They demonstrated over the regular season, which they finished with the best record in the conference. Perhaps more important: The Nuggets are the better team. To be clear, his team’s 3-0 deficit isn’t entirely on him.ĭ’Angelo Russell was Russell Westbrook-level terrible in Game 3, making just one of eight shots while playing his typically indifferent form of defense. “We had some opportunities,” James said, “but we didn’t come through.” He just wasn’t great, and he had to be great to make up for the substantial gap that exists between the Nuggets and Lakers.Īs much as James has denied it, playing round after round in these playoffs looks as if it has taken its toll on his 38-year-old body.
He wasn’t awful, scoring 23 points, registering 12 assists and collecting seven rebounds. James didn’t make any major fourth-quarter blunders or miss every one of his three-point attempts in Game 3, as he did in the previous two games of the series. Their season could be over on Monday night.
In the wake of a 119-108 defeat to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday at Arena, the Lakers were pushed to the edge of elimination, as they are now behind in the Western Conference finals, three games to none. There would be no miracle for James or the Lakers on Saturday night. His body language told the story of the game.
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