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NBA Preview: May 22

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We could see two sweeps in the Conference Finals of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. The Miami Heat lead the Boston Celtics three games to none in the Eastern Conference Finals and the Denver Nuggets lead the Los Angeles Lakers three games to none in the Western Conference Finals. On Monday night at the crypto.com Arena in southern California, the Nuggets have a chance of sweeping the Lakers with a game four win. If you watched the first three games of the series, you could make the argument that Denver has not necessarily been at its best, yet they still have complete control.


Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers– 8:30 PM ET

Denver has seen greatness from Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ontario (74 points in his last two games), and Nikola Jokic of Sombor, Serbia (game one triple double of 34 points, 21 rebounds and 14 assists and game two triple double of 23 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists) in games one, two and three. What we would like to see is more greatness on the court by Murray and Jokic together. There have been times where Murray and Jokic have struggled during the series. In the first half of game two, Murray only made three of 13 field goals. While in the fourth quarter of game two, Jokic had zero points, and in the first half of game three, only had five points.

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My thinking is that Murray and Jokic will start to heat up at the same time in game four. The Lakers just do not seem to have much more energy left in the tank, and appear to be a little worn out after their series wins over the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies. Take the Nuggets at +3 and the under at 224. Both teams are playing above average defense.

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