The Lakers Suffered Their First Loss of Season
Embedded Lakers their first defeat of the season, falling by 118 to 112 against the Denver Nuggets in a great match played at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
After 8 consecutive wins, Phil Jackson’s team left unbeaten start to the season, despite the dramatic match which again made the Catalan Pau Gasol, one of the fittest players at this time.
Gasol did a great job in the two baskets, contributing 17 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, while Kobe Bryant with 34 points was the scorer of the night.
But this did not reach, the Lakers were making a great game, but threw it all in the fourth quarter, where Denver took the lead, and with a partial 33-19 hashed out the match in his favor.
Led by Carmelo Anthony, who had a fantastic night with 32 points and 12 rebounds, well supported by Chauncey Billups (15), Nene Hilario (18) and Lawson (17) mainly the Nuggets and finished with the Lakers unbeaten.
In another match of the night, the Celtics came back to defeat the Miami Heat to 112 to 107.
Celtics veterans returned to show the “beach boys” that much more work ahead. Despite the great exhibition of LeBron James (35 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists), Miami ended up giving in to the experience of the local computer.
Ray Allen was the machine gun that took the Celtics to break the pattern of the Heat. Allen finished the night with 35 points, including 7 of the 9 triple launched.
New Orleans is the only team that remains undefeated with a record of 7-0, as leader of the Western Conference, followed by Los Angeles Lakers (8-1) and San Antonio Spurs (6-1).
In the East for its part sent the Boston Celtics (7-2), followed by the Orlando Magic (5-2), the Chicago Bulls (4-3) and Atlanta Hawks (6-3).