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Keeler: Lakers fans at Ball Arena admit it: Nikola Jokic scares them to death. “The Nuggets could beat us.”

“If it goes seven, we’re not winning that Game 7 in Denver,” Lakers fan Nelson Castro offered before Game 1. “There’s just no way. I think the longer this series goes, the more it favors Denver.”

Nuggets fan Deric Faucette, left, sits next to his friend and Lakers fan Griffen Peterson for Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Nuggets fan Deric Faucette, left, sits next to his friend and Lakers fan Griffen Peterson for Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Sean Keeler - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | skeeler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Getting your player ready...
If you ripped the names and logos off the front of the jerseys and just looked at blind resumes, the Nuggets take this bad boy in five games.
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