Nuggets Win Game 3, Lakers Go Down 0-3 in the Series | Inside the NBA

Shaq, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Ernie Johnson break down Lakers vs. Nuggets Game 3 and the Lakers going down 0-3 in the series on Inside the NBA.

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a game away from a second straight sweep
at the hands of the Denver Nuggets who
sha over the last two years they’ve got
36 wins now when they were down double
digits what allows them to be
comfortable in that situation and not
and not to panic well because of last
year they definitely have the
championship mentality and they just
they just play well together you know my
favorite player tonight was Aaron Gordon
REM was a little bit of serc sabalo
you’re not going to get your play call
you just got to go out there you like
said in the interview do whatever it
takes for the you know team to win and
listen right here offensive rebound and
listen this guy in Joker Jamal they did
what they supposed to do but look at the
stat sheet other Michael Porter 20 other
Aaron Gordon 29 other kavis call Hope
Five Points and they just play well and
then what I love about their
Championship mentality no Panic first
two games down double digits Lakers came
out to a fast start you look at those
guys Mike Mike Malone was not P the
team’s on paning and they just keep
chopping you down they have three guys
with at least 20 and 10 four with 20
plus in this game you said you wanted to
ask the jet a question yeah Kenny when
you have a broken Spirit how you get
motivated for the next race or the next
game well firstly you always have to
have a delusion of grandeur regardless
of wins or losses you always feel that
you will win the next game contest yes
so for for for um for the Los Angeles
Lakers now it becomes a not let’s win
this series let’s show the world we
still have a prideful team that we will
not get swept in our home court to end
the season two years in a row by the
same team then if you get one then you
start talking about can we be number one
the first team that can win a series I
mean you have to be delusion well that
that’s the answer though you have to be
delusional well that’s well so you going
to keep running to the board till you
win
one you know Ernie Ernie I I I I am
shocked right now you know I said before
the night I said I would be totally
shocked if the Sixers and the Lakers did
not win and my Sixers came through but
what disappointed me about the Lakers
there was no point in that game you saw
desperation or you thought they were
going to win the game it it it’s like
they had like we’re going to lose this
series
40 they were playing like it was a
scrimmage in my opinion
but at no point you see that game that
you say they were playing with
desperation well Shaq said they were
going to win by seven at half time and
actually hit the number on the head
again yeah second straight night this
guy but but but because we were he knew
that because what we were talking about
at no point that you think Denver was
going to lose that game the Lakers were
like man they don’t realize they’re down
to zip cuz you see you saw it with
Philadelphia man they were playing they
were all over the place with great
energy at no point
when that game got close at the end of
the first quarter I was like man cuz I
said I said I think the Lakers going to
lose this game and I and I don’t know
going in if you would if you would have
told me hey Denver’s going to be up in
this series 3 nothing nobody thought
that but I wouldn’t have looked at you
and said you’re crazy that’s not
possible but the way they’ve done it by
trailing by double digits in each of
these games that’s what surprises you
know you can you talk about the illusion
I actually thought this was going to be
a great series I really did I did I did
I thought this I said man this going to
be a six or seven game series and they
have taken their heart away they and
they not going to say anything I Ernie I
really did I say yo man def going to
have a tough talent to Lakers but they
un sto their heart and pride you know
one thing you have to have when you play
The Champ you have to have that killer
instinct and we we thought in first two
games with the double digit that Lakers
was going to put their foot on their
neck they did not and tonight they
didn’t have that killer instinct and
down 03 and what were we talking about
in the pregame show we’re talking about
the fourth quarter performances when you
were looking at Anthony Davis and and
LeBron James and when you look at it
tonight Anthony Davis who had 30 points
and 11 rebounds through three quarters
uh three points in the fourth quarter of
this one just three yeah but I I think
that’s deceptive to be honest with you
Ernie for three is not deceptive no no
because they were down double digits he
play well he after like the game was not
close in the fourth quarter like that
other game was they were down 12 13
points so so it wasn’t like if if it was
a close game and they didn’t go to ad
like was eight eight going to the fourth
yeah yeah but they got down 13 14 points
you never thought the lak was going to
win this game is my point like in in
game two AD should have got the ball but
that stat right there to me is it’s it’s
misleading because they were down 12
they got it down to seven or eight with
with 30 seconds ago that’s just window
dressing well it it it might be
deceiving but it’s accurate cuz there is
a no you know what’s accurate a style of
play that the Lakers are consistent with
what’s accurate is you can’t go 24
minutes and not have one point that’s
accurate so who’s D’Angelo Russell need
to step up 24 minutes and no point I’m
I’m not saying his far say I mean
there’s a lot I mean for me I think he’s
an
ancillary complimentary player yeah but
you can’t go 24 minutes in the playoffs
and not
score Shaq is 100% right you can’t go
over
in a must-win game he got the same
points as me you and Chuck tonight 112
105 that’s your final score Denver
Nuggets Up 3 nothing in this first round
here in the 27 matchup and they will try
to close it out on Saturday night be on
ABC that’s exactly
right oh come on Mr Clean get that there
Mr Clean and that body that’s my body
Eric Martinez that’s what Chuck look
like in an all white outfit e