Lakers win by 27 and win the West Coast Championship
 

Bryant leads Lakers past Nuggets, back to finals

DENVER (AP)—Kobe Bryant(notes) and the Los Angeles Lakers are heading back to the NBA finals after dispatching the pesky Denver Nuggets with a 119-92 victory in Game 6 on Friday night.

Bryant had 35 points and 10 assists and got plenty of scoring help from Trevor Ariza, Pau Gasol, and Lamar Odom, as the Lakers shot 57.3 percent from the field to avoid having to play a Game 7 in the Western Conference finals back at the Staples Center.

I think we should stay in the NBA Playoffs thread. Well Denver, where schooling happens.

So Howard scores 40 as Magic make finals.
Now it's time to shift gears and do some
arm chair speculation about who's gonna
win the finals.

So what's your take on the matchups???

The LA times perspective on the first game of the finals?
Lakers expect Dwight Howard to rebound but for game 1
In basketball parlance, it's called double-teaming "on the bounce."
In the box score, Howard's stats were doubled over.


Lakers expect Dwight Howard to rebound - Los Angeles Times