Denver Nuggets @ LA Lakers - Game 1

[Shady08]

[MigrainePatrol]

Here's to a good series Nuggets Fans.

[Tommy Trojan]

Who's next?

[RRFB]

If there was ever a necessary time for some Carrie, I think this is it.

[corona]

If there was ever a necessary time for some Allison, I think this is it.

fixed

[MHZ]

Blasphemy.

[MHZ]

Still no love for Dahntay Jones, huh? We're going to need a huge series from him.

[corona]

you're right. ms stokke is located in socal. she may be bad luck in this situation.

[CowsMoo]

I like those pictures and the design. Good luck to the Nuggets!

[DEEP3CL]

Nice GT Shady08, hope both boards can have some nice convo about the series. See ya Tuesday.

[MHZ]

you're right. ms stokke is located in socal. she may be bad luck in this situation.

You almost cost us this series before it even began...

[Meloshow]

Lets get this going Nuggets! We pretty much have the whole NBA community on our side coz of all the Laker haters so we'll give them a run.
Look for Dahntay to fly kick Kobe in the pelvis 3 minutes in.

[YiYaoYue]

Hey Nugg fans. Here is to wishing the Refs don't get too involved and start conspiracy theories.

This will be a very fun series to watch as I expect a high scoring series.

[geevesjr]

Let's just hope that we keep the Black Mamba at bay.

And I think the Nuggets team is better-equipped to contain the Lakers BIGS than a Yao-less, Mutombo-less Rockets team, obviously.

Nene needs to play with more intensity and aggression on the road, and overall, in this series..because...I think we all know that Erick Dampier is no Andrew Bynum

Not to mention, Pao Gasol and the work he does on the offensive glass...we really need the BiRdMaN to flap his wings in this series. But even more importantly, he's gotta STAY OUTTA FOUL TROUBLE! If he sees a scrub like Sasha Vujacic driving to the lane, just disturb him a little bit, and then box the sh** outta those bigs.

I think Trevor Ariza will defend Melo a lot in this series, but if the Nuggets are playing defense and running the court like they should, Melo will got a lot of open-court looks, and that's especially what we need.

Either way, this will be one helluva series, and I can see it going to a game 7...Good health to both teams, but good luck to the Nuggets

[The Answer_CO]

Have to rebound, make the extra pass and defend the paint. Make Kobe a jumpshooter. Also, transition defense has to solid. Go Nuggs!

[eathy]

play hard, try to take game 1.

if the Nuggets are going to try piss someone off like they did to CP3, Dirk, and Wright, do not piss Kobe off. Get Gasol instead.

[Nugologist]

I think Nene's performance, more than anyone else's, will determine who wins this series. Will he be the dominant post presence, offensively and defensively, putting up 18-20 ppg, or the complete spaz who looks like he's never seen a basketball before? I saw both in the Dallas series. I'm relatively confident in what our other key players will bring to the series. Nene's the big question mark for me, and he can obviously have a huge impact on this series, particularly if he's effective in the post and keeping the Laker bigs honest. Will he be in foul trouble or getting others in foul trouble? The list goes on. Go Nuggets!

[KObe Bryant]

Good luck, guys.

[hermes]

awesome thread, good luck guys

[blue steel]

Game starts at 9pm eastern according to ESPN, so 7pm mst instead of 6pm in the graphic.