Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24). The Denver Nuggets hosted the Los Angeles Lakers in a late Friday night game, November 13, 2009 at the Pepsi Center. Karl Gehring, The Denver Post [Getty Images]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24). The Denver Nuggets hosted the Los Angeles Lakers in a late Friday night game, November 13, 2009 at the Pepsi Center. Karl Gehring, The Denver Post (Photo By Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images)