An unassailable truth of the NBA bubble is the resilience of the Denver Nuggets.
It was on full display once again on Tuesday as Denver bounced back from an excruciating Game 2 loss to top the Los Angeles Lakers for a 114-106 Game 3 win in the Western Conference finals.
After three quarters, the Nuggets looked ready to cruise to victory, taking a 93-75 lead into the game’s final stanza. But Los Angeles wasn’t done. Frank Vogel’s Lakers switched to a 2-3 zone for much of the fourth quarter, flustering a previously pinpoint Nuggets offense and reeling off a 19-2 run.