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Game: Game #2 Denver at LA Lakers  (05/21/09)
Nuggets
result.gif (1312 bytes) Western Conference Playoff Win - Denver 106 - LA Lakers 103
Lakers

Carmelo Anthony
A very happy and satisfied Carmelo walks off the court after evening the series in LA - 1-1.

In a Mirror-Image Game, Nuggets come out on Top this Time

11 straight playoff game losses, and 24 years of futility - all ended in a single brilliant night. Just as in Game #1, by the slimmest of margins, the victor won the game in the final minute and a half. This time though, it was the Denver Nuggets making the key plays in crunch time, to even the series at 1-1.

More coming soon...

 

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Notes:

Carmelo Anthony set the Nuggets all-time playoff record of consecutive playoff games scoring 30+ - breaking the record set by Hall of Famer, Alex English.

Final Thought:

The LA Lakers now have to come to Denver... to the Pepsi Center for the next two games, where the fans are arguably hungrier than any other team's left in these playoffs, and the Nuggets have dominated teams for 16 straight wins.

On to Player Ratings for the game: (ratings on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest)

Chauncey Billups   Player rating: 4.5
J.R. Smith   Player rating: 2.5
Nene, Denver Nuggets   Player rating: 3.0
Kenyon Martin   Player rating: 4.0
Carmelo Anthony   Player rating: 4.5
Linas Kleiza   Player rating: 5.0


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Game Summary written by: aswitzer


Last updated: Fri, October-2-2009