Kobe Takes Command in the Fourth, Lakers Beat Nuggets, 114-107

Allen Iverson scored 51 points but he had just two in the fourth quarter as Kobe Bryant took over at both ends of the court to lead the Lakers to a 111-107 win in Denver. While Bryant's tough defense and clutch scoring saved the day, several sequences in this game vividly showed why the Bryant-Lamar Odom duo has not been as successful as some people expected it to be: Odom has a frustrating tendency to turn easy plays into difficult ones.