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Rested Nuggets prepare for Lakers (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

The Denver Nuggets are rested and ready. Will they also be rusty? The Nuggets took care of Dallas in five games, wrapping up their second-round series Wednesday night, then taking a day off before spending three straight days working out and wondering. They figured the Los Angeles Lakers would beat the Houston Rockets -- although they didn't think it would take seven games.