Nuggets even series 1-1!

Yeah! Nuggets even series 1-1 with a 106-103 win over the Lakers. I haven't watch the game but thanks to the official website of the NBA, I was able to look at the recap and boxscore. It was a hard-fought battle that was highlighted with 6 lead changes with 12 ties. This was the first win of the Nuggets over the Lakers during the playoffs dating from 1985, with 11 straight losses to the Lakers prior to the game.

Like Game 1 both teams were lead by their superstars. Carmelo Anthony has 34 points and 9 rebounds while Kobe Bryant has 32 points and 5 rebounds to lead Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers, respectively. Linas Kleiza also had a huge night with 16 points on 5-8 shooting, 4-7 from outside the arc.

Game Leaders

	Denver Nuggets				Los Angeles Lakers
Points	Carmelo Anthony(34)				Kobe Bryant(32)
Assists	Nene(6)				Luke Walton(4)
Rebounds	Nene(9)				Pau Gasol(17)
Steals	Kenyon Martin(3)				Trevor Ariza(4)
Block Shots	Chris Andersen(1)				Lamar Odom(2)
Team FG%	44.3%				45.5%

GO Nuggets! Kudos to both teams! Game 3 will be on the Pepsi Center on May 23, 2009 8:30 pm ET. God bless to both teams!

Ariza helps LAL take 1-0 lead!

Just finished watching game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets. Damn it was so close! It was a hard fought battle. Both teams made great plays. Trevor Ariza stole the inbound ball on a bad pass by Anthony Carter with only 30.5 seconds and Lakers leading by 2, 101-99. Bryant then attacked the rim for two free throws to ectend the lead by 4, 103-99, with 10.0 seconds left. "Mr. Big Shot", Chauncey Billups, then shot a 3-pointer to trim the deficit to 1 with 6.1 seconds left. Kobe Bryant was then fouled to stop the clock and sank both free throws to extend the lead by 3. Derek Fisher then fouled J.R. Smith to make them shoot 2 free throws with 3.2 seconds remaining. Smith shot the first and intentionally missed the second to get the rebound and get the second chance shot. But instead, the rebound went to Bryant who then threw the ball up to win the game.

The two Superstars from both teams, Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony, led their teams with 40 and 39 points, respectively. They went to each other, defending each other. But the game boils down to mistakes on Denver's side, a bad pass from Anthony Carter and useless fouls by Martin.

Well, it was a close one. This would be an exciting series. I hope the Denver Nuggets win this series. Kudos to both teams! God bless and play your hearts out!