The Los Angeles Lakers’ miraculous turnaround will continue on Tuesday when they travel to Colorado to take on the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
This should be a terrific series. It will feature two tremendous star duos: LeBron James and Anthony Davis of the Lakers and Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray of the Nuggets. Both teams have several complementary players who can go off offensively and make an impact on the defensive end.
As it did in the prior two rounds of the playoffs, L.A. will need to win one of the first two games of this series in Denver to give itself a great shot at advancing to the NBA Finals. Many believe Game 1 is its best shot at doing so, especially given the three full days it had off after dispatching the Golden State Warriors.
If the Lakers take care of these three areas, they can steal Game 1 and the home-court advantage from Jokic’s crew.