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I know the Lakers will be starting a player Denver doesn’t have to guard, but the nuggets will be starting 3 players that the Lakers will attack all day.
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So much of the conversation about the series has been about how the Lakers will guard Jokic but there doesn't seem to be much conversation about how Denver will guard the Lakers. It's not like Denver has a bunch of defensive stallworths on their roster.
In 2020 The Lakers had success throwing bigs at Jokic to bother him and Anthony Davis did a good job of getting Jokic in foul trouble. Also, AD absolutely cooked Jokic offensively.
Obviously Jokic is a much better player than he was back then but I think the opportunity to exploit him defensively still exists exploit him defensively still exists
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