LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers player, spoke on the Mind the Game podcast where he discussed the playoff series between the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
LeBron James suffered a defeat with his Lakers in the first round of the playoffs against the Denver Nuggets, losing 4-1. Now, the Nuggets are facing the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference semifinals, trailing 2-1. James discussed this series and revealed the advantages the Timberwolves have compared to other teams.
“Obviously, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ advantage, which they have in our league in general no matter if it’s versus the Denver Nuggets or versus anybody, is their length that they have at the wing positions. You don’t look at Mike Conley as a tall guy, but his length. He has a lot of length out there. Obviously, Anthony Edwards, a lot of length. Jaden McDaniels, length. Karl-Anthony Towns, length. Rudy Gobert, length. They come off with Nickeil Alexander-Walker, length. Naz Reid, length. Who else? Kyle Anderson.
They just continue to barrage you with length, length, length, and then guys that also know how to play, too. So it’s been their biggest advantage cause they’ve bought in to coach Finch’s defensive schemes or whoever their defensive coordinator is there,” James stated. “And those guys have bought into the defensive end. And it’s not only that they bought into the defensive end, they got guys that want to defend and make their mark on the defensive end, so that creates havoc for any team,” James said.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are leading in this series against the Denver Nuggets with 2-1, and the next game is scheduled for Monday morning at 2:00. The Timberwolves will once again be the hosts.