Lakers lose, and Darvin Ham reveals how it goes for Jokic: “Trust me”

You lakers had difficulties against Nuggets during the first game of the Western Conference Finals. The two teams measured forces last Tuesday, the 16th, and who came out with the victory of 132 to 126 was Denver. The home team used the strength of Ball Arena and its aggressiveness in the first half of the match to secure the result. After the game, in a press conference, Darvin Ham asked for calm and confidence for the sequence of the series.

We’ll be fine. Trust in me“, said the Lakers coach shortly after the loss to the Nuggets.

Darvin Ham had trouble finding solutions to hold on to Nikola Jokic. The Nuggets ace had a gala performance and added 34 points, most of them in the early part of the match. With Davis having problems in the marking, the Lakers coach raised the ruler in the marking and put Hachimura on the court. The defender held the rival momentum, but it was too late to avoid defeat in the first game of the western conference finals.

Even so, the player’s entry released Anthony Davis a little more, who had an overwhelming performance despite the loss to the Nuggets. The pivot reached 40 points and added even more than Nikola Jokic, the highlight of the confrontation. With that, Darvin Ham squandered tranquility for game two, which will take place this Thursday, 18, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at Ball Arena.

“You have to change matchups sometimes and you have to change coverages. Gave us a chance to get back in the game“, Ham said about Hachimura’s entry. The player himself saw that his entry changed the defensive landscape of the Lakers and projected an important series for his career: “I think it’s going to be big for me this series because they’re really big and we need size. I think it will be good“.

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