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Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

Game 2 vs. Nuggets

Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

Pete Zayas

Sports News, Basketball, Sports, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

The Lakers lost in heartbreaking fashion to Denver in Game 2, falling at the hands of a Jamal Murray buzzer-beater after leading by 20 points in the 3rd quarter. Pete, Mike, and Darius discuss the game, the mental toll losses like that can take, the defensive adjustment that triggered the Nuggets comeback, AD's brilliance offensively, the team's struggles on offense down the stretch, and much more. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

What do you think about the Laker team now?

0:03.0

You follow the box scores, the games every day?

0:06.0

Just the Lakers.

0:07.0

You're kidding.

0:08.0

That is really a compliment.

0:10.0

I was pleased to see you smile at the top part show because once the game starts, you have a game face.

0:17.0

You don't smile much out there.

0:20.0

I don't think you have to do things for money anymore.

0:22.9

Correct.

0:23.4

What's up, Laker fans?

0:24.6

Thank you for tuning in.

0:26.0

If you are still listening to your Lakers podcast this morning,

0:29.5

instead of tucking it all away, you are a trooper because that one stung.

0:34.5

Lakers lose a heartbreaker 101 to 99, tantalizingly close to sending it back to L.A.

0:41.0

Tied at one. But somewhere after Anthony Davis hit 14 straight shots, it was just like, forget about DPOI.

0:49.9

Watch this. It was just unbelievable on offense. Lakers go up by as much as 20. Denver makes a

0:56.6

defensive adjustment, puts Aaron Gordon on AD. And I think there's a very critical story to be

1:01.4

told from that point on on the offense, but I'll put that on the shelf for now. It's a slow grind

1:06.2

type of comeback, right? Lakers are still fighting, right? I'm not, I don't want to tell the whole

1:10.5

story of that part of the game right now, but it wasn't a, it wasn't one of those, you know, 10-0, lose the rope. They're not trying type of thing. I thought the Lakers effort was good last night, but Denver's a great team, and the Lakers never solved the adjustment that they made. and it culminates in a step back from Jamal Murray. Just an amazing shot.

1:30.4

Mike, they hit seven straight. the adjustment that they made. And it culminates in a step back from Jamal Murray, just an

1:28.3

amazing shot. Mike, they hit seven straight shots down the stretch. I can only imagine what

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