Tonight's NBA Western Conference finals match up with the Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles to take on Kobe Bryant and the Lakers in game five of their series which is tied a two games a piece.

Denver established their bench dominance in game four with a huge 24 point game from JR Smith who was absolutely unstoppable from three point range. The Lakers have arguably the best bench in the league, but they have failed to prove that fact in this series as Kobe's supporting cast has struggled all series long.

Now the series heads to LA for a very important game five. The Lakers are favored in this game by six points and I think it is safe to say that they will cover that spread. So my advice, take the Lakers to take control of this series in game five and win by six or more points in game five.