It was easier that I thought. We know that the Lakers were a superior team and Denver's crappy defensive mentality (If they have any) but the major surprises in this series were the play of Luke Walton and the finger pointing bonanza the Nuggets put themselves through since game 3.
I was afraid Kobe my degress a little bit to the "I must do everything" Kobe of past years but I wasn't the case and their teammates responded as they have done all season long. Luke Walton specially who averaged 14.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg and and a Jack Nicholson' mind blowing .710 field goal percentage. Gasol and Kobe got theirs but the reason why they win this series so easily was their ball movement lead by their bigs (Lamar Odom 4.5 apg and Gasol with 5.0 apg). Is pretty hard to defend a team like these and if you are the Nuggets defending, is virtually imposible.
That wasn't the Nuggets downfall. They shoot themselves in the foot after Melo's quitting mologue. You can't blame them for not defending that's just no their thing but thy never made adjustements to adapt their lineup to the Lakers' height. Melo and AI took too many shots ( making 43% and 36% respectively) , never share the well and KMart never show up.
Whose fault is it? Laker's D and ball movement. Denver never got a chance
That wasn't the Nuggets downfall. They shoot themselves in the foot after Melo's quitting mologue. You can't blame them for not defending that's just no their thing but thy never made adjustements to adapt their lineup to the Lakers' height. Melo and AI took too many shots ( making 43% and 36% respectively) , never share the well and KMart never show up.
Whose fault is it? Laker's D and ball movement. Denver never got a chance
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