After the Lakers made a valiant effort to put themselves in position to steal a Game 1 win in Denver, it was LeBron James who failed to deliver.
Then James lost his mind, or his legs, or both.It was, instead, a painful failure that could haunt.
With 45 seconds remaining and the Lakers having closed the gap to three, James had the ball in his hands and time on the shot clock, and he promptly jacked it up. Despite missing both of his previous three-pointers, James threw up a trey that bounced away.free throws later, the Lakers were still in the game with 18 seconds left when James had the ball in his hands again. This time he just lost it, watching it get stripped by Jokic as James stood still in disgust.
Lakers coach Darvin Ham’s decision to go with Dennis Schroder in a three-guard lineup Tuesday led to a slow start and an eventual loss to Denver in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. Here are some of the best photos from the Lakers’ 132-126 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference finals on Tuesday.
The jabs were everywhere. They couldn’t stop the wondrous Jokic, who scored 34 points with 21 rebounds and 14 assists. They couldn’t slow the fearless Jamal Murray, who dropped 31. They were outrebounded, outscored in the paint, fell short on second-chance points and lost an important loose ball in the final minutes that led to a fastbreak, ally-oop dunk by Aaron Gordon.
Jokic didn’t make a shot in that fourth quarter, and the Lakers dominated them inside, and this was going to be a victory for the ages …“In the postseason it doesn’t matter if you cut it to one or you’re down 20, if you lose, you lose,” James said. “They are 1-0 and we have to come back with desperation going into Game 2. We have to play better, we have to rebound better.”
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