Archive for Thursday, April 17, 2008
First look: Lakers vs. Nuggets
A quick look at some of the key components to their first-round playoff series.
* First-round matchup: No. 1 Lakers vs. No. 8 Denver Nuggets.
* Records: Lakers 57-25, Nuggets, 50-32.
* Season series: The Lakers swept the three games, winning by an average of 16.3 points.
* Key matchup: Kobe Bryant versus Allen Iverson. Two of the game’s most gifted offensive players probably won’t be matched up for most of the series, although Bryant probably will guard Iverson during key stretches. Iverson scored a season-high 51 points when the Lakers outlasted Denver, 111-107, on Dec. 5.
* Keys to the series: The Nuggets have been in a playoff drive for weeks, exerting a lot of energy just to reach the postseason. How much will that, plus Carmelo Anthony’s recent DUI arrest, hurt the team? The Nuggets’ defense largely consists of Marcus Camby, the NBA’s reigning defensive player of the year, and four others who show faint interest in stopping their opposing player. The Nuggets rank second in the league in points scored and points given up. The Lakers swept the series against the Nuggets and that was before their trade for Pau Gasol.
– Jonathan Abrams
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