Nuggets at Laker recap: Nuggets succumb to pressure, lose to Lakers
Timofey Mozgov played his finest game of the season, but it wasn't enough as the Nuggets couldn't execute down the stretch and lost to the hated Lakers.
| Final - 12.31.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Nuggets | 23 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 89 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 92 |
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Andrew Bynum Returns As Lakers Host Nuggets At Staples Center
Center Andrew Bynum returns to the Los Angeles Lakers, looking for their third straight win on Saturday afternoon as they host the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center in the first game of a home-and-home set over New Year's weekend.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 23 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 89 |
| LA Lakers | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 92 |
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Gallinari | 36 | 3-12 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 7-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Nene Hilario | 33 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 8-3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 26 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10-3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Arron Afflalo | 25 | 4-10 | 2-5 | 3-5 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Ty Lawson | 31 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Andre Miller | 32 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Al Harrington | 29 | 8-17 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 21 |
| Rudy Fernandez | 19 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Chris Andersen | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Julyan Stone | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Corey Brewer | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kosta Koufos | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DeMarre Carroll | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Faried | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jordan Hamilton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-80 | 7-26 | 14-22 | 36-8 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 17-0 | 89 | |
| .425 | .269 | .636 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 1 (23 pts) | |||||||
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Barnes | 20 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Pau Gasol | 36 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 5-1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 17 |
| Andrew Bynum | 31 | 13-18 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 13-6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2-0 | 29 |
| Kobe Bryant | 33 | 6-18 | 0-5 | 5-6 | 10-2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4-1 | 17 |
| Derek Fisher | 21 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-0 | 6 |
| Troy Murphy | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Metta World Peace | 19 | 0-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Steve Blake | 26 | 2-9 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Jason Kapono | 23 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Josh McRoberts | 21 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Luke Walton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Derrick Caracter | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Devin Ebanks | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Andrew Goudelock | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Darius Morris | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-86 | 2-24 | 12-15 | 50-14 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 20-1 | 92 | |
| .453 | .083 | .800 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Rodney Mott, Tre Maddox, Gary Zielinski
Duration:2:17
Officials: - Rodney Mott, Tre Maddox, Gary Zielinski
Duration:2:17
