National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 98,
L.A. Lakers 96
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #43 Dan Crawford, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #59 Gary Zielinski
Attendance: 20044
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #43 Dan Crawford, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #59 Gary Zielinski
Attendance: 20044
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| L.A. Lakers | 20 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 96 |
| Denver | 22 | 35 | 16 | 25 | 98 |
Los Angeles Lakers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Derek Fisher - G | 35:34 | 2-11 | 0-2 | 6-8 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sasha Vujacic - G | 25:39 | 3-12 | 2-7 | 0-0 | -13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Pau Gasol - F | 43:31 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 10-11 | -2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Ron Artest - F | 38:35 | 7-11 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| Lamar Odom - F | 34:17 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Shannon Brown | 26:47 | 3-12 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Jordan Farmar | 15:32 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Josh Powell | 11:54 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Didier Ilunga-Mbenga | 4:29 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Walton | 3:42 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Morrison | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 30-82 | 8-21 | 28-33 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 96 | |
| 36.6% | 38.1% | 84.8% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 38:59 | 4-14 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Arron Afflalo - G | 18:03 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 1-1 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 41:49 | 10-20 | 3-5 | 8-11 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 31 |
| Nene - C | 33:36 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 7-10 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Johan Petro - C | 18:40 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith | 31:58 | 10-19 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Chris Andersen | 25:33 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Malik Allen | 10:26 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Lawson | 9:01 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Carter | 8:26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joey Graham | 3:28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-78 | 11-25 | 19-28 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 98 | |
| 43.6% | 44.0% | 67.9% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| LAL | None |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| L.A. Lakers | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 10 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| Points in the Paint | 30 | Points in the Paint | 32 |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | Biggest Lead | 15 |