Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers

9-7, 3-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	33	24	18	24	99
Lakers LAL	21	34	26	46	127

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

9-6, 6-3 Home

127

9-6, 6-3 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony
Kenyon MartinK. Martin
Marcus CambyM. Camby
Anthony CarterA. Carter
Allen IversonA. Iverson
bench
Jelani McCoyJ. McCoy
Eduardo NajeraE. Najera
Linas KleizaL. Kleiza
Bobby JonesB. Jones
Steven HunterS. Hunter
Nene N. Hilario
Chucky AtkinsC. Atkins
Von WaferV. Wafer
JR SmithJ. Smith
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	23	11-15	0-1	1-1	4	2	4	2	0	3	1	5	0
22	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	6	1	2	1	2	2	4	3	0
31	11	4-10	0-0	3-3	9	1	1	2	3	3	6	3	0
30	5	2-6	1-2	0-0	3	4	2	0	0	0	3	6	0
37	21	8-18	0-1	5-10	4	6	3	3	0	1	3	0	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0
25	1	0-4	0-3	1-2	6	1	1	2	0	2	4	3	0
20	15	6-12	1-3	2-2	4	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0
6	8	3-5	1-3	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	11	4-12	1-4	2-4	3	1	2	1	0	2	1	1	0
	99	40-90	4-18	15-23	23	18	18	12	7	10	13	23
		44%	22%	65%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Lamar OdomL. Odom
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Vladimir RadmanovicV. Radmanovic
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Derek FisherD. Fisher
bench
Luke WaltonL. Walton
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza
Chris MihmC. Mihm
Kwame BrownK. Brown
Ronny TuriafR. Turiaf
Jordan FarmarJ. Farmar
Javaris CrittentonJ. Crittenton
Coby KarlC. Karl
Sasha VujacicS. Vujacic
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	12	5-16	1-2	1-2	4	1	2	1	1	0	4	2	0
30	24	10-18	0-3	4-5	6	7	2	1	0	3	3	1	0
22	6	3-7	0-4	0-0	1	6	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
27	12	5-8	0-0	2-6	13	0	1	0	1	5	8	3	0
24	10	4-6	2-2	0-0	4	4	0	2	0	2	2	2	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	14	6-9	2-2	0-0	4	4	3	3	0	1	3	4	0
5	2	1-3	0-0	0-2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	8	3-5	0-0	2-2	7	1	1	0	0	2	5	3	0
19	10	3-4	2-3	2-2	5	4	1	1	0	0	5	2	0
5	7	2-3	0-0	3-3	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	22	6-14	2-6	8-9	3	3	1	1	0	1	2	3	0
	127	48-95	9-22	22-31	28	32	16	11	2	11	17	21
		51%	41%	71%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

DEN

LAL lead season

1-0

LAL

Game 1@ LAL

Final

127

107

Game 2@ DEN

Final

111

Game 3@ LAL

Final

116

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

TNT

Referee:Dick Bavetta

Referee:Courtney Kirkland

Referee:Tommy Nunez Jr.

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

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