The Lakers win the series 4-0 as Kobe scored 31pts

After an embarassing home loss in game 3 in which Iverson & Carmelo Anthony combined for 10 of 38 from the fileld, the Denver Nuggets gave L.A a good fight. But Kobe and his team were just too much.

Denver came lead by one with over 3minutes to go, but the Lakers managed to get a 107-101 victory and swept the Nuggets four games to none. That's a great satisfaction for this team regarding their postseason results the seasons. The Lakers missed the playoffs in 2005 and were eliminated in the first round in the past two seasons.

It was a tight fight in the fourth with Denver in the rare position of winning for the first time in this series. But here came Kobe. Limited to only one basket in the 3rd quarter, he came alive in the waning minutes, scoring 14 of his 31pts in the final 5 1/2 minutes on 5 of 6 shooting.

"He is unbelievable. It’s always so comforting knowing you have the best closer in basketball. They were making huge plays down the stretch, but Kobe came right back to do whatever it took: huge plays, steals or an incredible shots like that fadeaway over Kenyon Martin from the top of the key. He wanted it badly tonight and we followed his lead", said Luke Walton.

Odom had 14 points and 12 rebounds for Los Angeles and Radmanovic scored 12 points. J.R. Smith led the Nuggets with 26 points, while Allen Iverson had 22 and Anthony 21.

The Lakers will play the winner of the Utah-Houston series.