The Los Angeles Lakers have one final game before their leaders LeBron James and Anthony Davis, as well as their entire coaching staff, head to Chicago to represent the Lakers at the 2020 NBA All-Star Game. But tonight’s game will likely not come easy, especially given the way the Lakers have been playing lately as they head into the Mile High City to face off against the No. 2 Denver Nuggets and their star center Nikola Jokic.
Jokic has led the Nuggets to the second-best record in the West, even though he had a rough start to the season, he’s at least been there for the team on a nightly basis when basically the rest of the team has missed time with injuries. It has been Jokic that has steadied them on both ends and also was the catalyst for them in a stunning win at Utah last week when the Nuggets had only six available players.
They aren’t so thin anymore after an active trade deadline where they acquired several players from the Minnesota Timberwolves, including Keita Bates-Diop and Shabazz Napier. Bates-Diop played sparingly in the Nuggets win on Monday over San Antonio and given his size, he might get a shot at guarding LeBron James.
Tonight’s Nuggets-Lakers game will also be televised nationally on ESPN and tip-off will be at 7:30 p.m. PST.
