We learned quite a bit from the Nuggets’ win over a load-managed LeBron and Chris Paul’s loss to his old team at his new home arena.
, Los Angeles cut the lead to seven on a LeBron James layup. On its next four trips down the floor, Denver recorded a Jamal Murray three, a Kentavious Caldwell-Pope two, an Aaron Gordon dunk and a Michael Porter Jr. three. Less than two minutes later, the Nuggets had doubled their lead to 14. Jokić assisted on three of the shots, and all four possessions started with him holding the ball near the top of the key, with Murray working around an off-ball screen or handoff.
But this strategy can only work if Anthony Davis is both healthy and aggressive. He was fantastic in the first half on Tuesday, dropping 17 points while attacking whoever stood in his way. And then he scored zero points in the second half. If LeBron is going to have his minutes reduced, AD can’t afford those kinds of scoring droughts moving forward.
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