Schedule and 2008 Results
Regular Season Records: L.A. Lakers 57-25, Denver 50-32
Game 1 on Sunday, 20 April: Denver loses at L.A. Lakers, 128-pts-114
Game 2 on Wednesday, 23 April: Denver loses at L.A. Lakers, 122-pts-107
Game 3 on Saturday, 26 April: L.A. Lakers win at Denver, 102-pts-84
Game 4 on Monday, 28 April: L.A. Lakers win at Denver, 107-pts-101

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Los Angeles Lakers visited and defeated the Denver Nuggets 107-pts-101 to complete a 4-games-nil sweep of MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1042. With the series 1042 victory, the Los Angeles Lakers thus improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 56-27 overall and 3-2 in the Preliminary round. The series 1042 loss lowers the Denver Nuggets best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 2-12 with a nine-series losing streak overall, and 0-5 in the NBA Preliminary round (that 0-5 best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round series record by the Denver Nuggets is the worst best-of-7 Preliminary-round series record in the NBA or in the NHL). The four-games-nil sweep by the Lakers of series 1042 is the tenth in the NBA Preliminary round, the 51st in the NBA (all rounds), and the 174th in MLB/NBA/NHL (all rounds) history.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Lakers visited and defeated the Denver Nuggets 102-pts-84 to take a 3-games-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1042. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-nil, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 18-0 and a Game 4 record of 11-7; when trailing 3-games-nil in the same circumstance, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 4 record of 2-0. Through three games of series 1042, the Los Angeles Lakers have earned their 3-games-nil lead over the Denver Nuggets via three double-digit victories: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series, teams that win Games 1-3 via three double-digit victories have an 8-0 series record.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Denver Nuggets 122-pts-107 to take a 2-games-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1042. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 33-1 and a Game 3 record of 18-16; when trailing 2-games-nil in the same circumstance, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 0-5 and a Game 3 record of 3-2. The sole Laker series loss in the wake of a 2-games-nil lead occurred in series 215, when Los Angeles was defeated by the Boston Celtics in seven games in the 1969 NBA Finals.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Denver Nuggets 128-pts-114 to take a 1-game-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1042. When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 46-7 and a Game 2 record of 34-19; when trailing 1-game-nil in the same circumstance, the Denver Nuggets have a series record of 0-7 and a Game 2 record of 2-5 with an active four-Game 2 losing streak.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2007-08 regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers finished seven games ahead of Denver. From 1947 through the 2007 NBA Finals, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by seven regular-season games, they have posted an 18-3 (.857) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1042 is the 14th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for Denver, and the 83rd for the Los Angeles Lakers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, Denver has a 2-11 series record with an active eight-series losing streak, a 0-4 Prelim-round series record, and a 6-7 Game 1 record, while the Los Angeles Lakers have a 55-27 series record, a 2-2 Prelim-round record, and a 53-29 Game 1 record. Series 1042 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between Denver and the L.A. Lakers; the Lakers defeated Denver in series 454, as part of the 1985 NBA Semifinals.