NBA: Nuggets coach blasts ‘national narrative’ spotlighting Lakers

  LOS ANGELES - Denver coach Michael Malone thinks the world should wake up to the greatness of two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic and his Nuggets teammates -- who incidentally have a 2-0 lead over the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals. But if a media spotlight on the Lakers motivates his team, that's OK too. "Whatever we can use for motivation," Malone said after the Nuggets erased an 11-point deficit to beat the Lakers 108-103 in game two at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday. That followed a 132-126 victory in game one, in which the Nuggets built a commanding lead only to find themselves fighting off the surging Lakers in the fourth qua...

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