| Linas Kleiza Top 10 best plays - 217 sec Best Plays (Season 2006/2007) Auteur : Zhylvis Tags:Linas Kleiza Denver Nuggets Lithuania NBA Krepsinis top 10 best plays  | | Kleiza interview - 91 sec Linas Kleiza is giving an interview to tv3 after wining eurobasket 2007 bronze. Auteur : hangonz Tags:kleiza interview  | | Allen Iverson 28pts Kleiza 41pts vs Boozer Jazz NBA 07/08 - 409 sec For one night, Linas Kleiza overshadowed Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony.
Kleiza scored a career-high 41 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz 120-109 on Thursday night.
"I've now scored 40 points on the highest stage you can ever score," said Kleiza, whose previous career-high of 29 came March 15 against the Los Angeles Lakers.
"It was definitely a special night," Kleiza said. "I will remember this night for the rest of my life."
The Nuggets have been searching for a consistent third scorer behind Anthony and Iverson, and Kleiza filled the role Thursday. He got going early, leaking out on the fast break and getting easy layups. He then moved to the outside, going 4-for-8 from 3-point range.
"He got a couple of easy ones, and once you get a couple of layups, the basket looks bigger," said Iverson, who had 28 points. "He played a great game, and hopefully he can continue to play that way."
Kleiza scored 27 points in the first half, 20 in the second quarter when Denver took a 61-59 lead at the break.
"I knew after the first half when I had 27 it was going to be a special night," Kleiza said.
Kleiza had 39 points when he stepped to the line with 3:44 left. The home crowd gave him a big ovation as he sank both free throws for Denver's final points of the game.
Kleiza wasn't the only one racking up special numbers against the Jazz. Marcus Camby tied his career high in rebounds (24) and blocks (11) to help the Nuggets end a two-game losing streak.
"Camby had a terrific game," Utah head coach Jerry Sloan said. "He ran at the basketball and blocked shots and really had us guessing what was happening out on the floor."
Despite big nights from Kleiza and Camby, the Jazz trailed by just two after a pair of free throws by Mehmet Okur midway through the third quarter. But the Nuggets kept pushing the ball, and Anthony scored eight of his 23 points in the final three minutes of the period as Denver grabbed a 98-88 lead heading into the fourth.
The Nuggets kept up the pace, going on a 10-3 run in the first 3:09 of the final quarter to take a 108-91 lead. The Jazz never got closer than 11 the rest of the way, and Denver led by as many as 21.
It was a different Denver team than the one that lost two straight earlier this week.
"I didn't think our guys were hungry enough on the two games on the road, and they were subservient to A.I. and Melo," Nuggets head coach George Karl said. "Tonight, there was more of play basketball and go."
No one epitomized that more than Kleiza. Before the game, Anthony Carter encouraged him to run the floor, and the point guard rewarded him by feeding him the ball.
"He got most of it leaking out," said guard Deron Williams, who led the Jazz with 23 points. "They got the rebound and he was running. When the shot was missed he was gone."
Gone, too, is Utah's four-game winning streak that helped them creep back into the Northwest Division race. With the Western Conference extremely competitive this year, the Nuggets and Jazz know that winning their division might be the only way to secure a playoff spot, which made Thursday's game a little more important.
"These are the games you have to win," Williams said. "You have to win in your division."
Game notes
Karl is hoping to see Nuggets F Nene on Friday. Nene had a tumor removed from his right testicle Monday and tests are being conducted to determine if it is benign. ... Jazz G Ronnie Price was activated after missing four games with a sprained left ankle. ... Nuggets F Kenyon Martin missed his second straight game. After Monday's loss in Charlotte, Martin had a minor medical procedure to treat a staph infection. Karl said Martin might play Saturday against Minnesota. ... Camby has eight 20-rebound games this season. Auteur : pennyccw Tags: allen iverson kobe bryant lebron james wade o'neal jordan kidd pierce carter anthony marbury mcgrady nba mix ad  | | Linas Kleiza -True Nuggets Warrior - 363 sec My 3rd mix , this time about rising basketball star - Linas Kleiza Auteur : zalgirisx Tags: Linas Kleiza nuggets carmelo anthony ca nba iverson lithuania zalgirisx sport basketball AI smith lebron top 10 lietuva krepsinis saras jasikevicius sabonis zalgiris  | | Linas Kleiza a career-high 29 points - 204 sec Linas Kleiza a career-high 29 points Auteur : justas50 Tags:Kleiza Linas Nuggets NBA Lakers Denver  | | Linas Kleiza flagrant foul on Necas - 36 sec From Eurobasket games, Nugget's Kleiza fouls hard Czech Republic' Necas-Sep-4th.Capped by Chapu#5 of hoops4life.com team and copyright of respective owners.Visit hoops4life.com for more NBA clips. Auteur : hoops4lifedotcom Tags:linas kleiza nuggets denver lithuania lietuve basketball eurobasket hoops4life  | | Allen Iverson 21pts, Kleiza Buzzer Beater vs Kings 07/08 NBA - 197 sec Iverson helps fuel Nuggets' rally past Kings in fourth
The Kings had just completed a successful road trip that Reggie Theus thought raised their confidence. Then, a meltdown of major proportions.
Linas Kleiza recovered the ball in a scramble and hit a jumper just before the final buzzer sounded, lifting the Denver Nuggets to a thrilling 106-105 victory over Sacramento on Sunday night.
"If it doesn't hurt, then you're brain dead," Theus said. "It's supposed to hurt or you don't care. It's supposed to sting."
The Kings kept giving Denver extra chances, like when Brad Miller bricked two free throws with 16.5 seconds left. After Allen Iverson drove and missed from close, Marcus Camby tipped the ball and Kleiza got possession, hitting the shot from the left wing while falling away under pressure.
"I just looked up at the clock and saw it was two seconds left, shot it up and it went in," Kleiza said.
Carmelo Anthony had 30 points and 12 rebounds, Camby added 19 points, 14 boards and three blocked shots, and Iverson had his streak of four straight 30-point performances end, finishing with 21.
But Iverson, who shot just 6-for-21, almost single-handedly brought the Nuggets back. His layin off his own steal with 9:13 to play pulled the Nuggets within 93-87, then he hit a 3-pointer at the 3:24 mark that made it 101-97. His three-point play with 2:10 left cut Sacramento's lead to 103-100.
"I was having such a bad game that I thought I hit the last shot," Iverson said. "'K' hit that shot and I was forever smiling. That was a lucky shot."
Ron Artest scored 24 points and a key basket with 2:29 remaining, and also had nine rebounds, eight assists and four steals. Miller added 22 points, eight boards and four assists, but the Kings couldn't overcome their errors in crunch time.
Camby traveled with 1:10 to go and his team down by one, and Beno Udrih swished a 12-footer on the other end moments later. Kleiza missed a 3 on Denver's next possession and Anthony's rebound attempt went off his hand out of bounds, giving Sacramento the ball back with 37.8 seconds on the clock.
Udrih missed two free throws with 36.5 seconds remaining as the Nuggets got another chance, needing a timeout at 22 seconds after Iverson was trapped along the sideline. Anthony drove past Artest for a basket to make it 105-104 and Sacramento took timeout.
Sacramento had won three of its last four during a recent five-game road swing -- scoring more than 100 points in each of those victories.
The Kings were rolling in this one, too. They led by as many as 16, but shot 8-for-18 in the fourth quarter and didn't defend in the paint -- not to mention nearly doubling their turnovers with seven of Sacramento's 15 coming in the final 12 minutes.
"This one hurts. We've got to put it behind us somehow," guard Francisco Garcia said. "I don't remember in the last three years one that hurts like this. We were playing so good, too."
Artest made his first five shots with a 3-pointer to score 11 of his team's first 20 points. He also had two rebounds and an assist in the opening four minutes as Sacramento built an early 10-point lead.
Nuggets coach George Karl shook up his lineup, going with Yakhouba Diawara to defend Artest, who himself drew the tough defensive challenge in Anthony. Eduardo Najera was soon moved onto Artest, and Anthony also took part. Artest shot 10-for-16 but was held to two points in the fourth.
"It's good for our team to win this type of game," Karl said. "We don't play very well, then steal one on the road while we are short-handed, shows a lot of good things to me."
Sacramento hit 11 of its first 16 shots, had seven assists leading to those baskets and didn't commit its first turnover until Quincy Douby's offensive foul at the 8:14 mark of the second quarter.
Sacramento had eight first-half steals to none for Denver and led 66-51 at the break despite being outrebounded 27-23. The Kings were outboarded 53-46 overall.
"That's a pretty good Christmas present for those guys," Theus said. "We outplayed them. We missed free throws down the stretch -- that's the bottom line."
Camby started the game after Karl had expected him to sit. He missed Friday's game at Portland with a contusion in the middle of his back sustained the previous night against Houston.
The Nuggets were coming off a 99-96 loss to the Trail Blazers in which they were outscored 30-20 in the fourth quarter after heading into the final period up 76-69 -- but changed the outcome this time.
Denver's Kenyon Martin missed his second straight game with a strained right hamstring, which he injured Thursday at home against Houston. Auteur : pennyccw Tags: allen iverson kobe bryant lebron james wade o'neal jordan kidd pierce carter anthony marbury mcgrady nba mix ad  | | Linas Kleiza hits the clutch shot at the buzzer! - 23 sec Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. Linas Kleiza buries a game-winning buzzer beater to lift the Nuggets past the Kings! Auteur : NBA Tags: nba moves highlights amazing Linas Kleiza buzzer  | | Kleiza 41 pts, career night for the Lithuanian Liquidator - 585 sec LK Linas Kleiza takes over Utah Jazz in Denver, January 17th, 2008
Kleiza set a new career high in pts, 41, including 27 in the first half... 20 in the 2nd quarter alone
complete stat line:
13/21 FG
4/8 3pt
11/14 FT
9 Reb
2 Ast
1 stl
2 TO
3 PF
in 42 minutes..
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