LeBron, you know, Ernie, at no point did I think, I thought, I said halfway through I think the Lakers were going to win this game come on little oh come on big oo big honey big honey it's wo boy 103 9 at that point 112 105 that's how it ends by the way teams 3 nothing it's 151 and 0 in series well it's going to be a difficult day for Danel, the little russle Tom Mar The Laker team made Crispy Cream, wasn't it a Lakers team that was 33 and five when they led in the middle of this year the third best Mark in the NBA 0 and 3 now in this one? series against the Nuggets here's Darvin Ham Darin clearly off to a strong start where did you start to see the energy or whatever eluded you in this game and what do you think was the main reason?

Only in the second quarter. we have some, you know, we had some good looks that we just didn't go down, they got loose, they saw something come in and it carried over to the third quarter, so good point-blank shots for the guys that are missing. shots that are usually made and that's how the game goes to get to a Miss league and you know when you can't score and they're scoring, they're running away, you know it's hard like we, we, we have to do it. Keep the scoreboard moving, coach, what is your level of anger or disappointment that you couldn't accomplish those things that you were trying to accomplish?

I mean, you've just got to put guys in a position that you know they're in. in their sweet spots they get looks and again I just hope they're in a good rhythm and things go down, you know, for a while there we had only done one, three and a long, long time we had just done too much, uh, we protected to his three. -dotted line, well offensive rebounding definitely played a role for them and those guys rallied to regain their footing, you know, giving up a second and third chance so they got the Buckets, look, take a good look at The Rim , uh, but you know. you just have to attack every possession you have to be competitive have competitive pride and attack every possession you know you're going to miss shots but you have to move on to the next play one thing about this team we've really been doing very good thing over the last few months is having a next play mentality, move on to the next play making multiple efforts, but you know it's hard, it's hard, we have to find a way to get one on Saturday to stay alive one game away. a second consecutive sweep at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, who over the last two years have had 36 wins now when they were down by double digits, allowing them to be comfortable in that situation and not panic because of last year.

They definitely have a championship mentality and they just play well together, you know, my favorite player tonight was Aaron Gordon, maybe a little bit of serc sabalo, you're not going to get your play call, you just have to go out there, you know? you said in the interview do whatever it takes to make the team you know win and listen to the offensive rebound here and listen to this guy in Joker Jamal, they did what they were supposed to do but look at the stat sheet another Michael Porter 20 another Aaron Gordon 29 other kavis cell pop Five Points and they just play well and then what I love about their championship mentality no panic first two games in double figures Lakers got off to a fast start look at those guys Mike Mike Malone isn't panicking, the team isn't panicking and they just keep cutting you off.

They have three guys with at least 20 and 104 with 20 or more. In this game you said you wanted to ask the jet a question when your spirit is broken, how do you motivate yourself for the next race or the next game. Well, first of all, you always have to have an illusion of greatness, regardless of wins and losses, you always feel that you will win the next contest, yeah, so, for, for, um, for the Los Angeles Lakers, now it becomes a no, let's win this series, let's show the In the world we still have a proud team that we will not allow ourselves to be swept on our home field to finish the season two years in a row by the same team.

So if you get one, then you start talking about can we be number one, the first team that can win a series, I mean you have to fool yourself, well that's the answer, you have to fool yourself, so you'll keep running towards the board until you win, you know, Ernie, Ernie, I'm in shock right now, you know, I said it before tonight. I said I would be totally surprised if the Sixers and Lakers didn't win and my Sixers came out ahead, but what disappointed me about the Lakers was that there was no point in that game, you saw desperation or you thought they were going to win the game. it's like they thought we were going to lose this 40 series, they were playing like it was a fight in my opinion, but at no point do you see that game that you say they were playing out of desperation, well Shaq said they were going to win. by seven at halftime and he actually hit the number in the head again, yeah, second, but because we were he knew, because what we were talking about at no point did you think Denver was going to lose that game, the Lakers were like a man who doesn't I don't realize they're missing two shots because you saw it with Philadelphia, man, they were playing, they were all over the place with great energy at no time when that game got close to the end of the first quarter.

I like it, man, because I said, I said, I think the Lakers are going to lose this game and I don't know if you would have, if you would have told me, hey, Denver will be up in this series 3, nothing, nobody thought that, but I wouldn't have done it. I looked at you and said you're crazy, that's not possible, but the way they've done it, losing double digits in each of these games, that's what's surprising. You know, Kenny talks about deception. I actually thought this was going to be great. series I really did it, I did it, I thought this, I said man, this is going to be a six or seven game series and they've taken the heart out of them and they're not going to say anything.

I, Ernie, I really said it, I said, man, they go. It was a tough time for the Lakers, but their hearts and pride were stolen. You know, one thing you have to have when you play against The Champ is to have that killer instinct and we thought about the first two games with double digits than the Lakers. They were going to put their foot on their necks, they didn't and tonight they didn't have that killer instinct and down 03 and what we were talking about on the pregame show, we're talking about the fourth quarter performances when you were looking at Anthony.

Davis and LeBron James and when you look at it tonight, Anthony Davis, who had 30 points and 11 rebounds in three quarters, three points in the fourth quarter of this one, just three, yeah, but I think that's misleading, to be honest with you. , Ernie three is. It's not misleading, no, no, because they were down by double digits, he played well, then, as if the game wasn't close in the fourth quarter, like in that other game, they were down by 12 13 points, so it wasn't as if it were a close game. and they didn't make an announcement like eight eight going to the fourth yeah, yeah, but they went down 13 14 points.

You never thought the Lakers were going to win this game, that's my point, like in the second game, AD should have gotten the ball, but that stat to me is misleading because they were down 12, they cut it down to seven or eight with 30 seconds left. the end, that's just a facade, well, it may be misleading, but it's accurate because there's a no, you know. A style of play is necessary that the Lakers are consistent with. What's accurate is that you can't go 24 minutes and not have a point that's accurate, so who is this D'Angelo Russell that needs to step up for 24 minutes and it doesn't make sense, I'm not saying?

It's his fault, I'm just saying that he, I mean, there are a lot of things, I mean for me, I think he's a complementary auxiliary player, yes, but you can't go 24 minutes in the playoffs and not score. Shaq is absolutely right, you can't. go all out for seven in a must win game he got the same points as me you and chuck tonight 112 105 that's your final score Denver Nuggets up 3 nothing in this first round in matchup 27 and they'll try to close it out Saturday night , that game will be broadcast on ABC, that's exactly, oh, come on, Mr.

Clean, bring that thing. Mr. Clean Man, that body, that's my body, Eric Martinez, that's what Chuck was like in general.