
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

(2) Denver Nuggets (51-31)
vs
(4) LA Lakers (47-35)

Still Alive, Kobe saves the day

Kobe Bryant hits game winner to keep Lakers alive.
**GAME 5 - 94-93 Lakers win (3-2)
- Roger Fox - 24 points - 7 reb - 11 ast - 4 stl - 3 blk
- Kobe Bryant - 20 points - 5 reb - 7 ast - GW FG at Buzzer
- Dwight Howard - 15 points - 12 reb
- Ty Lawson - 15 points - 6 reb - 14 ast
- Javale McGee - 22 points - 3 reb - 4 blk
- The crowd was absolutely off the chain in Game 5 in Denver as the Nuggets fans were ready to celebrate their 1st ever trip to the NBA Finals... Standing in their way however, a franchise with 17 NBA Championships, and, one player in particular, Kobe Bryant who had 6 himself. You know what they say, you can never under-estimate the heart of a champion and that was the case in this game...
Kobe Bryant simply willed his team to victory in this game. It wasn't pretty, but, with just 7.8 seconds to go, the Lakers were inbounding the ball, down 1 point in the fourth quarter... Everyone at home knew who was getting the ball, everyone in the arena knew who was getting the ball, of course I'm talking about Kobe Bryant...
As Kobe received the inbound pass, he dribbled through his legs right,,, left,,, then back right,,, he gave Corey Brewer a little shoulder shake and pulled up from 19 just as the clock was about to expire. In typical Kobe Fashion Kobe saved his best for last in this game and the shot 'tickled the twine' and the Lakers got the win at the buzzer... The win gives the Lakers an ever so small amount of momentum heading into Game 6 back in LA... They know they have a slight edge playing at home, but they also know that they simply aren't as athletic as Denver and they've got to keep doing everything they can to slow the game down if they are going to have a shot...
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