I am 99% sure the Nuggets gonna kick the Lakers ass but it's better that way than intentionally ducking them![]()
I'm not so sure. Let's look at some reasons why
- I think the staff been lying about Vando's condition so that he could get extra rest. If he's available, he'll be extremely helpful to this team
- LeBron is healthy. He wasn't vs the Nuggets last year
- LeBron is shooting 41% from three. He shot 27% from three last year
- Overall, the team has more cohesion and chemistry. They didn't have that last year
- D'Lo has been surpassing expectations, and playing very well outside of December and a few other games. He's the biggest X-Factor here-- if he plays to his regular season stats, we have another weapon we didn't have last year against them.
Overall, I don't think we've tested them at full strength. I mean, we clearly haven't, as they keep catching us with an injured key player or one of our key players shytting the bed.
And yet:

The average margin of victory here is 6 points. SIX POINTS.
They had literally everything go their way, from Bron being visibly unable to jump and shooting terribly, with D'Lo turning into Smush Parker, to making stupid shots like these:

But they only beat us by a margin of six points on average....
I am not afraid of these dudes. They don't scare me, because they barely beat with us while we had two arms tied behind our backs.
So, bring them on (if we get out of the play in)