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Lakers vs Nuggets Live Stream: “If you remember, I think it’s the third or fourth game against the Clippers, we kind of felt good because we played good and everybody was playing for each other,” center Nikola Jokic said. “We lost the game, but we kind of put up the fight. I think we want that feeling again. We are playing free, playing for each other, winning. We are hungry for that feeling.”

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Lakers vs Nuggets Live Streams: It isn’t the Western Conference finals matchup most expected, but the Denver Nuggets have more than earned the right to face the Los Angeles Lakers in what should be another intriguing series. The Nuggets dispatched the presumptive title favorite Los Angeles Clippers in seven games, becoming the first team to come back from two 3-1 deficits in NBA postseason history. Meanwhile, the Lakers bounced back from a Game 1 loss to eliminate the Houston Rockets with four straight wins.

Denver will once again be the heavy underdog — as our expert picks indicate — but that’s exactly where it wants to be. Budding superstars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray have both played the “nobody believes in us” card already this postseason, with good reason, and the Nuggets are playing with nothing to lose. They face a tough task, however, with LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the well-oiled Lakers standing between them and their first NBA Finals appearance in franchise history.he Lakers are the superior team, with the superior stars in LeBron James and Anthony Davis, with superior postseason experience.

The same was true for the Clippers, and yet here we are: Jamal Murray a newly-minted rising superstar, Nikola Jokic with a skill set that can be baffling to try and stop for opposing defenses, and a free-money swagger that will surely carry over from Denver’s two 3-1-series comebacks so far these playoffs. Yet LeBron is LeBron, and in a bizarre season in which the Warriors did not factor, Kevin Durant did not play, Giannis and Kawhi have exited early with the Bucks and Clippers, it’s hard to see King James making room on the throne just yet, particularly for the Nuggets, impressive though they’ve been. The series will be hard fought, but this time Denver’s magic runs out.

LeBron James could make me look like a total fool — he’s the best in the business at exploiting weak spots, and the Nuggets’ defense has a couple of those. But, as Jamal Murray said after shocking the world in the second round, the Lakers have to worry about Denver, too. Nikola Jokic has been more aggressive than ever lately, and the always potent Murray-Jokic two-man game looks unguardable now that Murray is consistently making off-the-dribble 3s and Jokic is firing away without hesitation.

The Lakers turned into a different team in the second round, banishing their bigs and playing an unconventional defense to take advantage of Russell Westbrook’s poor shooting and the Rockets’ reliance on James Harden. I’m not sure any of that is replicable against the Nuggets, so the concerns that felt urgent after the seeding games — the absence of Avery Bradley’s perimeter defense, poor spacing, James’ playmaking burden — are relevant again.

Jokic and Murray have been brilliant individually, but they sent Kawhi Leonard and Paul George home because they were part of a more cohesive and complete team environment. I am skeptical that the Lakers can continue to maximize Rajon Rondo, Markieff Morris and the rest of their role players, so I’m cautiously predicting that Denver will burst James and Anthony Davis’ bubble the same way. After making NBA history on Tuesday by completing a second consecutive 3-1 playoff series comeback, the emotions are high for the Denver Nuggets. But coach Mike Malone is stressing the point: They can’t be satisfied with themselves yet.

“I think the biggest question aside from themes, plays, personnel, is are our guys satisfied,” Malone said Thursday. “Man, we just made playoff history, down 3-1, down 3-1 [again]. We’ve gotten to the Western Conference finals [for] only the second time in franchise history. Take a breath, come up for air. The Lakers aren’t coming up for air. They’ve been waiting.”

The Nuggets came back in their opening-round series from down 3-1 against the Utah Jazz to win in seven games, then did it all over again against the LA Clippers, advancing to take on the Los Angeles Lakers in the Westen Conference finals, which begin Friday in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.Guard Jamal Murray admitted after Game 1 against the Clippers that he felt the wear and tear of the previous series and that it played a factor in the Nuggets fading down the stretch.

That turnaround was much quicker, though, with only one day between games. The Nuggets have two days to recover and prepare before taking on the Lakers on Friday. The Lakers, on the other hand, took care of both their series in five games and haven’t played since last Saturday. “I think the Lakers are probably the most rested team in the bubble,” Malone said. “They’ve taken care of business. Give them credit in that regard.”
The Nuggets found their legs — and their adjustments — midway through the series against the Clippers. And while it gives them confidence they can get out of any situation, they’re hoping to build on the momentum of the series, rather than reset and ease into it again.

A big motivational tactic the Nuggets have been leaning into this postseason is the lack of faith from fans and media. They were the underdog against the Clippers (all 19 ESPN experts picked LA) and they expect the same against the Lakers. Though Jokic said he thought the Nuggets “surprised” the Clippers, the secret is out now; he doesn’t expect to do the same against the Lakers.

“I mean, even when we beat the Clippers, they were talking how the Clippers lost. They don’t think about us. Not even the Lakers, not even anybody,” Jokic said. “I think they’re really focused. You can just see how they’re playing. Even the Portland series, the Houston series, they are really locked in. They will not take us for granted. We kind of surprised the Clippers. Probably they don’t want to make that happen to them, so I think they’re going to be really focused and really locked in.”

The Nuggets are 6-0 in elimination games this postseason, finding their best basketball in the most tense moments. It gave Malone an idea. “Well, we actually did petition the league to see if we could just get right to it and start 3-1 down, save everybody a lot of time, catch up to the Eastern Conference,” he joked. “But that was shot down.”

Though if Malone’s looking for some pregame speech material for Friday’s Game 1, he could remind his team that, technically, it is down 3-1 to the Lakers already — the Nuggets lost the regular-season series 3-1.This run the Nuggets have been on is one of the best playoff stories in recent memory. Jamal Murray has come into his own as a true star in the backcourt, Nikola Jokic is playing at an incredible level and they’ve proven to be incredibly resilient.

They’ve always been able to score, have been much better on the defensive end since the first few games against the Jazz in the first round and have essentially no pressure at this point. They just don’t have LeBron James. Obviously there are other factors involved, including the fact that the Lakers have been dominant on both sides of the ball in the postseason. But when it really comes down to it, I just can’t pick against “The King” in the playoffs, especially against a team that’s never gotten to this stage before.
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