[Hoot Gibson]

Thoughts on the series. So surprised in Game 1 when Denver's shot clocks went the way of San Antonio's air conditioning a few years ago. I have a hard time believing that professional venues actually have these types of problems, especially in such important games. 

Game 2 is pretty even so far, tied at 13 early in the first quarter.

The Lakers led by 3 going into the 4th quarter and then Jamal Murray caught fire after struggling for three quarters and ended the game with 37. Jocic had another triple-double, with 23 points, 17 rebounds, and 12 assists. I don't think that Denver will sweep the series but I don't think that the Lakers have much of a shot at coming back to win the series. The Nuggets are very tough to beat in Denver and they still have the home-court advantage if the series goes 7 games.

On a side note, I thought that Lebron James probably cost the Lakers the game tonight. He blew a dunk attempt because he was boing for a fancy reverse dunk and fumbled the ball out of bounds, he missed several layups, and he was 0 for 6 from behind the 3-point line.