The outline hasn’t really differed much in their past seven meetings, the four from last year’s Western Conference Finals and the three chances for revenge that the Lakers couldn’t grab.
Generally, the game has been close, the Nuggets will then get into their late-game offense, and the game won’t be close anymore.
Thursday, the problem-solving phase of the Lakers’ preparation began, the late-game struggles against Denver obviously a piece of that planning.
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“Well, we just gotta be better all around. Obviously, it’s a great team that we’re playing against,” LeBron James said.