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<blockquote data-quote="Jimi77" data-source="post: 8841892" data-attributes="member: 673702">Technically, the Nuggets had a below average road record; every contender had a better road record than the Nuggets.&nbsp; The Lakers are clearly a superior team.&nbsp; TBH, the Nuggets are probably the 4th best team in the West behind the Suns, Lakers and Warriors.&nbsp; They got lucky that Portland was banged up and missed the playoffs or the Trailblazers would have probably knocked the Nuggets out again.&nbsp; The Nuggets would have had the 4th best record in the East, so they would have had one series with home court advantage before getting bounced out of the play-offs.&nbsp; Really they just got lucky, they got a tired play-in team in the Timberwolves at home and made quick work of them.&nbsp; The Suns are clearly a more talented team, but CP3 goes down in the play-offs (again) and the Nuggets barely survive and probably wouldn&#039;t have without home court advantage.&nbsp; Then we got the Lakers who had to go 6 games against the Grizzles and then 7 against the Warriors.&nbsp; Miami did all the heavy lifting by taking out by taking out the top 2 teams in the East for us.&nbsp; Does anybody doubt that Milwaukee, the Celtics and 76er&#039;s are all better teams than the Nuggets?&nbsp; Not only that, but when it looked like Miami would get a sweep against the Celts, the Celts do the Nuggets the favor of extending it 7.&nbsp; The exhausted Heat didn&#039;t have chance against a rested Nuggets team at altitude.&nbsp; The Nuggets will probably win the championship this year, but there hasn&#039;t been a more undeserving team since 70-71 when Kareem and a bunch of other guys swept a not so good Bullets team whose 2 best players were injured.&nbsp; The Nuggets caught every break imaginable and then got the unimaginable break by getting matched up with one of the weakest teams in the East who just got extended to 7 games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jimi77, post: 8841892, member: 673702"] Technically, the Nuggets had a below average road record; every contender had a better road record than the Nuggets. The Lakers are clearly a superior team. TBH, the Nuggets are probably the 4th best team in the West behind the Suns, Lakers and Warriors. They got lucky that Portland was banged up and missed the playoffs or the Trailblazers would have probably knocked the Nuggets out again. The Nuggets would have had the 4th best record in the East, so they would have had one series with home court advantage before getting bounced out of the play-offs. Really they just got lucky, they got a tired play-in team in the Timberwolves at home and made quick work of them. The Suns are clearly a more talented team, but CP3 goes down in the play-offs (again) and the Nuggets barely survive and probably wouldn't have without home court advantage. Then we got the Lakers who had to go 6 games against the Grizzles and then 7 against the Warriors. Miami did all the heavy lifting by taking out by taking out the top 2 teams in the East for us. Does anybody doubt that Milwaukee, the Celtics and 76er's are all better teams than the Nuggets? Not only that, but when it looked like Miami would get a sweep against the Celts, the Celts do the Nuggets the favor of extending it 7. The exhausted Heat didn't have chance against a rested Nuggets team at altitude. The Nuggets will probably win the championship this year, but there hasn't been a more undeserving team since 70-71 when Kareem and a bunch of other guys swept a not so good Bullets team whose 2 best players were injured. The Nuggets caught every break imaginable and then got the unimaginable break by getting matched up with one of the weakest teams in the East who just got extended to 7 games. [/QUOTE]

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