Bryant's Fourth Quarter Scoring Lifts Lakers to 107-101 Win, Series Sweep

Mile High Malaise: Lakers Flatten Listless Nuggets

Maury posted 4/29/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com

Kobe Bryant passed early (six first quarter assists) and scored late (11 third quarter points) as the L.A. Lakers dismantled the Denver Nuggets 102-84 to take a 3-0 series lead. Bryant finished with game-high totals in points (22), assists (eight) and plus/minus (+21, tied with Derek Fisher) while tying for the team lead in rebounds (seven). He shot 9-19 from the field. Even more significant ...

Crucifido's Corner: Lakers vs. Nuggets (Round 1 / Game 4 4/28/08)

BDG posted 4/29/2008 from www.clublakers.com

The first round is over. The Lakers have swept the Nuggets, and above all - they beat them the right way – as a team. This series showed to a lot of people just why the Lakers walked away with the West’s #1 seed – team play. They of course played through Kobe, their anchor (as they should), but when all was on the line, they played together to eliminate a 50-win team in a sweep for the ...

Postcards From LA, Vol. 4: One Lakers Fan Tracks His Team Through the NBA Playoffs

MrThell posted 4/29/2008 from www.emptythebench.com

Kobe simply willed the Lakers to victory, scoring 14 of the Lakers last 19 points of the game to finish with 31 (along with 7 rebounds and 6 assists). And he did it every which way imaginable, from deep threes to acrobatic lay-ups - Kobe would not allow his team to lose. That’s what MVPs do.

Movin' on

Intentional Foul found this 4/29/2008 on lakersblog.latimes.com

I'll give Denver credit. They managed to do something that honestly I didn't think they had in them- play 48 minutes of hard (though not necessarily smart) basketball, and even come from behind to close the game in the second half. They were spirited ...

Los Angeles vs. Denver - Recap - April 28, 2008

FanIQ Blog found this 4/29/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

Lakers breeze past Nuggets in four games, await Jazz-Rockets winner DENVER (AP) -- The Denver Nuggets finally gave the Los Angeles Lakers a good fight. No surrender on this night. No frustration fouls filling up the fourth quarter of another blowout. ...