Nuggets 106-103 Lakers (22 May, 2009) Play-by-Play

Denver Nuggets

54-28, 21-20 away

106

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	23	31	26	26	106
LAL	31	24	26	22	103

Los Angeles Lakers

65-17, 36-5 home

103

Derek Fisher misses 28-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Trevor Ariza assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
Derek Fisher misses layup
Pau Gasol makes two point shot
Trevor Ariza makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes layup (Derek Fisher assists)
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Pau Gasol makes two point shot
Andrew Bynum misses layup
Pau Gasol misses layup
Lamar Odom makes two point shot
Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot two point shot
Sasha Vujacic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes dunk
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Luke Walton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes layup
Sasha Vujacic misses 22-foot running jumper
Lamar Odom misses 21-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses layup
Lamar Odom makes 4-foot hook shot
J.R. Smith blocks Sasha Vujacic's 20-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses 21-foot jumper
Shannon Brown makes 8-foot running jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Nene Hilario blocks Andrew Bynum's layup
Lamar Odom makes slam dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
Andrew Bynum makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
Shannon Brown makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
Jordan Farmar makes driving layup (Luke Walton assists)
Lamar Odom misses 28-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum makes jumper (Shannon Brown assists)
Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Kenyon Martin blocks Andrew Bynum's layup
Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Derek Fisher assists)
Andrew Bynum misses 14-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses layup
Shannon Brown misses layup
Lamar Odom makes 20-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 5-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
Derek Fisher makes 26-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher misses 27-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony blocks Kobe Bryant's 27-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes driving dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
Lamar Odom misses 20-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Derek Fisher misses layup
Pau Gasol makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
Chris Andersen blocks Derek Fisher's driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes driving dunk (Derek Fisher assists)
Derek Fisher misses layup
Pau Gasol makes dunk (Luke Walton assists)
Shannon Brown misses two point shot
Shannon Brown misses layup
Kobe Bryant misses 23-foot jumper
Shannon Brown misses 15-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 19-foot jumper
Luke Walton makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper
Shannon Brown makes three point jumper (Luke Walton assists)
Shannon Brown misses 6-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 6-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 6-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 9-foot jumper
Derek Fisher misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin misses 19-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 11-foot running jumper
Nene Hilario makes layup
Carmelo Anthony misses 16-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses layup
Dahntay Jones misses layup
Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup
Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
Dahntay Jones misses tip shot
Kenyon Martin makes 17-foot jumper (Dahntay Jones assists)
Dahntay Jones misses layup
Chauncey Billups misses running jumper
Kenyon Martin makes layup (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Pau Gasol blocks Carmelo Anthony's 27-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum blocks Nene Hilario's layup
Kenyon Martin makes dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)
Nene Hilario misses 13-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin makes dunk (J.R. Smith assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses two point shot
Chauncey Billups misses layup
J.R. Smith makes 27-foot three point jumper
Linas Kleiza makes three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
J.R. Smith misses 16-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 21-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin misses 17-foot jumper
Linas Kleiza makes 24-foot three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
J.R. Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chris Andersen misses 21-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 18-foot jumper (Nene Hilario assists)
Linas Kleiza misses 23-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 6-foot jumper (Nene Hilario assists)
Carmelo Anthony makes 16-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 21-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 4-foot two point shot
Linas Kleiza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin makes dunk (Nene Hilario assists)
Kobe Bryant blocks Carmelo Anthony's layup
Pau Gasol blocks Carmelo Anthony's layup
Linas Kleiza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Chauncey Billups makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nene Hilario assists)
Lamar Odom blocks Chauncey Billups's two point shot
Chauncey Billups makes layup
Carmelo Anthony makes 18-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 22-foot jumper (Kenyon Martin assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 13-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 27-foot three point jumper
Dahntay Jones makes two point shot (Nene Hilario assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 29-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses layup
Carmelo Anthony misses tip shot
Chauncey Billups makes two point shot
Nene Hilario makes layup (Kenyon Martin assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 19-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
Linas Kleiza makes driving layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chris Andersen makes driving layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups makes 28-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Nene Hilario misses 4-foot hook shot
Lamar Odom blocks Carmelo Anthony's jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes layup
Chauncey Billups makes 20-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 28-foot three point jumper
Linas Kleiza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 27-foot three point jumper
J.R. Smith misses 14-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes layup
Carmelo Anthony makes 15-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses layup
Linas Kleiza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin misses 20-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin makes 5-foot two point shot (J.R. Smith assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 6-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses three point jumper
Chauncey Billups misses driving layup
Carmelo Anthony makes layup
Kenyon Martin makes layup (Nene Hilario assists)

NUGGETS

LAKERS

TIME		DEN	LAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Nene Hilario vs. Andrew Bynum (Pau Gasol gains possession)	0	0
11:38	Pau Gasol 3 second	0	0
11:21	Trevor Ariza personal foul (Carmelo Anthony draws the foul)	0	0
11:11	Kenyon Martin misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
11:10	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	0	0
11:03	Kenyon Martin personal foul (Andrew Bynum draws the foul)	0	0
10:44	Derek Fisher misses 28-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:41	Nene Hilario defensive rebound	0	0
10:36	Chauncey Billups makes 11-foot running jumper	2	0
10:18	Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Trevor Ariza assists)	2	2
9:56	Nene Hilario makes layup	4	2
9:26	Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper	4	4
9:15	Carmelo Anthony misses 16-foot jumper	4	4
9:14	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	4	4
9:06	Kobe Bryant bad pass (Kenyon Martin steals)	4	4
9:02	Carmelo Anthony misses layup	4	4
9:00	Dahntay Jones offensive rebound	4	4
8:59	Dahntay Jones misses layup	4	4
8:56	Carmelo Anthony offensive rebound	4	4
8:55	Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup	6	4
8:55	Derek Fisher shooting foul (Carmelo Anthony draws the foul)	6	4
8:55	Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 1 of 1	6	4
8:53	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	6	4
8:37	Trevor Ariza lost ball (Carmelo Anthony steals)	6	4
8:30	Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	4
8:27	Dahntay Jones offensive rebound	6	4
8:27	Dahntay Jones misses tip shot	6	4
8:26	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	6	4
8:21	Derek Fisher misses layup	6	4
8:19	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	6	6
8:19	Pau Gasol makes two point shot	6	6
7:58	Andrew Bynum shooting foul (Kenyon Martin draws the foul)	6	6
7:58	Kenyon Martin makes free throw 1 of 2	7	6
7:58	Kenyon Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	8	6
7:46	Dahntay Jones personal foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	8	6
7:35	Dahntay Jones personal foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	8	6
7:26	Trevor Ariza makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	8	9
7:01	Kenyon Martin makes 17-foot jumper (Dahntay Jones assists)	10	9
6:48	Dahntay Jones shooting foul (Andrew Bynum draws the foul)	10	9
6:48	Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2	10	10
6:48	Andrew Bynum misses free throw 2 of 2	10	10
6:48	Nene Hilario defensive rebound	10	10
6:33	Dahntay Jones misses layup	10	10
6:31	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	10	10
6:26	Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper	10	10
6:24	Dahntay Jones defensive rebound	10	10
6:16	Chauncey Billups misses running jumper	10	10
6:15	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	10	10
6:11	Kobe Bryant makes layup (Derek Fisher assists)	10	12
6:11	Dahntay Jones shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	10	12
6:11	J.R. Smith enters the game for Dahntay Jones	10	12
6:11	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 1	10	13
5:54	Kenyon Martin makes layup (Carmelo Anthony assists)	12	13
5:41	Trevor Ariza bad pass	12	13
5:41	Los Angeles full timeout	12	13
5:28	Pau Gasol blocks Carmelo Anthony's 27-foot three point jumper	12	13
5:28	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	12	13
5:22	Kobe Bryant misses layup	12	13
5:20	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	12	15
5:20	Pau Gasol makes two point shot	12	15
5:11	Carmelo Anthony bad pass (Andrew Bynum steals)	12	15
5:03	Andrew Bynum misses layup	12	15
5:01	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	12	15
4:58	Andrew Bynum blocks Nene Hilario's layup	12	15
4:58	Denver offensive rebound	12	15
4:58	Chauncey Billups technical foul (1st technical foul)	12	15
4:58	Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw	12	16
4:58	Lamar Odom enters the game for Andrew Bynum	12	16
4:52	Kenyon Martin makes dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)	14	16
4:28	Pau Gasol misses layup	14	16
4:28	Lamar Odom offensive rebound	14	16
4:26	Lamar Odom makes two point shot	14	18
4:07	Nene Hilario misses 13-foot jumper	14	18
4:05	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	14	18
3:47	Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (Pau Gasol assists)	14	20
3:47	Nene Hilario shooting foul (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)	14	20
3:47	Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 1	14	21
3:36	Kenyon Martin makes dunk (J.R. Smith assists)	16	21
3:23	J.R. Smith shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	16	21
3:23	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2	16	22
3:23	Chris Andersen enters the game for Nene Hilario	16	22
3:23	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	16	23
3:06	Carmelo Anthony lost ball (Trevor Ariza steals)	16	23
2:54	Pau Gasol lost ball (Chauncey Billups steals)	16	23
2:54	Pau Gasol loose ball foul (Chris Andersen draws the foul)	16	23
2:54	Denver full timeout	16	23
2:54	Sasha Vujacic enters the game for Trevor Ariza	16	23
2:54	Luke Walton enters the game for Derek Fisher	16	23
2:42	Carmelo Anthony misses two point shot	16	23
2:39	Luke Walton defensive rebound	16	23
2:31	Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot two point shot	16	25
2:17	Chauncey Billups misses layup	16	25
2:16	Sasha Vujacic defensive rebound	16	25
2:09	Sasha Vujacic misses 27-foot three point jumper	16	25
2:06	J.R. Smith defensive rebound	16	25
2:00	J.R. Smith makes 27-foot three point jumper	19	25
1:40	Pau Gasol makes dunk	19	27
1:22	J.R. Smith turnover	19	27
1:22	Linas Kleiza enters the game for Carmelo Anthony	19	27
1:09	Kobe Bryant misses layup	19	27
1:07	Chris Andersen defensive rebound	19	27
1:00	Sasha Vujacic shooting foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)	19	27
1:00	Chauncey Billups misses free throw 1 of 2	19	27
1:00	Denver offensive rebound	19	27
1:00	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2	20	27
45.9	Luke Walton misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	27
43.9	Kobe Bryant offensive rebound	20	27
42.8	Kobe Bryant makes layup	20	29
32.3	Linas Kleiza makes three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	23	29
26.2	J.R. Smith shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	23	29
26.2	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2	23	30
26.2	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	23	31
3.9	Chris Andersen bad pass (Luke Walton steals)	23	31
0.5	Sasha Vujacic misses 22-foot running jumper	23	31
0.0	Los Angeles offensive rebound	23	31
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	31

Nuggets
103
Lakers
105

Game 1

20/5

Nuggets
106
Lakers
103

Game 2

22/5

Lakers
103
Nuggets
97

Game 3

24/5

Lakers
101
Nuggets
120

Game 4

26/5

Nuggets
94
Lakers
103

Game 5

28/5

Lakers
119
Nuggets
92

Game 6

30/5

crypto.com Arena

2:00 AM, 22 May 2009

Los Angeles, CA

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

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