Hoops Tonight - Lakers-Nuggets Predictions: Will LeBron James & LA upset Nikola Jokic & Denver?
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🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Jason Timpf shares his predictions for LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the Los Angeles Lakers' Western Conference Finals matchup with Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Playoffs. What are the key matchups that will determine this series? Will Anthony Davis be able to slow down Nikola Jokic? And who does Jason have winning the series and clinching a spot in the NBA Finals? #volume #herd
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| 0:00.0 | The Volume |
| 0:15.0 | All right welcome to Hoops tonight here at the volume happy Monday everybody coverage of the conference finals here at Hoops tonight |
| 0:21.3 | Is brought to you by Chase Freedom Unlimited how to you cash back all right today |
| 0:25.7 | We're gonna be doing our series preview for the Western conference finals between between the Lakers and the Nuggets |
| 0:31.0 | Also keep an eye on the feeds either later tonight or early tomorrow morning. I'll be recording it here shortly |
| 0:36.2 | I'm just not sure when they're gonna release it |
| 0:37.8 | But we'll have a Eastern conference finals preview as well breaking down the heat and the Celtics |
| 0:43.1 | You guys know the drill before we get started subscribe to the volume's YouTube channel |
| 0:46.1 | So you don't miss any more of our videos follow me on Twitter at underscore Jason L.T |
| 0:49.9 | So you guys don't miss any show announcements and if for whatever reason you guys miss one of these shows |
| 0:54.0 | And you can't get back over to YouTube to finish don't forget you can find them wherever you get your podcasts |
| 0:58.4 | Under Hoops tonight. All right. Let's talk some basketball. So just like we usually do |
| 1:03.0 | We're gonna do our series notes where I just talked about a couple of the background pieces of information |
| 1:08.8 | Then we're gonna do our Chase three-point segment where we go over the three biggest matchups |
| 1:14.1 | That I'm looking at in this particular series at the end of that I'll go over a couple quick hitters |
| 1:18.8 | I'll pick who I think is gonna win and make the case |
| 1:22.6 | For the other team so the nuggets right now or minus 165 favorite. That's not in substantial |
| 1:30.1 | So Vegas clearly views them as the slightly better team the season series was two to two the home team won every single game |
| 1:36.7 | And all four games were January 9th or earlier so none of the trade deadline pieces |
| 1:44.1 | Involved the games that the Lakers beat the nuggets |
| 1:48.2 | One in particular Anthony Davis was out. They went small they were running up and down the four crazy |
| 1:52.9 | In transition the other one they won with Anthony Davis was also a great transition effort because they had lost a game early in the season |
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