Who Believes in the Nuggets?

Not many outside their own locker room, but this doesn’t bother ‘Melo and company: As the final minutes ticked down in Denver’s series-clinching win Wednesday over Dallas, Nuggets fans chanted ‘Beat L.A.’ But Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony wonders how many people really believe his team can beat L.A. ‘I don’t think anybody thinks we can beat the Lakers,’ Anthony said Sunday night after it was learned the Nuggets will face them in the Western Conference finals beginning Tuesday at Staples Center. ‘A couple people probably think. We believe. As long as we believe, good things will happen for us.'”