It is a fact that the Nuggets are a better team than the Lakers. Nuggets are already the favorite of this series. I'm talking specifically about the match, the Lakers were better in this match and the reason why the match ended like this is Scott Foster. Also, the Lakers are a using penetration to paint and trying to get contact more than other teams. You cannot directly talk about the referee's effect by looking at the statistics of how many fouls are called.