The Los Angeles Lakers dropped Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals to the Denver Nuggets in a game that is going to be painfully remembered for a long time if the team loses this series. Los Angeles looked like the better team for most of the game but Darvin Ham trying to be cute in the first half ultimately swung the outcome.
Luckily, it is just the first game of a seven-game series and the Lakers can still come out of Denver in a good spot. If the team can steal Game 2 and head back to LA with a 1-1 tie then the Lakers would have essentially stolen home-court advantage back from the Nuggets.