NBA Western Conference Finals Game 1- Denver vs LA Lakers

Tonight is game 1 between Denver and the LA Lakers as they battle in the Western Conference finals. The Lakers are 7 point favourites for game 1. The Lakers have had a fairly smooth road to get to this spot besides the brief pause in prostest of the season continuing. After losing both game 1s against the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets they rallied off four wins in a row and have dominated these playoffs behind LeBron James and Anthony Davis. The Nuggets path has been quite the opposite through the first two rounds. In the first round they fell behind 3-1 to the Utah Jazz before rallying behind Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray to win the series in 7. Then taking the exact same path in round 2 rallying from a 3-1 deficit against the LA Clippers and eliminating Kawhi Leonard and Playoff P. Both of these teams are going to rely heavily on their top two stars while hoping for some production in secondary pieces. This heavily favourites the Lakers which is exactly where both teams have been all playoffs. LeBron is close to following the same path as the late great Kobe Bryant winning his 4th ring in Orlando after defeating Houston in round 2 and hopefully Denver in round 3. These Nuggets have been the underdogs all along and they have the confidence and swagger to win this series. In game 1 I’m going to follow the trend and take the Nuggets to win and cover the 7 point spread. This is another rest or rust situation for a veteran Lakers team. This will hopefully be an entertaining series and lead us to the best possible NBA Finals.

Record

Straight: 101-52

Spread: 88-64-1