Kosta Koufos News

Dej vu was touching up its makeup, preparing to make its annual appearance, when the Nuggets suddenly spit in its face.

The Nuggets won big tonight 113-96, but don't let that score fool you - this game was over at the 7:52 mark of the fourth quarter with Denver up 101-73. Kobe Bryant , and his flu, was taken out of the game and the celebration was on.

George Karl is one of the greatest coaches in league history. Did you know that the last time George Karl had a losing record, Byron Scott was the Lakers ' leading scorer ? The man is well-liked, knowledgeable, and most importantly helps his team over-achieve, at least in the regular season.

This was a pretty quintessential JaVale McGee game: one quarter featuring a couple of monster blocks that were also blatant goaltends, and another quarter in which he was legitimately a force on both ends for the Nuggets.

Ty Lawson scored 25 points and the Denver Nuggets raced to an early 24-point lead on their way to a 99-84 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night in Game 3 of their first-round series.

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Nuggets coach George Karl: "I just think our offense has been very ordinary early in the game." That's one of the fears for the Nuggets heading into tonight's Game 3 first round Western Conference playoff series.

Ty Lawson and Danilo Gallinari will have to be huge if the Nuggets want to win Friday.

At 33, Kobe Bryant has already logged more minutes than Michael Jordan, played in more seasons than Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

I hate moral victories. Most of the time they serve no purpose and are nothing more than platitudes we tell ourselves to make things "better". However, the Nuggets played a far superior game to the one they played in Game 1, and now will bring the series back to Denver down 0-2 but feeling slightly better about themselves.

Nuggets center Kosta Koufos and Los Angeles' Andrew Bynum tipoff during the first quarter of their opening round playoff game at the Staples Center.

Of all of the lineups the Nuggets have put on the court that have played 50 or more minutes together this season, this one has gotten the job done more than any other.

The NBA playoffs are starting on Saturday, but the Denver Nuggets have been playing playoff basketball over the last two weeks.