The Nuggets are the first crew in NBA historical past to beat LeBron James ten straight instances and he speaks about being on the brink of elimination together with his crew.
No NBA crew has ever come again from an 0-3 deficit in the playoffs and after dropping Game 3 112-105 on Thursday, LeBron opened up on his mindset.
“You just take it one game at a time, at this point,” he mentioned, when requested if he thinks Lakers might change historical past. “You lose, you go home, so you come out with the mindset, let’s get one. Force a Game 5, and then we go from there. As long as you still have life, then you always have belief. I just think you play until the wheels fall off. That’s what it’s always about, for me.”
James’ working mate, Anthony Davis shared an identical mentality postgame, “Our focus, and our mental right now, is trying to get one. Trying to get a game on Saturday and then go from there. We can’t focus on [dropping the last 11 games to Denver], our focus is on trying to get better. From tonight, learn from our mistakes and try to get a win on Saturday.”
In what’s little question going to flip right into a meme, LeBron summed up the state of affairs by saying, “It’s just basketball. At the end of the day, it’s just basketball.”
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The Lakers misplaced a heap of momentum throughout the sport as a result of outdoors of Anthony Davis (33 factors, 15 rebounds), LeBron James (26 factors, 9 assists), Austin Reaves (22 factors, 4 steals), nobody contributed positively.
All Lakers gamers outdoors of Davis, James and Reaves mixed for under 24 factors on 10-30 capturing.
D’Angelo Russell scored ZERO factors in 24 minutes of play and was ripped to shreds on socials after the game.
As for the Nuggets, the franchise is having fun with being in the winner’s circle and it’s a life Nikola Jokic has develop into accustomed to.
“I think I said one time that winning is a lifestyle for us,” Jokic mentioned. “It’s really good when you’re winning…everybody is happy. Everybody wants to play. Everybody is buying into the system…I was here when we were losing. I don’t want to go back.”
We’ll depart you with this sobering stat: Lakers haven’t beat the Nuggets since December 2022.
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