Lakers serenaded with ‘Who’s your daddy’ chant from Nuggets crowd after Denver dominates opener

Don’t glance now, however the Nuggets and Lakers may well be creating a real throwback NBA contention. We all know in regards to the potshots that experience come from each facet, starting all through the Nuggets’ sweep of L.A. in remaining season’s Western Conference finals and proceeding right through the summer time. 

Mike Malone took a shot at LeBron James citing his possible retirement after the Lakers misplaced within the Western Conference finals, which used to be by no means going to occur however possibly succeeded in taking a few of Denver’s shine away. LeBron clapped again. 

Perhaps essentially the most memorable jab got here when Nuggets announcer Vic Lombardi presented Denver trainer Mike Malone on the championship parade by means of pronouncing: “He came into this world as the son of a coach, but in these playoffs, he became the Lakers daddy!”

On Tuesday, because the Nuggets had been wrapping up their 119-107 victory on opening night time, the Denver crowd took excitement in serenading the Lakers with a superbly petty “Who’s your daddy” chant. 

Anthony Davis did not just like the preliminary daddy dig, so he surely could not have favored this one. 

“It’s very motivational,” Davis mentioned of the phrase struggle with the Nuggets previous this month at Lakers media day. “I mean, obviously KCP [Kentavious Caldwell-Pope] is my guy so you kind of congratulate him, like ‘you got this one.’ But it was just a lot of like, the talking, and ‘the Lakers dad.’ There was just so much of that going on; it was like ‘All right, we get it, y’all won.’ But me and [Le]Bron had some conversations like, ‘We can’t wait.'”

Davis were given his likelihood on Tuesday, and he promptly submit 0 second-half issues as he used to be completely outplayed by means of Nikola Jokic, who completed with 29 issues, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. Which is to mention: the Lakers want to prevent fear about regardless of the Nuggets are pronouncing. They’re the champs. They can say no matter they would like. If the Lakers wish to put a prevent to it, they want to achieve this at the courtroom.