Nick Young believes the Lakers could defeat in the 1st round of the playoffs a favorite contending team

The Los Angeles Lakers have been struggling all season long, but they finally got in a rhythm, and with some necessary adjustments on the team's roster, they are looking the strongest since de 2020 championship.

The superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis are even surprised at how improved the team is now, as they made it evident by wondering how long it had been since the team blew their rival by more than 24 early on, as it happened on Thursday night vs. the Golden State Warriors.

With all that, the team is winning some adepts, and the former NBA player Nick Young now thinks that the Lakers could do good in the playoffs and even eliminate the MVP front-runner's team.

Young took to Twitter on Friday evening to express his belief that the Lakers would defeat the Denver Nuggets if the two teams met in the first round of the 2023 playoffs. "If Denver plays Lakers first round, they lose." Nick wrote.

The Lakers are still far from making it to the playoffs or even play-in

Even when the purple and gold are only 1.5 games back from the No. 10 seed in the Western Conference, the team still needs to arrive; it needs to get some crucial wins on the road trip games starting tonight with the game vs. the game Mavs.