Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, including six free throws in the final 30 seconds, to lift Los Angeles to a 105-103 victory over the Nuggets on Tuesday night after the Lakers trailed most of the game.
Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points, Billups added 18 and Kenyon Martin had 15 for the Nuggets.
Down 94-89 with 5:13 on the clock, the West’s best slugged it out in Old Western fashion, the big plays deserving a blow-by-blow breakdown:
4:17 Trevor Ariza nails a three after making 1-of-7 shots to that point - Denver 94, L.A. 92.
2:30 Pau Gasol, struggling defensively all game, swats Nene to set up a Derek Fisher three at the other end - L.A. 97, Denver 96.
2:07 Gasol draws a charge on Anthony.
1:38 Chauncey Billups drains a three after Gasol misses both free throws - Denver 99, L.A. 97.
1:14 Gasol draws a defensive foul and makes both free throws - L.A. 99, Denver 99.
0:57.3 Lamar Odom, after tying up Chris Andersen, wins the jump ball.
0:30.5 Kobe Bryant, who stuck a jumper with 3:12 left, attacked the paint, drew a foul and hit both - L.A. 101, Denver 99.
0:29.1 Ariza jumped the lofted Anthony Carter inbounds pass (Odom all over him) and eventually earned two free throws for Bryant with 10.0 remaining - L.A. 103, Denver 99.
0:06.1 Billups drops another silly triple - L.A. 103, Denver 102.
0:05.8 Bryant hits two more from the stripe, and the Lakers wrap up J.R. Smith instead of allowing a potential game-tying three.
0:03.2 Smith makes one, intentionally misses the second, and Bryant skies for the game-clinching rebound.
Lakers win.
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