The Los Angeles Lakers have always been a thorn in the side of the Nuggets in terms of getting to the NBA Finals.
The Lakers defeated them in the Western Conference Finals in 2009 in six games and many forget the Lakers also defeated Denver in 1985 on the road to the Finals as well. What many forget though is that Denver’s player, Alex English, was injured for much of the series.
Now, I am not going to say the Nuggets would have won the series if English was healthy. The Lakers had a dominant squad that season led by Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy.