Renck: A podcaster solved the Rubik’s cube that is Nikola Jokic. This was the ridiculous fallout from the Lakers’ rout of the Nuggets on Saturday night. Excuse me while I send disingenuous Oh-Nos! to Los Angeles. Coach J.J. Redick, a former pod partner with LeBron James, went sleepless for 24 hours to devise a body-on-body, double-team scheme that limited Jokic to an underwhelming triple-double undermined by six turnovers. Los Angeles snapped the Nuggets’ nine-game winning streak and ended an eight-game drought at Ball Arena. It raises two questions with 25 games remaining: Was the Nuggets’ recent heater a mirage?
Renck vs. Keeler: Did Lakers rout show Nuggets’ win streak was fool’s gold?
