The Los Angeles Lakers looked to be in control for much of Game 2 against the Denver Nuggets, but the top seed stormed back in the second half to come away with the win.
One of the big turning points of the game though, came in the first half itself as per Draymond Green, as he pointed to the botched dunk from LeBron James.
“When I’m watching the game, I’m also looking at turning points,” Green said on The Draymond Green Show. “And a big turning point in the game was the LeBron mishap on the dunk. That takes an eight-point lead to a ten-point lead. You get a timeout there, everything’s rolling, right? Nuggets come back down, they don’t score, Lakers come down, don’t score, back, don’t score Nuggets… Lakers come back down and they score. But the rhythm is off, like, the game’s no longer flowing like it was flowing leading up to that. You get the Joker (Nikola Jokic) kick-out three from KCP (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope). Now, that gets KCP going… now you get the other guys going.”
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That play did seem to affect their rhythm on offense and the Lakers only scored 13 points in the rest of the quarter. When asked about it after the game, LeBron called it an unforced turnover that was horrible, especially as they were on the road. Game 2 certainly wasn’t James’ finest hour by any means, but he still finished with 22 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. The main problem though is the three-point shooting as he was 0-6 in the game and Lakers fans want him to stop shooting threes at this point.
The Lakers Might Look Back At Game 2 With A Great Deal Of Regret
In each of the previous two rounds, the Lakers managed to win one of the first two games on the road, but they weren’t able to in this instance. While they came out of Game 1 with a lot of positives, after nearly overturning a 21-point deficit, that wasn’t the case after Game 2.
They have put the Nuggets in the driver’s seat in this series after blowing the game and there’s a good chance they’ll look back at this one with a great deal of regret. The chances they’ll be up double digits again in Denver in this series don’t seem great and even if they do somehow manage to do it, the Nuggets will now be supremely confident that they can turn things around no matter what the situation.
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