History is not on the side of the Denver Nuggets. They have never beaten the Los Angeles Lakers in a playoff series, and three of those losses came in the Western Conference finals — 1985, 2009 and 2020. The Nuggets have never been to the NBA Finals, either, but they can mark those off the to-do list in the next two weeks with a win over Los Angeles in the Western Conference finals, which start with Game 1 in Denver on Tuesday night. 'For me, getting to the Finals is all that matters,' Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.

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