The Los Angeles Lakers are hoping to avoid a four-game losing streak and dropping seven of their last eight. However, they’ll have to go through a scorching Denver Nuggets team in what could be a potential first-round preview without LeBron James in the lineup once again.
The Nuggets have won five straight games and nine of their last 10, with their most recent win coming against the L.A. Clippers to help move them up to the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. If the regular season ended today, the Lakers would be No. 6, meaning they would face the Nuggets in the first round.