Who will win: Denver Nuggets vs. LA Lakers?

The Denver Nuggets should win this one, and if they are playing in Denver then I guarantee they WILL WIN. Their team is just way too deep to not beat teams like this. JR Smith and Gallinari need to have good Games if they want to win this one. Just to let people know, don't be surprised if Denver beats the Thunder in the playoffs. The Nuggets bench, is the BEST bench IMO. Everyone all there could be starters and you wouldn't even know. Part of me wishes that we could have Chandler, Felton and Gallo back here.

I think it will be a tough game for both teams, only because the Denver Nuggets have been playing really well since the trade (only lost 4 games since All-Star Break) and are a very well-balanced team now, and they have Gallo. However, the Lakers are on a HOT streak (17-1) since the All-Star break and I think they will be able to pull out a win with 5-8 points, if and only if they keep on playing the same way they have been these last 18 games.

if this same question was asked to me like 4 weeks ago i would have said denver becuase of the horrible deffence that the lakers had but scince then they have improvred defensevely, the lakers will eat the nuggets. and even earlier in the season when the lakers were like .500 team they still beat the nuggets so i say lakers in 5

I'm going to pick the Nuggets in a upset 120-119. Kobe leads all scorers with 33 and Gallo leads the Nuggets with 26.

It will be a boring game, given there is no ''real defense'' anyways! So easy win for L.A. since guys are supposed to give Kobe space at the top of the key.

This era of NBA defense is horrible. Today's NBA Hand-Check Rule has ruined the game. You see guys giving Kobe a 2 step's worth of space, sometimes 4 or 3 step's distance!

Trust this = giving Kobe, Carmelo, Wade, or LeBron a proverbial "hand up at his face'' from 2 or 3 step's distance away IS NOTHING.

EVEN PHIL JACKSON THINKS MJ WOULD be averaging 45 or 50 points per game in today's soft-euro-league NBA! And Pippen says that night Kobe got 81, Jordan would easily drop 100 that night: http://hoopsapedia.webs.com/mj50ppgtoday.htm

Listen to Pippen dish out some cold truth about the game today, DEFENSIVELY:

http://youtu.be/R7U8_LoyxSM

Probably Lakers. They have home court which is big. The lakers are on an absolute tear right now.

Kobe- 26 points

Wilson Chandler- 25 points

Prediction- Lakers 93-89

Nuggets: 105

Lakers: 99

Kobe: 29 Points

The nuggets should win

Lamar Odom's lucky streak will end today, Artest will have an Okay game and if gallinari can Hold off bynum then is an almost guaranteed win

Lakers 107

Nuggets 101

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LA- 112-107

Kobe- 36 points

Gallo-23 points