I just have a few quick points about why the Nuggets, as good as they've played, are an easy matchup for the Lakers....and mostly it revolves around Denver's defensive inefficiencies.
- Against Houston, Kobe averaged 6 free throws a game, with high highest being 10 attempts in one game.....tonight, Kobe took 13 free throws.
- the Kobe defenders.....Shane Battier/Ron Artest vs. 6'5 Dahntay Jones/6'1 Anthony Carter? You gotta be kidding me
- 7 games against Houston, the point total between the two teams averaged 188 total points...the high was 209, and the Lakers hit 100 points only 3 times in 7 games. .......... Tonight, Lakers score 105, with the total at 208...
There's a lot of other details to this series, but this just sums it up. The Nuggets are a high scoring team, a very potent offense. But they can't stop the Lakers from scoring, the top scoring team in the league. When the Lakers went down in a game against Houston, the lane was clogged, and it was difficult to make up point deficits when they couldn't consistently score. Against the Nuggets, they can score whenever they need to.
The Lakers won tonight with Carmelo shooting a red hot 14-20 and Kenyon Martin flipping up ridiculous shots for 7-14.
Lakers in 5.
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