Denver smoked the Lakers in two of three games last season. Russell Westbrook will miss this game and it’s not a bad thing for the Lakers, but hurts their depth. They don’t have an answer for Nikola Jokic, who took just four shots in the Nuggets’ last to Portland. The way to stop the Lakers is to force LeBron James and Anthony Davis to give up the ball, because they don’t have enough shooters surrounding them.