WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets (Lakers win 4-2)

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Lakers or Nuggets

  1. Lakers in 4

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  2. Lakers in 5

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  3. Lakers in 6

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  4. Lakers in 7

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  5. Nuggets will win

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  1. Mamba

    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yeah, you know the drill and how these threads work.

    Lakers-Lakers-Nuggets-Nuggets-Lakers-Lakers
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    Game 1: 105-103, Lakers.
    Game 2: 106-103, Nuggets.
    Game 3: 103-97, Lakers.
    Game 4: 120-101, Nuggets.
    Game 5: 103-94, Lakers.
     
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  2. Legendistooraw

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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    I personally think this will be a easy series; Kobe torches Denver and we always seem to kill Denver, but this was true about the Rockets too, so anything could happen.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    I'm a massive Carmelo and LeBron fan, therefore, I'll take the Nuggets.
     
  4. Mamba

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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    I went with 6, but I like how we match up with Denver. I could see it ending in 5.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    It depends which Laker team shows up.

    5 games. They might steal another one, if worse comes to worst.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    Lakers in five, I think we match up better with them and they can't stop our stars.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    LA vs Den - 3-1
    LA vs Bos - 2-0
    LA vs Cle- 2-0

    7-1 vs remaining teams.

    We just have to hope the Celtics beat the Magic (0-2). Only team left to upset the Lakers. The Magic could give Clev a fight as well.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    As long as Bynum and Odom play with intensity throughout the games, I see us taking this with no trouble.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    I'm surprised they took so long to beat the Rockets. It's quite alarming, actually.

    I really don't know what to expect from them this series. I'll say they win in 6 though.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    Lakers in 6.

    Denver is a rough team and the officiating gestapo will take them out of the series for it.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    Webber, Barkley, and Hollinger picking against us just to throw that out there, lol. :]

    I don't think we'll lose game 1 or 2 this time unlike the last series, which will propel LA in a shorter series.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    Lakers in 5 if the Lakers bigs have snapped out of their mini slumps/ pussyfacation
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    They haven't really been tested this post season. That is why everyone is on their nuts.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    Nuggets in 7.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    I went with 6, if this was the regular season Denver team we would have swept them... but i'll give them 2 games just because they've been on fire. In terms of match ups, we have their number though especially bec. they have no one to guard Kobe, and i am sure Kobe will have a field day against a team that doesn't have Battier (and his hand in your face D), and Gasol and Bynum since most of their bigs are undersized..

    However, i think Game 1 would be very very crucial especially for the Lakers
     
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  16. AKIRA

    AKIRA GO LAKERS!!!

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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    im going to say lakers in 6, but i can see it realisticly ending in 5. i agree with most of you here that nuggets still have no answer for kobe on defense, plus we will probably have odom/ariza on carmelo, so i think we are safe in terms of our offensive output and thier defensive abilities.

    I think that billups might actually be a better matchup for fisher, im not sayin it'll be easy for fish, but billups is definately not as fast and youthful as aaron brooks was, so fisher will be able to stay infront of some of billups' passes, as well as just being able to keep up with him.

    Our bigs i think will win this series for us though, i think bynum will finally come out of his shell a little more and show us what he's made of, and the nuggs have no answer for bynums combined power and speed, same with pau. we just have to watch their 3point shooters and i think we could sweep them if we play well each game, but i dont see that happening because carmelo has been playing really really well.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    dallas and the hornets aren't better than a yao-less rocket team? I think if Denver can win one of the first two games they win the series.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    Did we struggle against the Yao Rockets THAT much? The Rockets played us well without him with their Scola/Hayes/Landry core, and the Nuggets were given a game at the last possession against the Mavs.
     
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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    i'm a bit lost but i personally think Dallas would of beaten the rockets even with yao. I'm not saying that denver is better than La. i'm just saying its not like Denver had a easy road to where they are.
     
  20. AKIRA

    AKIRA GO LAKERS!!!

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    Re: WCF: Lakers vs. Nuggets

    um yeah they did, alot easier, they havent had as many games as us for starters, so they're well-rested, they have played two not-very-physical teams, the hornets and the mavs, we have played the two most physical teams in the western conference, utah and houston, and denver hasnt come across a team that matches up with them well, or bad in their case, because they have been pretty much cruising through these two series. Now they are facing the Lakers, a team with alot of inside presence, an aspect of the game denver is not well-equiped to deal with, plus they arent very good at containing kobe, something the rockets did a great job of with arguably the two best perimeter defensive players in the league, ron artest and shane battier. denver had it easier than the lakers, that is a fact.
     

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