Here are five takeaways from the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Denver Nuggets.
Okay the Los Angeles Lakers lose 113-111. Let me get that out the way. Now let me break character for a second.
Let me set the scene…Lance Stephenson was running and dancing all fourth quarter. I put on my Lance Stephenson Hornets jersey. I watch him bring the ball up for the last shot to tie the game. With seven seconds to go with all those young guys…he THEN DECIDES to pass the ball. The young guys panic and time runs out.
Lance Stephenson…SHOOT THE BALL MAN!
Okay…deep breath… I have to remember what I said in the first recap…
"With Lance Stephenson, always remember this phrase… You have to take the good with the bad… You have to take the bitter with the sweet… You have to take the ups with the downs… Then count to ten."
…nine and ten. The Los Angeles Lakers blew an 18-point lead and made Mason Plumlee look like the new Millennium’s Tom Chambers (Boy are we going to talk about this guy!) as the Lakers interior defense disappeared like a sand castle when the tide rolls in on California beaches. The Lakers need a back up big man like…now! Is Shaq available? At this point, I’ll take Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Well let’s do the recaps and compare to the earlier previews…
Los Angeles Lakers Preseason: The Lakers Run It Back Against Denver!
The Los Angeles Lakers took it to the grill against the Nuggets losing 124-107. The two teams run it back tonight on TNT. Ronald Agers probes the matchup.
1. How long will LeBron James play?
"This is a ridiculous question to ask. I’m as about as grumpy as LeBron James is when the media asks what he thinks is a dumb question. Again, like in the first game, the only reason that I’m putting it out there because every Lakers fan will ask. Also, it’s preseason for the writers too. We had better start placing sports betting in the equation. Vegas will even weigh in on his minutes. So Lakers fans, here we go… Last time I said if the Lakers play LeBron James more than 20 minutes, somebody needs to be fired. It’s TNT folks, let’s up the ante to 25 minutes."
Aftermath…
Nobody is getting fired. It looks like that 15 minutes spot is the plateau…but he did a couple of things though…let’s take a look shall we?
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1047323197849255936
Umm, that was nice!
Lakers looking smooth in transition 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kzxxeJCylh
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 3, 2018
That was cool…notice playboy over there for the Nuggets laying on the floor after Rondo dropped him!
LeBron James had 13 points on 5-6 shooting with three rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block. The only reason why he has got to cut down on his four turnovers is because…