LAKERS LOVE "CHICKEN NUGGETS"

Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers are heading back to the NBA Finals after dispatching the Denver Nuggets with a 119-92 victory in Game 6 tonight. Bryant got plenty of scoring help from Trevor Ariza, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom as the Lakers shot 57.3 percent from the field to avoid having to play a Game 7 in the Western Conference finals back at the Staples Center. Odom and Gasol both scored 20 points and Ariza had 17, and the Lakers made all 24 of their free throws. The finals begin Thursday, at Los Angeles if Orlando wins, and at Cleveland if the Cavaliers prevail.