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alongside gr Hill and Clark Kellog I'm bran Anderson we'll talk to Alli leforce who's on the sidelines as well Ali take it away thanks guys well after winning the title in 2020 the Lakers are trying to recreate that magic LeBron James called last season a strange and even hell storm with the injuries and the struggles and Brian as the King enters his late 30s it's clear that Restless is the head that wears the crown yeah moves to be made Ally no question thank you and top-n second units for both teams that could be the difference in this game clar you know depth is so important this week you know everybody can play but you have to have quality depth and teams that understand their respective roles within their group so managing Their Stars minutes is important and that's part of what de allows you to do so you need guys that understand their roles and are ready to produce every game so let's take a look at the starters for the Denver Nuggets Murray and Caldwell Pope for the back cour pairing Gordon is the four but the Joker in the middle and it's Porter in at the three small forward and for Los Angeles LeBron James out there with Johnson then there's Russell Westbrook then it's Anthony Davis and it's Reeves in at the two guard boy good Vision that time from Michael Porter Jr saw the wide open teammate got the pass to it right on time Denver ball [Applause] here's Porter swing inside here's Jin and the dunk by Jin assist almost 7 T now can definitely throw it down and he's happy to remind defenses that he can do so unable to get the ball in bounds they got called for a 5-sec violation nuggets [Music] [Applause] ball goes up off the inbound Caldwell pop got is off and the defense gets bailed out by the Miss he usually converts that and there's the 8 second violation they can't get it across half court in time Denver ball for Denver they've gone two of three from the floor perhaps the biggest surprise in the League last year the Lakers missing M playoffs before the season lots of people had them winning it all that'll be a 5 inbound violation Denver [Applause] [Applause] ball and now just over a minute played here in the first here's Caldwell Pope joic passes to Murray the shot is good on the assist for joic Murray's got five and a disappointing 2021-22 season for the Lakers Clark what went wrong well they just couldn't stay healthy ba and we know that's such a critical component when you're talking about trying to win it all I mean you got to be healthy injuries to LeBron and AD they missed a combin 78 games you're not winning anything when you're top play players don't play at least 80% of your game you're not going to it's not happening U that's almost a full season Miss between those two guys and so when you're older sometimes the injury Bugaboo can jump up and bite you and you sure got the Lakers last season now here's Johnson and that's going to be a turnover they call it for the 8 seconds nuggets ball and here's Denver right now on a 90 run pass to jic oh there's the Ali with the big finish so far they're owning both ends of the floor we'll see if they can keep this going and you know nothing like getting an opponent on the ropes early you love that if you're on that side of the scoreboard and they are landing some hay makers now the Lakers call timeout you know one measure of Nikolai joic is growth as a player is this triple double tally I mean he's already among the NBA career leaders in that [Applause] category [Applause] [Music] [Applause] they're going to turn it over they couldn't get it inbounds in time well among active players only LeBron and Westbrook are ahead of joic in triple doubles Clark NBA with a lot of Runway left in front of him I mean the Joker figures to keep keep climbing up that list I don't know if he'll catch Russ or the Big O at the top but he's going to be in the [Applause] neighborhood about two minutes gone by in the first quarter oh wasted no time on that one they're starting to pull away here as their shots keep falling yeah I agree with you a big run taking place right now and looks to be the beginning of the end Denver ball [Applause] [Applause] here's Porter outside Murray here's Caldwell Pope outside [Applause] Porter pass to Murray the three gets the three to fall Murray Murray's got eight points they've shown so much energy right from the start particularly on the offensive end tell you what forget about easing into the game they came out with guns [Applause] blazing and here in the first approaching 3 minutes that's play and that's out bound last Touch by y [Music] [Applause] ball that'll be a 5c call in Bound violation Denver [Applause] ball here's Murray give him eight off the inbound no good he was so well positioned to interfere with the shot yeah I agree with you I mean he challenged the shot and you can see the effects on the release