Sasha Shows Up Against the Denver Nuggets

Sasha, Sasha, Sasha...where have you been? Finally, Sasha Vujacic has a performance worth talking about as he scored a career high 22 points, 19 of which came in the last 12 minutes of the fourth quarter. Vujacic wasn't the only one off the bench having that contributed, Luke Walton and Jordan Farmar also had an impressive day with Walton scoring 14 points and Farmar adding 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 19 minutes of play.

Andrew Bynum continues to step up with yet another double-double as the big kid scored 12 and ripped down 13 boards, but he did struggle from the line only hitting two out of six free throws. And of course you know Kobe Bryant got his as he scored 24 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and distributed 7 assists.

Even though the Lakers convincingly beat AI, Melo and company 127-99, there are still some reasons for concern as Lamar Odom and Vladimir Radmanovic continue to struggle combining for only 18 points and both shooting a terrible percentage with Vlad only hitting 3 out 7 and Odom at 5 out 16 (that's nasty).

Lets stay positive shall we! The Lakers are now 9-6 and still on the heels of the Phoenix Suns in the Pacific Division.

NEXT MATCH UP: Los Angeles Lakers at Utah Jazz 7:30 pm Pacific