Dwayne Wells believes, baby.
He believes his Lakers are up Cherry Creek. Sans paddle.
“Even though I am a Lakers fan, it’s probably going to be Nuggets in six, low-key,” Wells, an Air Force man and L.A. fanatic from Clovis, N.M., told me as we shivered outside Ball Arena an hour before Game 1 of Nuggets-Lakers.
“I hate it, man. (Nikola) Jokic last year was freaking crazy and (expletive) me off. And (Jamal) Murray was crazy, too. Oh my gosh. But them two — and Michael Porter Jr. might go off.
“I mean, we might get two (wins) off.