After annihilating the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers have moved on to the Western Conference Finals in the 2023 NBA playoffs, where they will have a rematch with the same rivals they faced the last time they reached these instances: Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets.
The Western Conference finals will be a rematch of the 2020 series that took place in the “bubble” in which the Nuggets fell four games to one to the Lakers. The difference is that now there will be local advantages.
As in every game they’ve played so far after coming out of the NBA play-in, the Lakers won’t have home field advantage, so this series will kick off in the Mile High City before moving to Los Angeles.
The Nuggets blew past the Suns in the second round and look like the most complete roster in the league, but the Lakers have Anthony Davis in his prime and all-time points leader LeBron James.
The first seed from the West against a survivor of the Play-In Tournament. Going strictly on that and nothing else, the Nuggets should advance to the NBA Finals. But as we all know, in the playoffs there is no logic.
After the Lakers disposed of the Warriors in six games on Friday night, the league officially announced the days the Western Conference Finals will be played, as well as the start time and television channels for those games. clashes in the United States.
The Western Finals Schedule (Pacific Time):
Game 1: May 16, Lakers at Denver, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 2: May 18, Lakers at Denver, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 3: May 20, Nuggets at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m., ABC
Game 4: May 22, Nuggets at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 5: May 24, Lakers at Denver, 5:30 p.m., TBD
Game 6: May 26, Nuggets at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m., TBD
Game 7: May 28, Lakers at Denver, 5:30 p.m., TBD
2023-05-13 19:58:31
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