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Nuggets feel validated by beating Lakers (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

The Los Angeles Lakers' legs were weary and their eyes droopy, yet the Denver Nuggets feel their signature win over the team with the NBA's best record served notice that they're for real, too. "This was a big game for us," Chauncey Billups declared after Denver's stunning 90-79 rout of the Lakers, who barely avoided the worst shooting night since their move from Minneapolis to L.A.