Yes mate Denver nuggets will be the favorite and as we all know that Denver nuggets played very good they are one of the best team this season and as I observe Lakers will be struggling in this unless they make and adjustment and for sure nuggets will take for care in game 1 and then LA Lakers will make an adjustment like what they do in Warriors. But for this series I'll pick Denver to be a champion.

There’s an overwhelming difference between Nuggets and Warriors when facing Lakers. Warriors has a weak paint points capability because they are lacking players that can overcome Davis inside. Warriors main weapon is their accurate 3points which is not working against Lakers that’s why they are beaten badly. Nuggets on the other hand have Joker and Gordon that can break the defense of Lakers even with Davis.

Nuggets have a better roster than Warriors so Lakers will have a hard time beating the top seed because it’s very balance team with Joker as a wildcard. I doubt Davis can still show same performance on Warriors against Nuggets since he already have his match.

I will go for Nuggets too if I will gonna bet on this game 1. They beat Suns 4-2 despite KD, Booker and Ayton combo which is very strong already.

Agree to that, after KD left them there's an impression that they already finished but we all know what happened after that, still
have that potential as the core still playing and there are players who can adjust and improve.

They just need to re-assess what happened and see if how they will be able to fill whatever is missing.

in regard to their interior defense, Looney and Green need someone to adjust and help them, though I personally think that it was
Wiggins who adjust last year to fill that piece maybe they just need to enhance in terms of rotating the defense.

We know that there's always an end to everything. If GSW had get that spot on 2017-2018-2022 then i would agree on what been said above that it wouldnt really be that much possible on upcoming seasons to come.
Do we really think that other teams hadnt been able to see on what things should really be done on beating up GSW or something a tier 1 or a champ team? Of course they would really be needing to see up those holes or flaws on which they could break in.

We know that GSW is known on having those splash brothers which focusing point mostly on 3's. Then the solution? Boxing them out and using up some extreme guard or defense into those point makers
and they did succeed. Having some good tanks under the basket?  Davis would really be the solution. This is what we do see on here, they did really just able to put up the piece on beating up
this team. Also like to note, that Reeves is better than Kuzma i should say and this young man does really fit out for LA.

Speaking about against Denver? This is where they would be a headache on how they would be stopping Jokic. 

I think whoever comes out of the series between Philadelphia and Boston will be exhausted. They will have difficulty dealing with Jimmy Butler and the rest of the Miami Heat. But I also think whoever wins in Boston vs Philadelphia series will eventually win the Eastern Conference Finals. I agree that the Nuggets might be the ones who will win the Western Conference Finals. They are dominant right now. I will be happy if any of these teams win the Championships. Whether it is Jimmy, Jason Tatum, Embiid, or Jokic. They deserve to finally get a ring.

I also bet for them and thought they could extend the series to game 7 but the shooting just did not come with them in this game. Too bad that Curry does not get help from the other offensive players on the team but that is what GSW is. They live and die with their 3-point shooting. It is a double edge sword. If they get a hot hand, they'll win. If it is cold, they lose.

If the Lakers win it all this year, Westbrook will get a ring since he played a big chunk of the season with the Lakers. Even though he was traded out of the team, He can still get a ring. It is not the ideal way to get a ring, but they are still entitled to get a ring.


I totally agree. The chemistry that the Nuggets have built over the years cannot be taken for granted. That is why they are on the top right now. I think if the Nuggets have been healthy this past few years, they could have dominated the league earlier. Luckily this year, all their cores are healthy in the playoffs. If they stay healthy and with the way they are playing right now, I doubt the Lakers will be able to beat them.

Well if him and AD will win another ring together with this set of players? yeah, we will give them respect. But we all know that they are all bang up, specially Anthony Davis, he needs to healthy against the Nuggets if they want to win the series and move on to the NBA finals.

If this is the version of Lebron in the second coming to Cavs, he can take over the game and win. He has age a lot since then, although he can still score and dunk, he needs a second man, a wing man and that should be Anthony Davis. And it's a great matchup in the post, DAvis vs Jokic, but I think Jokic has the advantage because he is more agile and more moves down the lane and it might be difficult for Davis to guard him one on one.

He would be perfect for Lakers they love aging stars.  In all honesty it's probably a good fit but with cp3, Bron and AD you will never know how healthy any of them will be and for how long they could sustain all being on the court together.  But at this point Bron can pick his teammates so I see this happening as well.

I think a lot of people didn't expect that the Lakers would be so good in the playoffs since their regular season performance was pretty mediocre. As for the upcoming Western Conference Finals, it is worth noting that the Nuggets and Lakers met each other four times during the regular season, and the result is tied. So I wouldn't prematurely label the Lakers as the underdog of the upcoming series.

^^ Yes, same here, usually it is the coach head that is going to roll first if the team didn't do well in this playoffs. And so as much as Monty is really good at motivating his players, he was or at least the team choke in the playoffs. In the finals against the Bucks they have a good lead. And then last year, Luka just blew them away, and now even if they have KD, they still fall short, this time against the Nuggets.

Maybe he can find another home team in the NBA as coach or assistant coach. Nevertheless, it was just sad to hear when coaches as axe like every playoffs.