Jamal Murray's a marked man in LA. Welcome in to the first half open thread of the Lakers' matchup vs. the Denver Nuggets. Leave a comment below and share your thoughts on the game.
Q2
DEN 47 LAL 48
Kuzma's bucket was something to salvage in this terrible quarter for the Lakers. Wow, that made the start at the first quarter seem like a distant memory. We gotta give credit to Denver's defense. They made the necessary defensive adjustments and are forcing the Lakers to play a slow, halfcourt pace. Too many turnovers from the Lakers' side is the result. It also has to do was that there was just too many passes. Lonzo in particular accounted for most of the over-passing. The three point game also was a negative in this quarter after it was working in the first quarter. They had good looks, but I'm beyond puzzled why they abandoned the paint game when they were taking too many threes and missing them. They have to feed it to Randle and Lopez inside. I saw a little regression from Randle being out-of-control this quarter. Then again, the Nuggets made the necessary defensive adjustments to put him in a difficult position. The Lakers must punish this Nuggets team inside rather than try to beat them at their own game with 3-pointers. More inside scoring. The 2nd half will open up shortly.
Q1
DEN 22 LAL 35
Strong quarter for the Lakers and strong start to the game. Both the defense and the offense were on point that quarter. Lonzo set the tone on defense with a block on Gary Harris and a couple of steals. Randle set the tone inside. The Nuggets just have zero answer on how to guard Randle inside the paint. Because they can't, they can only hope to contain him. Brook Lopez is hot early from beyond the arc with three 3-pointers made. Everything is clicking right now. Hopefully, it translates to the 2nd quarter.
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