The Nuggets are the first team in NBA history to beat LeBron James 10 straight times and he talks about being on the brink of elimination with his team.
No NBA team has ever come back from 0-3 in the playoffs and after dropping Game 3 112-105 on Thursday, LeBron opened up about his opinion.
“You just take it one game at a time, right now,” he said, when asked if he thought the Lakers could change history. “You lose, you go home, so you go out with the mindset, let's get one. Force a Game 5, and we'll go from there. As long as you are alive, you always have faith. I just think he's playing until the wheels fall off. That's what it's always been about, for me.”
James' running mate, Anthony Davis shared a similar postgame mindset, “Our goal, and our mindset right now, is trying to find it. Trying to get a game on Saturday and go from there. We can't focus on it [dropping the last 11 games to Denver], we are focused on trying to be better. From tonight, learn from our mistakes and try to win on Saturday.”
In what will no doubt become a meme, LeBron summed up the situation by saying, “It's just basketball. At the end of the day, it's just basketball. “
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The Lakers lost a lot of momentum during the game because without Anthony Davis (33 points, 15 rebounds), LeBron James (26 points, nine assists), Austin Reaves (points of -22, four steals), no one pitched a good hand.
All Lakers players except Davis, James and Reaves combined for just 24 points on 10-30 shooting.
D'Angelo Russell scored ZERO points in 24 minutes of play and was torn apart on social media after the game.
As for the Nuggets, the franchise is enjoying being in the winner's circle and it's a life Nikola Jokic has grown accustomed to.
“I think I said before that winning is our way of life,” Jokic said. “It's great when you win…everyone is happy. Everyone wants to play. Everyone buys into the system…I was here when we lost. I don't want to go back.”
We'll leave you with this sobering stat: The Lakers haven't beaten the Nuggets since December 2022.
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