There are a couple of different ways to view the Los Angeles Lakers first-round playoff loss to the Denver Nuggets. On one hand, especially on the surface, they lost in five games, and they had major problems scoring enough points in the second half of each game.

The Los Angeles Lakers are reeling following a 4-1 first round defeat against the reigning champion Denver Nuggets, which is suddenly even worse given that the

While Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray receive the vast majority of praise for the Denver Nuggets' success, LeBron James came away impressed with Michael