Editor’s Note: Our moderator BeautifulLakes elected to do a deep dive on the history of the Lakers and Nuggets in the NBA playoffs as the two sides are set to square off in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. While everyone remains the 2023 Western Conference Finals, the history is much deeper than that. In 1979, the first round of the playoffs was a best-of-three series. After the Nuggets won Game 1 and the Lakers took Game 2, it set up a pivotal Game 3 in Denver, which is the only time... Read this story
