look, i get it, your deal is to hate on the Lakers, but you look silly dismissing this.

when they put Rui on Jokic? from that point on Jokic struggled. he missed shots and made some turnovers.

Doubling Jokic actually WASN'T an adjustment. That's what they were doing early and they were getting cooked. doubling Jokic plays right into the Nuggets' hand. i doubt you'll see much of that going forward.

Other than putting Rui on Jokic, the other adjustments they made that seemed to really trouble the Nuggets were simple ones which bodes even better for the Lakers IMO:

a) putting pressure on them when they brought the ball up, including not letting Jokic bring it up. up until the 4th quarter, the Nuggets were just walking into their offense completely unchecked

b) just giving more effort in general on the defensive end

if THOSE adjustments hold going forward, and the Nuggets can't counter, AD won't need to score 40 AND the won't get trashed on the boards either.