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Kenneth Faried scores 32 points, Ty Lawson has 30 to lead Nuggets past Lakers 134-126

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kent Bazemore, front, looks on against the Denver Nuggets as guard MarShon Brooks, back, checks in to play in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Friday, March 7, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) (The Associated Press)

Los Angeles Lakers center Robert Sacre, center, picks up loose ball as Denver Nuggets forwards Wilson Chandler, left, and J.J. Hickson cover in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Friday, March 7, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) (The Associated Press)

Kenneth Faried scored a career-high 32 points, Ty Lawson had 30 and the Denver Nuggets beat the skidding Los Angeles Lakers 134-126 on Friday night.

Wilson Chandler had 19 points, and Timofey Mozgov and Evan Fournier added 13 apiece for the Nuggets, who swept the three-game season series.

Pau Gasol scored 27 points to lead the Lakers in their third straight defeat and sixth in eight games. This one ensured their first losing season since going 34-48 in 2004-05.

Jordan Farmar and Robert Sacre had 24 points apiece for the Lakers, who were coming off a 142-94 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday. The 48-point defeat was the biggest in franchise history.