![]() ![]() And it was, but the Lakers still won in six. It was looking to be a more competitive series than last year's sweep. The focus of the offense was still Carmelo Anthony with a more defensive point guard in Billups, but one who could also score as well. With a returning Andrew Bynum and a newcomer in Trevor Ariza joining with Kobe, Pau and Lamar Odom, the Lakers were primed to make a title run, but first they’d have to go through the new-look Nuggets, with Allen Iverson traded to the Pistons for Chauncey Billups and some added size with Chris Anderson. ![]() The 2008 Lakers would go on to the NBA Finals, but lose to the Celtics. This was just the start of the Lakers vs. Game 4 was close, but the Lakers ultimately secured a sweep. the Rockets and Spurs, early on in the season. They only scored less than 84 points total in two games in the regular season, vs. Game 3 was another blowout, with the Nuggets only scoring 84 points. He scored 49 points and 10 assists in the victory. Pau Gasol, meanwhile, had a huge game 1 with 36 points, 8 assists, 16 rebounds and three blocks. Nobody was hurt, and it didn't really seem to affect the Nuggets that much because Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony scored 30 each in Game 1. In Game 1, the Nuggets almost didn't make it to the Staples Center on time as there was a fire on their team bus on the way to the arena. Carmelo Anthony, a series of fires on and off the court, offensive juggernauts and duos. ![]() Now we’re in a totally different era from the first three playoff matchups between these two teams. In 1987, the first round was a best-of-five series, and the Lakers swept the Nuggets in three games, winning two of the games in blowout fashion. This time the Lakers were the first seed, and the Nuggets were the eighth seed. Once again the Lakers and Nuggets faced each other in the first round. Despite the great individual efforts by English, however, the Lakers won two of the three games he was available in before going on to win the NBA championship versus the Celtics in six games. Alex English played extremely well for the Nuggets for three games, but was hurt and missed the final two. In a best-of-seven series in the Western Conference Finals, the top-seeded Lakers beat the second-seeded Nuggets in 5 games. ![]() lost in the semi-finals versus the eventual 1979 champions the Seattle SuperSonics, the final Sonics (and eventually Thunder) championship at the time of this writing. However, it was the continued scoring of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jamal Wilkes and Adrian Dantley - who each had at least 23 points - that allowed the Lakers to win the series 2-1. The Nuggets all had their starters score in double figures, with David Thompson leading the way with 28 points. After the Nuggets won Game 1 and the Lakers took Game 2, it set up a pivotal Game 3 in Denver - this is the only time the Nuggets had ever previously had homecourt advantage against the Lakers. In 1979, the first-round of the playoffs was a best-of-three series. (Just as if you’d connected normally, the connection will be made immediately if you’ve previously saved the required username and password to the keychain otherwise you’ll be prompted to provide this info.) Thanks to, ScreenSharingMenulet’s menu updates in real time, showing new Screen-Sharing-compatible computers as soon as they appear on the network.The Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets have faced each other seven times in the NBA playoffs, dating all the way back to 1979.Īhead of their upcoming eighth showdown in 2023, let's look back at those prior playoff series. Choose a computer from the menu and the Screen Sharing application launches and initiates a screen-sharing connection to the chosen computer. If this describes your use of Screen Sharing, Stefan Klieme’s aims to make such connections easier by providing a menu-bar menu that lists any computers on your local network with Screen Sharing (or Remote Management-aka, Apple Remote Desktop) enabled. For example, I frequently use it to peek in on my desktop Mac from my laptop. But my experience is that many people use it mainly with computers on the same local network-in the same house or office. Leopard’s Screen Sharing feature, which lets you view and control the screen of another Mac, can be quite handy, especially for performing remote tech support for family and friends. ![]()
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