GAME THREAD: NBA: LA LAKERS (10-8) at DENVER (11-7)

NBA: LA LAKERS at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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LA LAKERS 29 33 26 88
DENVER 24 34 30 88 END 3RD QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER

LAL - LAMAR ODOM 17, VLADIMIR RADMANOVIC 17,
DEREK FISHER 15
DEN - ALLEN IVERSON 49, CARMELO ANTHONY 18,
EDUARDO NAJERA 10</div>

 

NBA: LA LAKERS at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA LA LAKERS 92
DENVER 90 8:50 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: LA LAKERS at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA LA LAKERS 94
DENVER 96 5:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

Re: NBA: LA LAKERS (10-8) at DENVER (11-7)

Wow. This is actually a pretty entertaining game. Anyone watching it?</p>

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NBA: LA LAKERS at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA LA LAKERS 106
DENVER 102 0:58 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: LA LAKERS at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA LA LAKERS 111
DENVER 107 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: LA LAKERS at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
LA LAKERS 29 33 26 23 111
DENVER 24 34 30 19 107 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: LAL - KOBE BRYANT 25, VLADIMIR RADMANOVIC 21,
DEREK FISHER 20
DEN - ALLEN IVERSON 51, CARMELO ANTHONY 26,
EDUARDO NAJERA 10</div>

 

NBA: LA LAKERS at DENVER

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
LA LAKERS 111
DENVER 107 FINAL</div>

 

Re: NBA: LA LAKERS (10-8) at DENVER (11-7)

AI is a great player, and had a great 3 quarters, but why the heck was he flopping all over the place tonite? I seriously can't count the # of times he flopped today, it sickens me. A lot of it ended up costing his team some points, with the Fish jumper, with the Kobe lob, etc...</p>

 

DENVER (Ticker) -- It wasn't the 2001 NBA Finals, but AllenIverson was torching the Los Angeles Lakers once again. Thistime, Kobe Bryant trumped him.


Bryant scored 12 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter toovershadow Iverson's 51-point performance as the Lakers held offthe Denver Nuggets, 111-107, at the Pepsi Center on Wednesdaynight.


Battling a sore left shoulder, Bryant held Iverson to just twopoints in the final period as Los Angeles secured the victory.Iverson, who shot 18-of-27 from the field, was just 1-of-5 inthe fourth.


Bryant scored six points in the final 1:41 to seal the win,hitting a scoop shot and a fadeaway to make it 106-102 with 1:12left. The Lakers did not trail again.


But it came after a vintage performance by Iverson, who scored48 points as the Philadelphia 76ers posted a surprising 107-101overtime victory over the Lakers in Game One of the 2001 Finals.The 76ers went on to lose the next four games.


Albeit on a lesser stage, Iverson had it all working Wednesdaynight, taking charge of a Nuggets' offense that he has beenhappy to share with fellow superstar Carmelo Anthony sincegetting dealt to Denver early last season.


Anthony and the rest of the Nuggets knew to stay out of the wayof the red-hot Iverson, who netted 33 points in the first halfand 49 after the third quarter en route to his highest-scoringoutput since joining Denver.


The eight-time All-Star scored a career-high 60 points vs. theOrlando Magic on February 12, 2005, with the 76ers. He seemedwell on his way to besting that mark until the Lakers randouble- and triple-teams at him in the fourth quarter.

Iverson fell just one point shy of the all-time scoring recordat the Pepsi Center, when Bryant netted 52 on February 12, 2003.

It was a wonder Bryant was around for crunch time after bruisinghis left shoulder with two seconds left in the first quarter.He accidentally was tripped by Eduardo Najera and immediatelywent to the locker room, but returned with an ice pack for theinjury.


Anthony had 26 points and eight rebounds for the Nuggets, whohad their two-game winning streak snapped.