AP

"I thought our defense was just excellent," Rudy Tomjanovich said after his first game as the Lakers' coach. "That's what we need to be a running team."
The Nuggets, one of the NBA's most improved teams last season, shot a miserable 25 percent (11-of-44) in the first half and finished at 34.1 percent (30-of-88).

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