Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets Game 4 Highlights of the NBA Playoffs

The Denver Nuggets prove that they are not just Carmelo Anthony, they are a team. On a night when a stomach bug got the best of Carmelo Anthony (15 points on 3-for-16 shooting) and with Chauncey Billups tying a postseason low with three assists, the rest of the team stepped up. A day after being chided by his coach for taking too many jump shots, J.R. Smith (24 points) was like a kamikaze attacking the rim. Nene (14 points, 13 rebounds, six assists) flirted with a triple double and Kenyon Martin (13 points, 15 rebounds) controlled the paint. Chris Andersen was practically daring the Lakers to take it to the rim and Dahntay Jones was so physical with Kobe Bryant that Lakers coach Phil Jackson stopped just short of calling him a dirty player. When the final buzzer sounded, seven Nuggets had finished the game in double figures and a stunned Lakers team skulked off the floor on the wrong end of a 120-101 blowout

NBA by FanDome | May 26, 2009

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