The Los Angeles Lakers are among the more popular and polarizing teams in all sports. The Lakers are not only that, but they are also one of the more successful sports franchises. It has been like this for quite a while,

The Los Angeles Lakers took on the Denver Nuggets for the first time this season, and the results were eerily the same as when these two teams met up. Los Angeles jumped out to a lead at halftime and were feeling good about their chances to finally take down the Nuggets in the regular season.