The Nuggets enter Thursday night’s Game 2 holding a 1–0 series lead. But, as Denver coach Michael Malone has apparently heard, the series is already over—in favor of the Lakers.
Malone made the tongue-in-cheek remark ahead of Game 2 when asked about Los Angeles’ defensive strategy against Nuggets star Nikola Jokić in the previous game—particularly late in the fourth quarter, when the Lakers opted to put backup forward Rui Hachimura as Jokić’s primary defender rather than Anthony Davis, which turned in improved results.
Malone, though, apparently thinks that praise for the move is a tad overblown.
