Golden Nuggets: Stiffs no more, a rare Game 7 is upon us ...
Now that the Nuggets have bested the Lakers in a thrilling Game 6 blowout, they will play in a do-or-die Game 7 on Saturday night for just the third time in their NBA franchise history.
| Final - 5.10.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 20 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 96 |
| Denver Nuggets | 30 | 24 | 36 | 23 | 113 |
Now that the Nuggets have bested the Lakers in a thrilling Game 6 blowout, they will play in a do-or-die Game 7 on Saturday night for just the third time in their NBA franchise history.
The Credits: "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" - Lakers Links. A stomach bug got Kobe sick, while the team collectively made Lakers fans everywhere sick.
In the wake of the Nuggets climbing back into their first round series against the Lakers, the punditry is all over Andrew Bynum's asinine comments about close-out games being "actually kind of easy."
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 20 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 96 |
| Denver | 30 | 24 | 36 | 23 | 113 |
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Ebanks | 15 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Pau Gasol | 28 | 1-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Andrew Bynum | 29 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 16-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0-0 | 11 |
| Kobe Bryant | 37 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 2-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 31 |
| Ramon Sessions | 29 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 6-8 | 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 14 |
| Matt Barnes | 25 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Jordan Hill | 27 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Steve Blake | 24 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Christian Eyenga | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Troy Murphy | 6 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Darius Morris | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Josh McRoberts | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Metta World Peace | DNP - Suspended | ||||||||||
| Andrew Goudelock | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-83 | 4-14 | 22-30 | 42-13 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 17-1 | 96 | |
| .422 | .286 | .733 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (13 pts) | |||||||
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Gallinari | 27 | 5-13 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Kenneth Faried | 27 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 23 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 4-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Arron Afflalo | 35 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Ty Lawson | 30 | 13-18 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 5-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 32 |
| JaVale McGee | 20 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-0 | 2 |
| Al Harrington | 21 | 1-8 | 0-3 | 2-6 | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Andre Miller | 24 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Corey Brewer | 18 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 18 |
| Jordan Hamilton | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Julyan Stone | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Kosta Koufos | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Chris Andersen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Rudy Fernandez | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Wilson Chandler | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 47-91 | 10-20 | 9-17 | 47-10 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 22-0 | 113 | |
| .516 | .500 | .529 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 1 (15 pts) | |||||||