The NBA playoffs have been currently under action the past three weeks, and it's been nothing, but excitement. The best 1st. round match up in the playoffs had to be the sixth seeded Denver Nuggets against the third seeded Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers were picked to win the series, but they had troubles doing that. The Denver Nuggets took Los Angeles to what no one was expecting, a game 7.  The Lakers, under the direction of Kobe Bryant who placed second in the season scoring, took a 3-0 lead in the series. The first two games were played in LA's favor, at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. In game one, the Nuggets got down early and played catch up the whole second half. In game two, it was much closer than game one. The Denver Nugget's front office felt like they needed to make a move for the future, so they did. They completed the trade with 30 games left in the regular season. They traded their 7 year center Nene Hilario for a raw, young, and powerful center Javalee Magee. Javalee Magee was the key factor in game two for the Nuggets. Although the Denver Nuggets played some of their worst basketball, they only managed to lose by six. The series switched to Denver, the Mile High City. The Nuggets just pounded the Los Angeles Lakers in both games at the Pepsi Center in downtown Denver. Ty Lawson, Denver's point guard, scored just about 50 points total in the two games, scoring 32 in the first. Los Angeles got the first game in Denver, but the Nuggets came back and stole the second. Denver then stole another in Los Angeles, which was a tight game all the way until the final seconds of the fourth quarter. The series went back to Denver for game six. Denver's knew they had to play a perfect game in order to force a game 7, and they did exactly that. They blew out the Lakers by 27. Although the Nuggets were playing great basketball, the Lakers took the series in game 7 in Los Angeles, ruining a great run that Denver gave. The Los Angeles Lakers are now in the second round of the playoffs battling the mighty young and tough team from Oklahoma City, the Thunder.  They are behind in the series 2-0.