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Kobe Bryant blasted the Denver crowd by day and quieted it at night. After criticizing Denver fans for booing Carmelo Anthony, Bryant gave the Pepsi Center crowd little to cheer about, as he led the Los Angeles Lakers past the Nuggets, 107-97 on Friday night. Bryant scored 14 of his 18 points in the decisive third quarter and was one of five Lakers to score at least 17. Ron Artest scored a season-best 19 as did Pau Gasol. Lamar Odom had 18 and...
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score
Sat 12/31	LAL	LAL 92-89
Sun 1/1	Den	Den 99-90
Fri 2/3	Den	LAL 93-89
Fri 4/13	LAL	LAL 103-97
Sun 4/29	LAL	LAL 103-88
Tue 5/1	LAL	LAL 104-100
Fri 5/4	Den	Den 99-84
Sun 5/6	Den	LAL 92-88
Tue 5/8	LAL	Den 102-99
Thu 5/10	Den	Den 113-96
Sat 5/12	LAL	LAL 96-87

Game Stats

Lakers (32-13) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts P. Gasol, F 34 13 3 2 19 R. Artest, F 26 2 0 5 19 K. Bryant, G 33 6 7 1 18 A. Bynum, C 27 7 1 4 17 D. Fisher, G 26 3 6 2 3 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts L. Odom 31 10 2 3 18 S. Blake 28 3 2 1 5 L. Walton 19 2 3 1 4 S. Brown 17 1 0 1 4 D. Caracter 0 0 0 0 0 D. Ebanks 0 0 0 0 0 J. Smith 0 0 0 0 0 M. Barnes 0 0 0 0 0 T. Ratliff 0 0 0 0 0

Nuggets (24-18) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts C. Anthony, F 37 6 5 3 23 A. Afflalo, G 41 4 4 1 22 C. Billups, G 36 2 4 1 16 N. Hilario, C 35 7 3 3 9 K. Martin, F 22 2 2 3 2 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts T. Lawson 29 1 4 1 15 A. Harrington 17 4 0 1 5 J. Smith 15 1 0 2 5 M. Ely 8 0 1 0 0 A. Carter 0 0 0 0 0 G. Forbes 0 0 0 0 0 S. Williams 0 0 0 0 0 C. Andersen 0 0 0 0 0 R. Balkman 0 0 0 0 0

Complete Box Score

Injury Report

Lakers No injuries to report.

Nuggets Date Player Injury 4/18 W. Chandler, GF Sore left hip 3/22 R. Fernandez, GF Strained lower back- out for the season

Player News

Lakers Devin Ebanks (LAL - Guard-Forward) News: Ebanks played in just 24 games for the Lakers in 2012, averaging four points and 2.3 rebounds per game.  (RotoWire - Wed. May 23, 2012) Kobe Bryant (LAL - Shooting Guard) News: After undergoing an experimental knee procedure in Germany in the 2011 offseason, Bryant outperformed his fantasy draft slotting for the 2012 season. His 27.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game were his best averages in four years. He slipped elsewhere though, shooting 43 percent from the field and 30.3 percent from downtown - his worst shooting percentages in more than a decade. His 3.5 turnovers per game were also his worst average since the 2004-05 season.  (RotoWire - Wed. May 23, 2012) Andrew Bynum (LAL - Center) News: Bynum plans to focus on his jump shot in the offseason, the Orange County Register's Kevin Ding reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. May 23, 2012)

Nuggets Danilo Gallinari (DEN - Small Forward) News: Gallinari finished his first full season in Denver having averaged 14.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.0 steals in 43 games.  (RotoWire - Mon. May 21, 2012) Rudy Fernandez (DEN - Guard-Forward) News: Fernandez (back) finished an injury-plagued first season with the Nuggets averaging just 8.6 points and 2.4 assists in 31 games before being sidelined for the rest of the year because of back surgery.  (RotoWire - Mon. May 21, 2012) Wilson Chandler (DEN - Guard-Forward) News: Chandler averaged 9.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in just eight games with the Nuggets in 2011-12 before hip surgery left him on the injured list.  (RotoWire - Mon. May 21, 2012)