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Nuggets 113, Lakers 91
FG FT Reb L.A. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS George 25 0-5 3-4 0-2 3 4 3 Mdvdnko 18 3-6 1-3 0-2 2 5 7 Grant 22 1-2 1-2 1-5 4 1 3 Bryant 38 8-23 10-11 1-3 6 3 27 Payton 30 8-15 5-6 1-5 2 2 22 Cook 26 1-8 2-2 1-8 1 3 4 Russell 12 0-2 0-0 0-4 1 0 0 Fisher 23 2-6 0-0 1-2 4 0 4 Walton 14 2-2 1-2 0-2 2 1 5 Sampson 12 1-2 0-0 1-4 0 2 2 Rush 20 6-12 0-0 0-0 1 2 14 Totals 240 32-83 23-30 6-37 26 23 91PCT: FG .386, FT .767. 3PT: 4-13, .308 (Rush 2-4, Payton 1-2, Bryant 1-4, George 0-1, Fisher 0-2). TR: 8. TEAM TO: 17 (19 PTS). BLK: 8 (Cook 4, Sampson 2, George, Mdvdnko). TO: 16 (Bryant 5, Fisher 4, George 2, Payton 2, Cook, Sampson, Walton). STL: 12 (Bryant 6, Fisher 2, Cook, Grant, Payton, Russell). TECH: Bryant, 10:25 third.
FG FT Reb
DENV Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Anthony 30 8-17 4-5 5-8 6 4 20
Nene 24 6-10 4-4 0-6 2 3 16
Camby 22 0-2 1-2 4-10 2 4 1
Lenard 29 7-14 1-1 2-5 4 4 16
Miller 31 8-17 4-4 1-2 9 3 20
Andersen 29 4-6 0-3 2-14 0 2 8
Elson 16 1-5 0-0 0-1 1 1 2
Boykins 21 9-13 0-0 1-4 6 1 22
White 17 2-5 0-0 1-4 1 1 4
Trepagnier 13 1-3 2-2 0-1 0 0 4
Tsktshvili 4 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Bowen 4 0-0 0-0 1-4 0 0 0
Totals 240 46-93 16-21 17-60 31 23 113
PCT: FG .495, FT .762. 3PT: 5-13, .385 (Boykins 4-7, Lenard 1-3, White 0-1, Anthony 0-1, Miller 0-1). TR: 5. TEAM TO: 18 (17 PTS). BLK: 6 (Andersen 3, Camby 2, Tsktshvili). TO: 18 (Boykins 4, Andersen 3, White 3, Lenard 3, Anthony 2, Trepagnier, Nene, Miller). STL: 11 (Andersen 2, Camby 2, White 2, Miller 2, Trepagnier, Anthony, Elson). TECH: Anthony, 10:25 third;Camby, 7:25 third. FLAG: Camby, 7:25 third.
L.A. Lakers 27 21 27 16 91Denver 31 32 34 16 113 A19,739 (19,099). T2:08. OfficialsJoe Crawford, George Toliver, Scott Wall.














