There are several subplots in the Game 7 match up between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets. How will Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum respond to Kobe Bryant calling them out about their game 6 performance. How will Andrew Bynum react to Mike Brown’s benching. Metta World Peace makes his return from a seven game suspension. And of course, the obvious, will the Nuggets momentum carry them on to round two and a face off against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Lakers wouldn’t be living up to their legacy if there wasn’t soap opera-esque drama coating the game. But how make or break is this situation? Magic Johnson believes that the careers of Coach Mike Broan, Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol rest on the outcome.

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