What About the Rest of the Series?

The Lakers' 105-to-103 win over Denver in game one of the Western Conference Finals means...

The Lakers will go on to win the series. They took Denver's best shot, a Denver team that was well rested while they had been worn out in the seven game series with the Rockets. The Nuggets had the game under control but the Lakers made the clutch plays down the stretch which will hurt the Nug-Pups confidence. They expect the Lakers to win and they will.

Or...

The Nuggets will go on to win the series. Usually teams that have had long layoffs start off slow in game one of a series against an opponent that's been playing every day. But the Nuggets roared out to a 13 point lead. Physically abused the Lakers under the boards. If they hit just three of the 12 free throws they missed, they still win. They now know they can beat this team and the younger legs will prevail.

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