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Interesting thing the Lakers are doing defensively is when Bron or AD is on Joker and Murray has the ball, the other one (Bron or AD) is leaving Gordon from that dunker spot to basically give a soft double so Jokic can’t get a pass in the middle of the floor.. it’s effective for now because even though Gordon is basically lethal at taking advantage of those plays it probably 90% of the time comes from passes from Joker. Murray isn’t seeing that play, or he and Gordon don’t have that chemistry, or maybe the ball not finding Joker is just causing confusion, but regardless Bron and AD have this cat and mouse two-man game going defensively right now that is throwing them off..

Seems like an easy fix if Denver can figure it out. But they are so reliant on Joker being the connecting piece on all those back cuts, passes to the dunker spot, etc.. sorta like Draymond with Golden State, that when it’s not him they seem a little disjointed.