Kobe has 29 but slow LA just can't keep up with speedy Denver on the break

It's a good thing Danilo Gallinari was a late scratch for the Denver Nuggets. With a bruised left thigh, he couldn't have kept up with his hustling teammates as they sped past the aged and aching Los Angeles Lakers.

Wilson Chandler scored 23 points in place of Gallinari, and Ty Lawson added 22 in the Nuggets' 119-108 win on Monday night in which Denver outscored the Lakers 33-3 on the fast break and 78-50 in the paint.