For more on the Nuggets, head over to Denver Stiffs and SB Nation Denver. Will the Nuggets be able to even this series on Thursday night?įor more on the Lakers, check out Silver Screen and Roll and SB Nation Los Angeles. Also playing a key role off the bench was Andre Miller, who scored 24 points and dished the ball out for eight assists.Īrron Afflalo led Nuggets starters with 19 points while Kenneth Faried fell a rebound short of a double-double, finishing with 10 points and nine rebounds. More than that, McGee channeled Wilt Chamberlain among his scoring plays and came up with two blocks. The Nuggets wouldn't have been able to claim the win had it not been for JaVale McGee, who came up with 21 points and 14 rebounds. Still, the Nuggets successfully fended off the Lakers in a game that saw Bryant score 43 points.Īndrew Bynum scored 16 points and grabbed 11 boards, but he was the only other starter to score in double digits. Kobe Bryant was almost unstoppable during the final minutes of the game, hitting key three after key three, but he never could quite hit that shot to tie the game. With the win, the Nuggets are only at a 3-2 series disadvantage and will head home to the Pepsi Center for Thursday night's Game 6. They then fell to the Seattle SuperSonics in just five games the following round.The Denver Nuggets played strong against the Los Angeles Lakers and pulled out a 102-99 victory on Tuesday night. It took all three games, and the Lakers narrowly eliminated the Nuggets, winning the final game by just one point. The first playoff matchup ever between these two teams saw Abdul-Jabbar carry a lackluster team past Issel and David Thompson when first round series were only a best-of-three. They are 107 at home this season as they welcome the Lakers. A 153-109 win in Game 5 solidified the Lakers’ spot in the Finals against the Celtics, where they would win the championship. The Nuggets are 2119 on the season and one spot ahead of Los Angeles. Johnson, Abdul-Jabbar and Worthy would lift the Lakers to a 4-1 series victory by dominating in almost every facet. English was joined by a slightly better supporting cast including Dan Issel and Calvin Natt, but the Showtime Lakers were simply on a different level. faced the Nuggets in the penultimate round of the postseason. It was more of the same story two years earlier when L.A. The Lakers won 3-0 by an average margin of 27.3 points per game, including a 140-103 win in Game 3 and would eventually win the 1987 NBA Finals against the Celtics. Alex English, Fat Lever and Blair Rasmussen were the three main options in Denver, but they had absolutely nothing for Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy. needed just three games to take care of a lowly No. Meanwhile, L.A.’s defense swarmed an offensively talented Denver team, sweeping the series by an average margin of 13.3 points per game. Gasol and Bryant were completely dominant, and Luke Walton shined off the bench. While they would eventually lose in the 2008 Finals to the Boston Celtics, they had absolutely no problems with the Nuggets. The season before meeting in the conference finals, the Lakers and Nuggets played in the first round in what many hoped would be a title run for Bryant and Gasol. The Lakers closed the series in six games and went on to win the 2009 NBA championship. MileHighBasketball Ball Arena linktr.ee/denvernuggets Joined March 2009 1,074 Following 1. Ultimately, Bryant’s 34 points per game and Pau Gasol’s 17.5 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per night proved to be too much. faced one of the best teams in Nuggets franchise history, led by Anthony, Chauncey Billups, JR Smith, Nene and Kenyon Martin. The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a. ![]() 2009 Western Conference FinalsĪfter defeating the Rockets in the second round, the Lakers faced the Nuggets in the Conference Finals. The Nuggets are a 3.5-point favorite against the Lakers, according to the latest NBA odds. They won the series but would be eliminated the following round by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Led by Kobe Bryant, who averaged 29.1 points per game for the series, the Lakers were able to survive a 3-1 comeback by Denver with a 96-87 Game 7 victory. ![]() After trading Carmelo Anthony, Denver was led by Ty Lawson, Danilo Gallinari and Kenneth Faried, and gave an aging Lakers roster trouble over seven games. fought until the very end against a gritty Nuggets roster. In what would be the Lakers’ most recent playoff series win until 2020, L.A. Here’s a look back on each time the Lakers have faced the Nuggets in the Western Conference playoffs. They won three of four head-to-head matchups, including a matchup in the bubble. Even this season, the Lakers had their way with Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and the rest of this deep Nuggets team.
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