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The Nuggets strut into the Western Conference Finals averaging 114 points per game at home these playoffs. Sure, the Lakers might be more defensively imposing — but I’m not betting against Denver hitting that average with a juiced burgundy T-shirt-wearing crowd that didn’t get to experience this in 2020. So how do the Lakers generate 115 points? They need one of those games from an Austin Reaves or Lonnie Walker. Not happening.
The Nuggets are 1-6 in Game 1s against the Lakers, with the lone winning coming in their first meeting way back in 1979. Of course, that also happens to be the only time Denver hosted a series opener against the Lake Show, so context matters. That’s the case here as well. Not only are the Nuggets hosting, they’re playing the best basketball of any team left in the playoffs . They won their first two series openers against Minnesota and Phoenix by a combined 47 points.
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