Skip Bayless drops optimistic perspective on Lakers’ Game 5 vs Nuggets

On Saturday evening, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers picked up their first win over the Denver Nuggets since December of 2022 with a Game 4 victory in their current first round series, which Denver had won the first three games of. The Lakers have gotten out to double digit leads in every game so far of this series but had relinquished them in epic fashion in the first three, meaning that no one thought the lead was safe vs the Nuggets on Saturday night when Los Angeles took a 13-point advantage into the halftime break.

However, this time, James and his teammates were able to avoid the third quarter disasters that had been killing them throughout the series and instead held on for the victory to send the game back to the Mile High City for Game 5, which is slated to take place on Monday evening.

One person who appears to be at least somewhat optimistic about the Lakers’ chances in that game is none other than FS1 sports media personality and professional LeBron James hater Skip Bayless, who took to his account on X, the social media platform formerly referred to as Twitter, to drop some thoughts after the Lakers’ win on Saturday night.

“Can the Lakers win Monday night in Denver? They could’ve won Game 1 in the 4th quarter … if LeBron hadn’t checked out … and they should’ve won Game 2 in the 4th … LeBron missed a wide-open unguarded 3 for the win,” wrote Bayless.

Indeed, James had a wide open three in the closing seconds on Monday evening that he missed, which then gave way to a Jamal Murray game winner on the other end for the Nuggets.

Bayless also noted just how dominant James has looked so far in this series.

“When LeBron is in attack mode, not worrying about having to shoot free throws, NOBODY CAN KEEP HIM FROM THE RIM. Certainly no Nugget,” wrote Bayless.

Can the Lakers make history?