Lakers recover from defeat to the Suns with victory over the Nuggets

 

After losing to the Suns, The Lakers had a boost of confidence this past Monday by defeating the Nuggets 116-99, with a less-selfish Kobe Bryant who was shorter 10 points of his mark of 27 per game and scored only 17 points, but in contrast to his lacking of baskets, he had a season-best 11 assists. Kobe’s scoring duties where shadowed by a Denver defense who double-teamed him every time he got the ball.

But yesterday wasn’t about stopping Kobe, he had a better plan, to pass the ball, and so the Nuggets fell in the Lakers game and didn’t knew how to stop a team that showed a different but still effective planning.

"The measure of a great player is how much better he makes his teammates, Kobe was very good at that tonight." Lakers coach Phil Jackson said.

Los Angeles received Denver at the Staples Center with a team plagued with injuries, first, Andrew Bynum is still 7 weeks from playing again due to a kneecap injury, Trevor Ariza down for a broken bone in his right foot among a couple others.

Derek Fisher ended with a season-high 28 points, Jordan Farmar had 19 and Lamar Odom ended with 15 points and 11 rebounds, Kwame Brown, who was booed at the same court just a few days before in the game against the Suns, had a different night, scoring a low 7 points but ending with a season-best 11 rebounds.

On the Nuggets, Carmelo Anthony got injured after landing in Kobe’s foot, and since he is fourth in scoring in the NBA with 25.8 on average, he was well missed.

But as always, Allen Iverson had a good night with 28 points and Kenyon Martin did his thing, finishing with 16 points and 11 rebounds.