(Photo : Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) DENVER, COLORADO – APRIL 20: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers walks on the courtroom whereas enjoying the Denver Nuggets within the first quarter throughout sport one of many Western Conference First Round Playoffs at Ball Arena on April 20, 2024 in Denver, Colorado.
Will the Los Angeles Lakers ever win once more towards the Denver Nuggets?
Lebron James and firm mightily tried to forestall one other loss towards the defending champs on Thursday of their first spherical NBA playoffs matchup however to no avail.
The Lakers will now attempt to full a really daunting process of getting back from a 0-3 gap.
The end result stretched their shedding streak to the Nikola Jokic-led workforce to 11 courting again to the 2022-23 NBA season.
LA’s Big three put up their greatest shot with James recording 26-6-9, Anthony Davis placing up 33 and 15, and Austin Reaves contributing 22-5-3-4.
Still, the trouble was not sufficient to surpass the defending champs whose 4 of the beginning 5 scored no less than 20 factors.
There is not any accessible information but but it surely seems to be just like the Lakers will develop into the primary workforce to be swept by the identical workforce in two consecutive seasons.
James and Davis had been each dejected after the sport.
“As long as you still have life, then you always have belief. You play until the wheels fall off. That’s what it’s always about for me as a mindset,” James informed reporters throughout the post-game convention.
It is nice to proceed believing. It ain’t over till the fats girl sings, as they are saying.
It is simple to conceive {that a} comeback from 0-3 down just isn’t unimaginable.
However, the query is, has it been executed earlier than?
NBA historical past says the possibilities of a workforce getting back from a 0-3 lead in a seven-game collection is ZERO.
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NBA Teams who Almost Came Back from 0-3 gap
There are three groups who virtually did the unimaginable within the NBA.
The first workforce that climbed from a deep collection deficit was the New York Knicks towards the Rochester Royals within the 1951 NBA Finals.
The latter received the primary three collection and the Knicks received the subsequent three. Game 7 was determined by simply 4 factors in favor of the Royals.
The third seed Dallas Mavericks prevented a monumental upset in 2003 after they prevented a steal of the collection by the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 7 of their first spherical showdown.
The newest to “almost do it” was final yr’s no. 2 seed Boston Celtics.
The Miami Heat accomplished their unbelievable and unbelievable run as a play-in workforce after they fended off what might have been a historic comeback by the Celtics by dominating them in Game 7 to succeed in the NBA finals.
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Successful Comebacks from a 0-3 Series Hole in Other Basketball Leagues
There is just one occasion when a workforce was capable of do the unimaginable in basketball.
In the Philippines’ PBA, its top-flight basketball league, the San Miguel Beermen had been capable of win the subsequent 4 video games towards the Alaska Aces of their 2015-16 PBA Philippine Cup finals.
It was additionally the primary time it had ever occurred within the league.
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Completed 0-3 Comebacks in Other Sports
Stealing the collection from the jaws of the defeat occurs quite a lot of instances in hockey and baseball.
The Mexican Baseball League ‘s Rojos del Águila de Veracruz did it towards Pericos de Puebla final yr.
Saskatoon Blades did the identical factor towards the Red Deer Rebels within the 2023 WHL Eastern Conference Semifinals.
In prime flight leagues, MLB’s Boston Red Sox mounted a 4-game comeback towards the New York Yankees throughout the 2004 American League Championship Series.
It occurred 4 instances within the National Hockey League.
The final one to do it was the Lakers’ neighbors Los Angeles Kings towards the San Jose Sharks on the 2014 Western Conference First Round.
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