Lakers starting to become wary of the Denver Nuggets

It doesn’t take rocket science to figure out why Lakers forward Lamar Odom would change his view on the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers had little trouble with the Nuggets, sweeping them in the first round of the 2008 NBA playoffs. Though Denver gave them a challenge early in last season’s Western Conference finals, the Lakers coasted toward the latter part of the six-game series. The Nuggets’ two victories against the Lakers this season changed that complexion, however. And with the Lakers (44-15) holding only a four-and-a-half-game lead for first in the Western Conference over Denver (39-19), Odom acknowledged Sunday’s matinee…