2012 NBA Playoffs - Open Thread - Lakers Vs. Nuggets in the West
If you're watching the playoffs tonight, you can chat with other Clipper fans here.
| Final - 5.4.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 14 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 84 |
| Denver Nuggets | 30 | 25 | 17 | 27 | 99 |
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Game 3 Lakers Vs Nuggets Preview: Deep Holes and Playoff Roles
When the Nuggets face the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of their series tonight, one thing is perfectly clear ... the Nuggets cannot win if their wing players don't make shots. Time for #6 and #8 to shut their critics up...
Nuggets head coach George Karl said that you don't need a superstar to win a championship. He's wrong.
Denver Post columnist Mark Kiszla offers up another scorching piece on Nuggets head coach George Karl
Anyone who normally reads this site knows I'm a glass half full guy. I can see the good in just about any situation. Well, after watching the Nuggets impose their will, at times, last night and still never play with a lead ... my glass is beginning to look half empty.
I hate moral victories. Most of the time they serve no purpose and are nothing more than platitudes we tell ourselves to make things "better". However, the Nuggets played a far superior game to the one they played in Game 1, and now will bring the series back to Denver down 0-2 but feeling slightly better about themselves. What an odd dichotomy.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 14 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 84 |
| Denver | 30 | 25 | 17 | 27 | 99 |
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Ebanks | 15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Pau Gasol | 39 | 7-13 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 7-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4-0 | 16 |
| Andrew Bynum | 41 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 8-8 | 12-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-0 | 18 |
| Kobe Bryant | 41 | 7-23 | 3-10 | 5-6 | 6-3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4-0 | 22 |
| Ramon Sessions | 38 | 5-13 | 0-4 | 5-7 | 9-1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Steve Blake | 27 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 3 |
| Matt Barnes | 20 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Jordan Hill | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Josh McRoberts | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Andrew Goudelock | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Christian Eyenga | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Troy Murphy | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Metta World Peace | DNP - Suspended | ||||||||||
| Darius Morris | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29-78 | 6-25 | 20-25 | 44-13 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 19-0 | 84 | |
| .372 | .240 | .800 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 0 (6 pts) | |||||||
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Gallinari | 33 | 3-11 | 0-3 | 7-8 | 6-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 13 |
| Kenneth Faried | 35 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 15-6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Arron Afflalo | 25 | 3-9 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Ty Lawson | 38 | 9-19 | 1-3 | 6-7 | 4-1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 25 |
| Andre Miller | 31 | 5-12 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 13 |
| JaVale McGee | 28 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 15-6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4-0 | 16 |
| Al Harrington | 17 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Corey Brewer | 15 | 1-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Julyan Stone | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chris Andersen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kosta Koufos | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Rudy Fernandez | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Wilson Chandler | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jordan Hamilton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-93 | 6-16 | 19-23 | 54-19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25-0 | 99 | |
| .398 | .375 | .826 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (20 pts) | |||||||