Down the road, when Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic ride in a victory parade through Denver, feeling the city’s love as they celebrate the first championship in franchise history, the Nuggets will remember this bitter defeat in the NBA bubble, when they put a scare in LeBron James, but could not quite grab the King’s crown.
Denver lost 114-108 Thursday to the Lakers, for one reason and one reason only:
He’s LeBron James. And the Nuggets are not. James is the king, and the NBA bows to him. This league has a star system.