Ten blocks.
That's what the height of Lakers center Andrew Bynum is worth. If there's one thing I can take from the first game of the series is that the Lakers size is going to make it impossible for the Nuggets to have an inside presence during this series.
Javale McGee and Timothy Mozgov are not threats, if that's what you're thinking.
However, the Nuggets are still the NBA's highest scoring team, and if we can learn anything from the season as a whole, the Lakers struggle mightily against 3-point shooting. If the Nuggets have a couple of games where the majority of their shots were going in unlike the putrid shooting from Game 1, this series can become completely different.
Let's face it, the Lakers are not going to get the same kind of production from Devin Ebanks and Steve Blake like they did in Game 1, so it's important for Kobe to get going a little sooner. The Nuggets will not be as cold as they were in the first game.
Looking at Game 2, the Nuggets will get better scoring than they did in the first game. Since that's the case, it's important for Bynum to keep swatting at everything and the Lakers to tighten up on the 3-point line. Don't let Ty Lawson win Game 2 for the Nuggets.
The Game 1 strategy worked, but now let's see if the Lakers can counter the Nuggets' adjustments.
