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Saturday, May 23, 2009Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DEN by 8 after three quarters and won 103–97.

Final · CF · G3 · Box score
Lakers103
Nuggets97
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL +6
On this day · 2007–08May 23, 2008: 1 game. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Spurs), 22 points.
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The lead · Conference finals · Game 3 · Lakers-Nuggets

Kobe Bryant scores 41 as Lakers win in Denver

Chauncey Billups goes for 18 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-4-8+6LAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers26222332103
Nuggets2824271897
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 40, 33, 15, 26, 32, 14, 40, 32, 41LAL41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 13, 30, 16, 14, 21, 13, 17, 20LAL20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 23, 25, 31, 41, 30, 39, 34, 21DEN21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 6, 18, 32, 24, 28, 18, 27, 18DEN18 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Final · Lakers-Nuggets
Lakers 103Nuggets 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers26222332103
Nuggets2824271897
The story
Pau Gasol had 20 points and 11 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Denver 103-97

Chris Andersen led Denver with 15 PTS, 7 REB 20 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST · 7-12 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Lakers took the fourth 32-18.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −2−4−8+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
26.8Reg. season avg37.7Last 3 playoff games

37.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 26.8 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 41 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Reg. season avg12.0Last 3 playoff games

12.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.9 in the regular season (78 games). Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Cooling off
−8.2points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.2Reg. season avg7.0Last 3 playoff games

7.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 15.2 in the regular season (81 games). Today: 10 points in 26 minutes.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 41

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 40, 33, 15, 26, 32, 14, 40, 32, 41Lakers-Nuggets · W
29.5 PPG playoffs to date · +12.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 23, 25, 31, 41, 30, 39, 34, 21Nuggets-Lakers · L
28.0 PPG playoffs to date · −7.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 13, 30, 16, 14, 21, 13, 17, 20Lakers-Nuggets · W
18.1 PPG playoffs to date · +2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 6, 18, 32, 24, 28, 18, 27, 18Nuggets-Lakers · L
21.8 PPG playoffs to date · −4.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
18 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 13, 5, 13, 7, 15, 6, 20, 16Lakers-Nuggets · W
11.5 PPG playoffs to date · +4.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chris AndersenPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 9, 11, 8, 5, 0, 8, 2, 15Nuggets-Lakers · L
7.2 PPG playoffs to date · +8.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
15 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Lead changes
Lakers-Nuggets12