경기결과 [PO Quarterfinals Game 6 Preview & Review] vs. Los Angeles Lakers → Nuggets Force Game 7(H/L)

[Colorado-Denver]

(3-3[41-25/W3], Pacific 1위) 96-113 (3-3[38-28/W6], Northwest 2위) → 3-3

http://www.nba.com/playoffs/2012/westseries3/index.html?ls=st&g=6&t=bs

DENVER (AP) -

The Denver Nuggets have crept back into their series with the Los Angeles Lakers by outrunning and outgunning their older opponents.

The Nuggets will try to run them ragged again Thursday night in Game 6 back in Denver, where the mile-high altitude can be a big fatigue factor for a team long in the tooth like the star-studded Lakers.

It worked great at sea level Tuesday night with elder statesman Andre Miller feeding raw 7-foot center JaVale McGee, whose athleticism and mind-boggling array of dunks made L.A.'s two 7-footers look like they were moving in slow motion.

And Denver coach George Karl is counting on the altitude helping the Nuggets contain Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol to force a Game 7 back in Los Angeles. He said there's wear and tear at 5,280 feet even if visitors downplay it or even deny it.

"My hope, I don't know if this is true or not, is that fatigue will come our way," Karl said. "The running of the game, the tempo of the game, and the pace, the way we play. They're getting tired of hearing it, and you're probably tired of hearing it, but our only chance to beat them is run them and play with tremendous energy and intensity. Maybe somewhere along the way, we'll make some 3s."

The Nuggets avoided elimination with a 102-99 win in Game 5 thanks to McGee, who had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Miller, who scored 24 points and dished out eight assists before making his biggest contribution: guarding Bryant on the Lakers' final, futile possession.

McGee repeatedly sped past the slower Lakers for breakaway buckets, and even when he wasn't beating them to the hoop, he was muscling his way around the paint for his usual repertoire of jaw-dropping baskets, then sprinting back downcourt to help rookie sparkplug Kenneth Faried put a big roadblock in the Lakers' path.

"JaVale's a huge target and he's athletic," Arron Afflalo said. "As we all know, Andre likes to throw those high-lob passes and backdoor passes. It makes for a good combination."

"I don't think I've ever coached a guy like this," Karl said. "He has the moves of a 6-6 player. The guy reminds me a little bit of Connie Hawkins with his long, unfolding one-handed stuff. But he has a long way to go to become Connie Hawkins."

He's off to a good start in making a name for himself with his underrated post game, undoubtedly boosting his value in free agency this summer.

"Usually, I'm nowhere near the playoffs," said McGee, who spent his first 3 1/2 seasons with the Washington Wizards before coming to Denver in the Nene deadline deal. "My last game of the year is usually at the end of the regular season in April."

May suits him very well, as does Denver's up-tempo style.

"He attacked off the glass," Bynum said. "That is what was causing me problems, personally. Other than that, he gets balls in transition. We've got to get back."

Gasol said the Lakers were frustrated because "we didn't bring the energy that was required to put this team away, and they did. They played more desperate than we did and with more energy."

So, instead of preparing to face the Oklahoma City Thunder in the conference semifinals, the Lakers have to make another trip to Denver to try to put away these speedy, scrappy Nuggets.

Fueling the Nuggets' jetpacks Tuesday night was Bynum's comment about how closeout playoff games can sometimes be easy. He made no such declarations heading into this next elimination game.

"We need some more things to put on the bulletin board," Ty Lawson said. "That definitely helped us out. We'll probably just put that up again and pretend we never heard it before."

Neither team practiced Wednesday. The Nuggets stayed overnight in Southern California rather than hopping a red-eye home.

"We didn't want to take that trip where you went to bed at 4 o'clock in the morning and you wake up and feel awful for a day," Karl said.

Karl also wanted his players to get over their happiness rather quickly and start focusing on Game 6, something the Lakers and their fans weren't expecting.

"I've been in this position before," Bryant said. "I know a lot of guys on the team haven't been in this position before, so it's important to remind them, `Yeah, this (stinks), but it's not the end of the world."'

So, the Nuggets have momentum on their side and they've got the deeper roster with fresher, younger legs. The Lakers have experience and talent, rings and All-Star resumes.

Who will feel the heat?

"I think the pressure's on them now," Lawson suggested.

Not so fast, suggested Karl.

"We've got to beat a championship-caliber team with three All-Stars. Our pressure is the same," Karl said. "The momentum of the series and the pendulum is kind of tilted to us a little bit, but I always believe ... the team that's down 3-2 is the one that still feels the pressure."

He's just hoping it's the Lakers who are breathing hard again Thursday night.

Nuggets Force Game 7 with 113-96 win over Lakers

너게츠가 레이커스에 113-96으로 승리하며 시리즈를 7차전까지 끌고가다!

DENVER (AP) -

Kobe Bryant spent all day under the weather and the way his teammates let him down made him feel even worse.

The Los Angeles Lakers star scored 31 points despite a stomach ailment, but was upset with the performance of his supporting cast as the Denver Nuggets rolled to a 113-96 win Thursday night to force a Game 7 in their first-round playoff series.

Bryant was quick to respond when asked if his teammates matched his heart.

"No, of course they didn't," he said.

Bryant suited up despite an upset stomach that he said left his hotel room "looking like a scene from `The Exorcist."' He was so sick that he didn't attend the morning shootaround before the game and had to take intravenous fluids all day.

"We let each other down, for sure," Bryant explained. "We didn't step up and meet their energy and they know that."

Then again, the Nuggets played with an energy that would've been hard to match as they sent the series back to Staples Center for an all-or-nothing showdown on Saturday night. Ty Lawson scored 32 points and reserve Corey Brewer added 18 to help the Nuggets tie up a series that many thought was over when they sank into a 3-1 hole.

"We can't get too high off this," rookie Kenneth Faried said. "We have to stay focused."

Faried was part of the contingent that bottled up Lakers big men Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. Gasol was held to just three points while Bynum struggled from the field - eventually finishing with 11 points and 16 boards - before taking a seat for most of the fourth quarter.

Lakers coach Mike Brown was disappointed with the play of Bynum and Gasol, a sentiment shared by Bryant, who urged them to be more assertive.

"It's one of those things where psychologically you have to put yourself in a predicament, in a position where you have no other option but to perform," Bryant said. "You have to emotionally put yourself with your back to the wall and kind of trick yourself, so to speak, to feel that there is no other option but to perform.

"When you have that, when you put yourself in that mind state, then your performance shines through."

That's precisely the way the Nuggets played: With desperation and determination.

"It was really fun," Brewer said. "The crowd was into the game and we were playing well."

Lawson set the tone early by lifting the Nuggets to a 13-0 lead to begin the game. He hit his first shot and then another - his confidence soaring with every jumper that left his hand.

The speedy point guard finished 13 of 18 from the field, including five 3-pointers.

For his newfound stroke, he can thank his shooting coach, Ivory Manning, whom Lawson flew in the night before to fix some mechanical flaws.

"He got my shot right," Lawson said.

Did he ever - at an opportune time, too.

"This was a big game, the biggest game he's probably ever played in," coach George Karl said. "And Saturday will be even bigger."

The Lakers are hoping to bounce back from this rocky performance, possibly rediscover the swagger that's suddenly gone missing.

"It's a game where it's all about heart, all about bringing it," Gasol said. "That's what we're going to have to do to beat this team."

Here's some encouraging news for the Lakers: Metta World Peace will be back for series finale. Thursday night was the seventh and final game of his suspension for elbowing Oklahoma City's James Harden in the head last month.

They need him.

Even more, Bryant needs him.

"He's the one guy I can rely on night in and night out to compete and play hard and play with that sense of urgency, play with no fear," Bryant said. "I'm looking forward to having that on my side again."

A dig at Gasol and Bynum? Perhaps.

There was plenty of that going around.

"Kobe being dehydrated and all that and sick as a dog, coming out and trying to will us to a win, it's disappointing to watch him give that type of effort ... and we don't get it from everybody," Brown said. "Our second- and third-best players are Drew and Pau and the reality is both of those guys got to play better in order for us to win."

Gasol understood the frustration.

"Obviously, we both want to contribute more - on both ends of the floor," he said. "No excuses. We've got to go into Game 7 leaving everything out there, giving everything we have on every single possession and grinding it out. Obviously, this team right now is playing well."

After their fast start, the Nuggets had to weather a Lakers spurt in which they cut the lead to four late in the first half before building it back up to nine at halftime.

In the second half, Denver went on a 9-0 run to pull away again.

One play helped light a fire under the Nuggets during that surge: Faried was cruising in for a layup when Bryant clocked him on the side of the head, sending the rookie tumbling to the floor.

Bryant was whistled for a flagrant foul and the play energized an already vocal crowd. From there, the Nuggets pushed the pace and the lead up to 28 points, before letting off the accelerator.

Now, it's on to a Game 7, where the Nuggets are 1-1 in team history. The Lakers have a little more experience, playing in 23 Game 7s and going 15-8.

"We knew that we could win and make the series longer, but not a lot of people believed that it would go to a Game 7," Danilo Gallinari said.

Especially Bynum, who irritated the Nuggets by saying on the eve of Game 5 that "close-out games are actually kind of easy." If that wasn't enough, the Nuggets found more motivation in something written in the Lakers' locker room after the game Tuesday night. Scribbled on the grease board was this message: "Flight. 3 pm. Pack for 3 games."

Brown explained that it only made sense to pack for an extended trip because the next round will start in Oklahoma City, where the Thunder have the home court to open the conference semifinals. But he denied the Lakers were victims of overconfidence, just poor execution.

Now, the Nuggets have the momentum.

"They're playing a much more aggressive, much more of a dare-you type of defense," Bynum said. "We're not responding or respecting them."

Notes: Before the game, Nuggets reserve center Chris "Birdman" Andersen was excused indefinitely from all team-related activities after Douglas County sheriff's deputies searched his home as part of an investigation by the department's Internet Crimes Against Children unit. Andersen has yet to play in the postseason after averaging 5.3 points and 4.6 rebounds during the regular season. ... Denver held LA under 100 points for a fourth straight game.

Los Angeles Lakers(3-3, 20-25-23-28/96)

R. 세션스-K. 브라이언트-D. 이뱅크스-P. 가솔-A. 바이넘

[S. 블레이크-R. 세션스-M. 반즈-J. 힐-P. 가솔]

[R. 세션스-K. 브라이언트-M. 반즈-P. 가솔-A. 바이넘]

[S. 블레이크-K. 브라이언트-M. 반즈-J. 힐-P. 가솔]

코비 브라이언트(37:3) - 31(13/23, 1/4, 4/4)-2(0/2)-4A-1ST-3TO-3PF → FF(Type 1, 3Q)

라몬 세션스(29:27) - 14(4/9, 0/1, 6/8)-2(0/2)-3A-1TO-3PF

앤드류 바이넘(29:53) - 11(4/11, FT: 3/5)-16(6/10)-3A-4BS

데빈 이뱅크스(15:48) - 10(4/9, 0/2, 2/2)-2(1/1)-1ST

조던 힐(27:39) - 8(3/6, FT: 2/2)-6(4/2)-1A-3TO-2PF
맷 반즈(25:12) - 6(2/8, 1/4, 1/2)-5(1/4)-3A-1BS-2TO-3PF

다리우스 모리스(5:6) - 5(1/1, FT: 3/4)-2A-1TO

파우 가솔(28:54) - 3(1/10, FT: 1/2)-3(1/2)-1A-1ST-1BS-2PF

스티브 블레이크(24:29) - 3(1/3, 3P: 1/2)-1(0/1)-4A-2ST-2PF

트로이 머피(6:24) - 3(1/1, 3P: 1/1)-2(0/2)

크리스천 이옝가(6:55) - 2(1/2, FT: 0/1)-1(0/1)-1A-1ST-1BS-1PF

조쉬 맥로버츠(3:10) - 2(0/2)-1A-1TO-1PF

* FG: 35/83(42.2%)-3P: 4/14(28.6%)-FT: 22/30(73.3%)-42(13/29)-23A-6ST-7BS-11TO-17F(팀리바운드 9, 총 실책 12)

Denver Nuggets(3-3, 30-24-36-23/113)

T. 로슨-A. 아프랄로-D. 갈리나리-K. 페리드-T. 모즈고브

[A. 밀러-C. 브루어-D. 갈리나리-A. 해링턴-J. 맥기]

[T. 로슨-A. 아프랄로-D. 갈리나리-K. 페리드-T. 모즈고브]

[A. 밀러-A. 아프랄로-C. 브루어-A. 해링턴-J. 맥기]

타이 로슨(30:14) - 32(13/18, 5/6, 1/3)-5(0/5)-6A-1BS

코리 브루어(18:50) - 18(8/12, 3P: 2/3)-3(0/3)-2A-2ST-1BS

케네스 페리드(27:53) - 15(6/11, FT: 3/3)-11(4/7)-1ST-2BS-3TO-3PF

다닐로 갈리나리(27:42) - 12(5/13, 3P: 2/6)-4(1/3)-7A-1ST-1BS-3PF

안드레 밀러(24:15) - 12(5/10, 1/1, 1/1)-4(2/2)-2A-1ST-1BS-5TO-3PF

티모피 모즈고브(23:30) - 8(3/5, FT: 2/4)-4(1/3)-2A-1BS-3PF

아론 아프랄로(35:45) - 6(3/5, 3P: 0/1)-5(0/5)-7A-3PF

알 해링턴(21:45) - 4(1/8, 0/3, 2/6)-4(0/4)-1TO

저베일 맥기(20:21) - 2(1/5)-5(1/4)-1BS-5PF

조던 해밀턴(3:37) - 2(1/2)-1ST-1TO-1PF

줄리얀 스톤(3:37) - 2(1/2)-1(1/0)

코스타 쿠포스(2:31) - 1(0/1)-1TO-1PF

* FG: 47/91(51.6%)-3P: 10/20(50%)-FT: 9/17(52.9%)-47(10/37)-26A-6ST-8BS-11TO-22F(팀리바운드 10, 총 실책 12)

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파우 가솔과 타이 로슨

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티모피 모즈고브와 앤드류 바이넘

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스티브 블레이크와 안드레 밀러

타이 로슨과 앤드류 바이넘, 맷 반즈

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코비 브라이언트와 아론 아프랄로

조지 칼 Denver Nuggets 감독

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* Next Game: PS Western Conference Quarterfinals Game 7, @ Los Angeles Lakers: 한국시간 2012.5.13(日), 오전 11시 30분!