It’s hard to find two teams on more opposite sides of the spectrum in playoff experience than the Nuggets and the Lakers. Los Angeles boasts LeBron James and his nine Finals appearances, Danny Green and his championship runs with the Spurs and Raptors, Rajon Rondo, Dwight Howard and even J.R. Smith. Meanwhile, in Denver, most of the young and carefree Nuggets are enjoying their first taste of the conference finals, with only one player in the rotation having made it out of the second round before.
That player is 35-year-old Paul Millsap, who signed in Denver three years ago after four straight All-Star appearances with the Hawks.