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Originally Posted by dirk digler
Can they beat Denver?
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They're better situated to beat Denver than they were.
I said in the playoffs last season that the biggest sin from Ham was that he subjected this team to Denver in the 1st round.
Both teams were built from the middle out, Denver was just built in that fashion but better. The Lakers had no chance to beat that team because Denver did the same thing LAL did but they had more talent doing it.
I said the Nuggest were gettable (turned out they were) but they had to be beaten by a team that did something DIFFERENT than they did and executed that thing at a higher level over a 7 game series. Because nobody is going to go play Denver and beat them at their own game while they have Jokic.
This team can go be a team that does something different, executes that thing, and beats Denver.
Now can they beat Oklahoma City? That's a different animal entirely.
But yeah, I think this team can absolutely being Denver now because they're not trying to beat them doing the same thing Denver excels at.