Nuggets must silence Kobe - The Denver Post

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LOS ANGELES Follow the chain that yanked the Nuggets all game long and you will find the devilish smile of the man clearly in command of this NBA playoff series after only one game: Kobe Bryant. Did Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers get in the heads of Denver players and coaches, who were yapping, crying dirty pool, complaining to the refs and trying to regain their equilibrium after a ... [link]

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Lakers vs. Nuggets Bullets
Published 4/21/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Mark Kiszla of The Denver Post: "Follow the chain that yanked the Nuggets all game long and you will find the devilish smile of the man clearly in command of this NBA playoff series after only one game: Kobe Bryant. Did Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers get in the heads of Denver players and coaches, who were yapping, crying dirty pool, complaining to the refs and trying to regain their equilibrium after a 128-114 loss? Put it this way: Bryant did more than beat the Nuggets. He performed brain-salad surgery on them. Can Denver recover? Or was this the ...

Melo: “We ain’t going nowhere”
Published 4/21/2008 by LD2k at The Lakers Nation
... Denver Post: “They’ve got to see us again. They’ve got to see us for six more games. We ain’t going nowhere,” Denver forward Carmelo Anthony vowed Sunday. ...

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ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/21/2008 on www.latimes.com

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