Hey bloggers,

After loosing on the road yesterday against the San Antonio Spurs, the Lakers were still in trouble. With their leading scorer Kobe Bryant out with a knee injury, the Lakers weren't to ready to face the number 2 seed in the Western Conference the Denver Nuggets. With a fast team like the nuggets, all the Lakers could do is to try to slow down the paste but couldn't quite do it without Kobe. The game was intense and both teams were exchanging buckets for buckets until the Nuggets Jr. Smith started draining three pointers to put his Nuggets up by 15pts. Lakers fought and came back but it wasn't enough for a win and let the Nuggets run away with it. Derrick fisher had a chance to give La the lead but got blocked with just a few seconds left on the clock and LA ran out of luck. As for Kobe Bryant's injury, it couldn't of came at a worse moment then this. With Teams fighting to win that number spot in the western conference, LA hasn't been doing that with 2 loss in a row. Even tho they still remain on top of the list, The Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets are right behind them. Hopefully they can have Kobe back for the their next game back home, and pick up the slack. Paul Gasol had another double-double with 26pts and 13reb Ron Artest finished with 22pts and 6reb but all that wasn't enough since Carmelo Anthony had 31pts for the Nuggets and Jr ended his night with 26pts off the bench.