Nuggets beat Lakers to stay alive in NBA series
- Published: 9 May 2012 at 14.48
- Online news: Sports
The Denver Nuggets staved off elimination by surviving a fourth-quarter surge to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 102-99 in game five of their Western Conference NBA first-round playoff series.
Denver Nuggets' Andre Miller during the game against the Los Angeles Lakers on May 8. The Nuggets staved off elimination by surviving a fourth-quarter surge to defeat the Lakers 102-99 in game five of their Western Conference NBA first-round playoff series.
Andre Miller scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half for Denver who were fired up after the Lakers centre Andrew Bynum had earlier predicted that Los Angeles would have little trouble disposing of the Nuggets.
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