Kobe making young stars wait their turn: It was exactly what we saw coming after Game 5, when Bryant played the facilitator with only 13 shot attempts in 45 minutes. The Nuggets fell right into the trap. When they doubled, he passed. When they backed off, he attacked. Nuggets coach George Karl could do nothing about it, so he invoked Larry Bird, who once said of the greatest player ever, "He is God disguised as Michael Jordan." Column
One Nugget's conspiracy theory illustrates team's lack of poise: Now the Nuggets have done it. They really went there. Well, one of them did, anyway. Here's the money quote. No pun intended. "The Lakers paid $50,000 to win that game," an anonymous Nuggets player told the Denver Post after L.A.'s 103-94 victory against Denver in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday night. "They got their money's worth." Column
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Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers hugs Carmelo Anthony #15 of the Denver Nuggets after the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 119-92 in Game 6. (Getty Images)
blackmambakb24: Finally we saw LA play a complete game from start to finish, defensively and offensively. In a tough place to play as well this speaks volumes about how LA is turning it on at the right time. We havent seen this team play this well against Utah, or Houston. My hats off to Melo and the Nuggets, theyll be scary again next year. Game 6: Lakers punch ticket to NBA Finals with 4-2 series win
Angels_Rams: Wow, is it just me or did the Nuggets strong defense disappear in this game? I really thought they would force a game 7, but their defense didn't show up tonight. At the end of the game they interviewed Kobe, who said they saw something about the way Denver was defending them that they knew they could exploit. Do we credit PJ for finding a kink in the Nugget's Defensive Armor? Game 6: Nuggets' D fails them, Lakers dominate
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