Can LeBron and the Lakers Topple the Nuggets?

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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LeBron James and the Lakers are one step away from the NBA Finals…but back in October, that possibility seemed almost completely out of reach. The team started out the season just 2-10 and faced an upward climb back to the top of the west, with a 0.3% of even making the playoffs. But thanks to a complete roster overhaul at the trade deadline, the Lakers find themselves in a familiar position: In the Western Conference Finals against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. So today, Ramona Shelburne explains just how impressive the Lake Show’s turnaround has been, and what the Denver Nuggets have to do to trigger an avalanche to come tumbling down on LA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Grimone, Shelburne. So great to cross pass with you here on the daily and not just on
0:05.6	around the horn. I wanted to take you back to November 11th of last year. The Lakers
0:12.7	had just lost to the Sacramento Kings. It was their fifth consecutive game and their
0:16.8	record dropped to an NBA worst two and 10. What was the feeling around the team at that
0:22.2	moment?
0:23.2	I was at that game. I remember seeing Darvin Hamillot those days and I would like pass
0:31.2	him in the hallway after his press conference or Furious Walking by and I was like, you okay
0:36.4	man?
0:37.4	Walked you alright? Because I mean that guy just left the Milwaukee Bucks and you know was
0:44.3	really excited. This is his first head coaching opportunity in the league. He had other opportunities
0:49.8	in the league but he wanted to coach the Lakers. And I remember he came in with so much
0:56.2	optimism and so much positivity and within a few games you kind of felt like the wheels
1:02.5	might fall off.
1:03.5	Let's kick around with three with two weaves on its way. This game is over and the Lakers
1:10.4	cannot get the W. Lakers went two out of ten down the stretch. Russell Westbrook was an
1:19.1	issue.
1:20.1	No rush, no he missed it. Take it now by Portland. Pat Beverly was an issue.
1:29.7	Now Patrick Beverly has brought a camera out onto the court to show the official the last
1:34.0	play and he just got called for a technical foul. What is he doing?
1:39.3	Anthony Davis, LeBron James, like did not look happy out there. They just kept finding
1:44.0	new and different ways to lose and Darvin was like Mr. Pazou.
1:49.9	I would say this man and right it quoted however this this may be happening now at the
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