Analysis: The Lakers’ strategy to contain Nikola Jokic worked in win over Nuggets
The Lakers held Jokic, who entered the weekend leading the NBA in frontcourt touches with 56.6 touches, to 43 frontcourt touches on Saturday. He possessed the ball nearly a third less of the time on Saturday (3.1 minutes) than he did entering the matchup (4.5 minutes) and held the ball for shorter periods of time when he did have it.
The Luka Doncic Lakers finally showed their full potential in win over the Nuggets
LeBron James scored 25 points, Luka Doncic added 32 and the Los Angeles Lakers trounced the Denver Nuggets on the road by 23 points Saturday, showing flashes of the title contender people thought they could be when they made a move to pair the two stars.
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It would be an understatement to say reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic's Denver Nuggets have had the Los Angeles Lakers' number ...
The win figures to put recent puzzling losses to the Utah Jazz and Charlotte Hornets firmly in the rearview mirror and should ...
Luka Doncic had his best game as a Laker last night and Los Angeles dominated Denver and ended their winning streak, I break ...
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic admitted he likely never decided to have Taco Bell's food because of how his draft day in the NBA turned out.
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Luka Doncic had his best game in a Lakers uniform Saturday night in Denver when he led Los Angeles to a 123-100 win over the ...
After Luka Doncic’s outstanding performance against the Denver Nuggets, former Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson sent a ...
The Los Angeles Lakers are 1-2 so far in the games that Luka Doncic has played in, with a big Western Conference game agains the Denver Nuggets coming up. Luka Doncic hasn’t quite played that well ...
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