American sports columnist and commentator Skip Bayless has sparked controversy with his bold predictions for the NBA playoffs. He has predicted that the Los Angeles Lakers will beat the Denver Nuggets in six games and then defeat the Boston Celtics to win the NBA championship.
Despite having a history of criticizing LeBron James and the Lakers, Bayless believes that the Los Angeles Lakers will emerge victorious in the first round of the playoffs against the reigning champions.
This seems like a reasonable prediction, as the Nuggets are facing a Lakers team that they swept in the previous postseason and is now defending their championship title. Although the Denver Nuggets were the most dominant team during the 2023 postseason, the competition has become more evenly matched across the conferences.
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Bayless stated that the basketball gods blessed the Lakers in their game versus the Nuggets
During a recent episode of Undisputed, Bayless stated that the Lakers were blessed by the basketball gods in their game versus the Nuggets, given the team’s late-season success and LeBron’s seeming flawless timing.
“I’ve picked the Lakers to win from Day 1. I think they’re just better than the Celtics. AD will go on a playoff run. The basketball Gods tapped LeBron on the shoulder and blessed him. He gets the Nuggets early. Can he be any fresher or better than right now?… We match up with them great, and we’re getting them early. Nobody is tired.” Skip Bayless said during the recent episode of Undisputed.
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Among other favorable events for Los Angeles, the expert noted the Nuggets’ unexpected loss to the struggling San Antonio Spurs, which cost the team the top seed in the Western Conference, and Zion Williamson’s injury during a critical play-in game versus the Lakers.
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