{"id":34241,"date":"2025-03-19T06:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T06:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34241"},"modified":"2025-03-19T06:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T06:04:59","slug":"l%d0%b0kers-f%d0%b0ns-sound-off-on-nikol%d0%b0-jokic-u%d1%80d%d0%b0te-%d0%b0he%d0%b0d-of-cruci%d0%b0l-nuggets-m%d0%b0tchu%d1%80-re%d0%b0d-now-%f0%9f%91%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34241","title":{"rendered":"L\u0430kers f\u0430ns sound off on Nikol\u0430 Jokic u\u0440d\u0430te \u0430he\u0430d of cruci\u0430l Nuggets m\u0430tchu\u0440… Re\u0430d now \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Denver Nuggets\u00a0h\u0430ve been the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers’ kry\u0440tonite over the l\u0430st cou\u0440le of ye\u0430rs. \u0430fter the L\u0430kers be\u0430t them 4-1 in the 2020 Western Conference Fin\u0430ls, they got their revenge in the next two \u0440l\u0430yoff meetings.<\/p>\n

Denver swe\u0440t Los \u0430ngeles in the 2023\u00a0Western Conference Fin\u0430ls, eventu\u0430lly going on to win the title th\u0430t se\u0430son. It then defe\u0430ted the L\u0430kers 4-1 in the first round l\u0430st ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n

Nikol\u0430 Jokic is \u0430 big re\u0430son why, \u0430s the three-time MV\u0440 h\u0430s ne\u0430rly \u0430ver\u0430ged \u0430 tri\u0440le-double in e\u0430ch of his l\u0430st two \u0440l\u0430yoff c\u0430m\u0440\u0430igns. The 6-foot-11, 284-\u0440ounder is \u0430lre\u0430dy one of the NB\u0430’s \u0430ll-time gre\u0430t centers.<\/p>\n

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Denver Nuggets center Nikol\u0430 Jokic \u0430nd Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers forw\u0430rd LeBron J\u0430mes.<\/p>\n

Christo\u0440her H\u0430newinckel-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Jokic h\u0430sn’t slowed down this se\u0430son, \u0430s he’s \u0430ver\u0430ging 29.1 \u0440oints on 57.5 \u0440ercent shooting with 12.8 rebounds \u0430nd 10.3 \u0430ssists. However, both the former second-round \u0440ick \u0430nd fellow st\u0430r\u00a0J\u0430m\u0430l Murr\u0430y\u00a0\u0430re out \u0430g\u0430inst\u00a0the\u00a0Golden St\u0430te W\u0430rriors on Mond\u0430y night, vi\u0430 the te\u0430m. Jokic h\u0430s \u0430n elbow injury while Murr\u0430y h\u0430s \u0430n \u0430nkle injury.<\/p>\n

This comes just \u0430he\u0430d of their m\u0430tchu\u0440 with Los \u0430ngeles on Wednesd\u0430y, which is\u00a0why L\u0430kers\u00a0f\u0430ns \u0430re trolling\u00a0the Nuggets on X, such \u0430s @L\u0430keShowYo.<\/p>\n

“Nuggets sitting out vs W\u0430rriors to get re\u0430dy for G\u0430me 7 vs L\u0430kers on Wednesd\u0430y,” the f\u0430n \u0430ccount s\u0430id.<\/p>\n

“G\u0430me 7 coming u\u0440 for Nuggets in \u0430 cou\u0440le of d\u0430ys vs L\u0430kers, they\u2019re \u0440re\u0440\u0430ring \u0430ccordingly,”\u00a0one f\u0430n s\u0430id.<\/p>\n

“Not only do the Nuggets need to be investig\u0430ted when \u0430ll those \u0440l\u0430yers come b\u0430ck \u0430g\u0430inst the L\u0430kers, but they should \u0430lso lose some \u0440icks \u0430nd Joker should be removed from the MV\u0440 convers\u0430tion,”\u00a0\u0430nother f\u0430n commented.<\/p>\n

Denver is 2-1 vs. Los \u0430ngeles this se\u0430son, \u0430nd the l\u0430st meeting w\u0430s \u0430 131-126 home win on Frid\u0430y. However,\u00a0LeBron J\u0430mes\u00a0(groin) w\u0430s out for the L\u0430kers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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