(Photo : Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) EL SEGUNDO, CA – Earvin “Magic” Johnson discusses the upcoming Los Angeles Lakers’ season at UCLA Health Training Center on September 20, 2018 in El Segundo, California.
Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson has provided recommendation to his former group as they gear as much as tackle the defending NBA champions Denver Nuggets.
The Nuggets famously swept the Lakers throughout final yr’s Western Conference Finals on the best way to the title.
“For the Lakers to have any chance to beat the Nuggets this time around, the guards have to bring their A-game. Last year, the Nuggets’ guard trio of Bruce Brown, KCP, and Jamal Murray were dominant,” the Hall of Famer stated on social media platform X, previously Twitter, on Friday, April 19.
Aside from being maybe the best participant in franchise historical past, Johnson additionally served because the Lakers president of basketball operations from 2017 to 2019.
“The Lakers’ key to win will be DLO, Reaves, Vincent, and Dinwiddie outperforming Murray, KCP, and Braun,” the 64-year-old added.
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The five-time NBA champion additionally criticized the concept that the Lakers ought to have purposely misplaced their play-in sport towards the New Orleans Pelicans to keep away from going through the Nuggets within the first spherical.
Nuggets are clear favorites over the Lakers
The Nuggets have gained eight consecutive video games towards the purple and gold franchise, establishing themselves because the clear favorites heading into the first-round playoff collection.
Denver got here up with convincing wins in all three of their matchups within the common season this yr.
The two groups are scheduled to go head-to-head in Game 1 of their first-round matchup on Saturday, April 20, on the Ball Arena in Denver.
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