DENVER -- Reflecting on his game during a monthlong recovery from a broken left rib has helped Ty Lawson come back strong. Kenneth Faried scored a career-high 32 points, Lawson had 30 in his third game back from the injury and the Denver Nuggets beat the skidding Los Angeles Lakers 134-126 on Friday night. "When you sit out, you watch a lot of tape from a lot of games and I could see things opening up or things I wasnt taking," said Lawson, averaging 27 points and 11.6 assists since his return. "Its been helping me shooting the 3s, and making them, and its opened up the rest of my game, the mid-range shots, getting to the basket and getting more assists." Lawson shot 5 of 7 on 3-pointers and had 17 assists, matching his career high. Faried grabbed 13 rebounds and Wilson Chandler scored 19 points. Timofey Mozgov and Evan Fournier added 13 points apiece for the Nuggets, who swept the three-game season series. Fournier said its evident by Lawsons recent play that he put his time away from the game to good use. "When youre injured, you have the time to relax and think of what you can do better," Fournier said. "Hes so fast. Hes so good. Im just glad hes back on the team because he brings so much for us." Certainly more than the Lakers could deal with on this night. "He is fast, he can shoot, he can do everything," Lakers swingman Xavier Henry said. "He had a good game and you take your hat off to him." Los Angeles got 27 points from Pau Gasol but could not avoid its third straight defeat and sixth in eight games. This one ensured the clubs 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 for the Lakers, who have given up an average of 136 points in their last three losses. "You cant win that way," coach Mike DAntoni said. "We are trying everything we can do. ... I dont know if the air has gone out or we are tired or what the problem is." Trailing by 19 heading into the fourth quarter, the Lakers put together a 9-2 spurt to pull to 117-104 with 7:40 remaining. But they couldnt cut the lead below double digits until the final 1:30, and Faried responded with a layup on the other end before Gasol put in a final basket that still left the Lakers well short. "I know Im tired of it and our team is tired of it, but our defence needs to get better," Sacre said. "Thats the key, our defence. If we get guys (opponents) averaging 140 points each night, its not good enough." Faried hit a reverse layup in the final moments of the second quarter to push Denvers lead at halftime to 77-66 in what was its highest-scoring opening half of the season. The Lakers had pulled into a 55-all tie when Farmar and Ryan Kelly hit 3-pointers sandwiched around a 3 by Randy Foye, but the Nuggets gained some separation with a 10-0 burst that began and ended on baskets by Lawson. Denver led 42-35 after the first quarter, surpassing its previous high for points in the first by a point. NOTES: Gasol played in his 898th career game, ranking 29th among active players. ... The Nuggets previous high in the first half was 69 points against Orlando on Jan. 11. ... Faried had his 58th career double-double. Denver is 47-11 in those games. ... The Lakers had 47 rebounds to 43 for Denver, snapping a string of 11 consecutive games in which they were outrebounded. Fake Vans From China . -- Byron Scott is taking over the Los Angeles Lakers with the vocal support of his fellow Showtime greats. Fake Vans 2020 . Smith, an eighth overall pick, had two goals in only 276 minutes of playing time over 16 appearances last season. The left side midfielder played only 43 minutes in three games this season. https://www.vansfake.com/. The future hall of famers stole the show at the Bell Centre on Tuesday night, with Jagr moving into seventh place in all-time goal scoring and Brodeur stopping 29 shots as the Devils downed the Montreal Canadiens 4-1. Fake Vans For Sale . TSN was honoured with several awards, with Rod Smith and James Duthie sharing the win for Best Sports Host for SportsCentre and the NHL: Season On The Brink coverage, respectively. Fake Vans . The team reported the signing on its website Thursday, but said Friday the deal was off in "a mutual parting of the ways that had to do with the language of the contract.Michael Smith, Dave Chisnall and Robert Thornton are fighting against elimination from the Premier League on Judgement Night. The bottom two in the table will be eliminated and only one player from the struggling trio will survive in Cardiff on Thursday night, live on Sky Sports.This weeks line-up also includes a clash between leader Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld, in a repeat of their World Championship thriller. Premier League bottom three Robert Thornton 4 points Dave Chisnall 3 points Michael Smith 3 points James Wade v Gary Anderson Gary Anderson has defeated his last six opponents Anderson continued his red-hot run with his 7-4 win over Chisnall, and will be searching for a seventh successive victory over the returning Wade.The defending champion suffered a shock exit in Germany, falling to a 6-0 loss to Joe Cullen in under 10 minutes, but has shown few signs of vulnerability in the Premier League.Wade sat out last week after a double-header earlier in the campaign, but favourable results mean he has not lost too much ground in the play-off hunt.Michael Smith v Phil Taylor Michael Smith can only survive if he defeats Taylor Smith has been left in a desperate position at the foot of the table following last weeks defeat to fellow struggler Thornton.Bully Boy badly needs a win and favourable results to keep him in the competition, although he can perhaps draw some confidence from his performance at the German Masters, which saw him reach the semi-finals. Phil Taylor hit an impressive 141 checkout during his match with Peter Wright. But Taylor, who decided to avoid the trip to Europe, will show no mercy to Smith as he hunts top spot in the tableDave Chisnall v Peter Wright Peter Wright held Phil Taylor to a draw on night eight Chisnall needs at least a point from the opening clash against Wright to keep alive his hopes of avoiding an early exit.The St Helens man reachedd last years play-off night, but he has failed to pick up a win since the opening week of the current campaign.dddddddddddd Peter Wright and Phil Taylor shared the spoils in Liverpool but one man was more grateful for the point than the other. Wright, in contrast, has maintained a high standard and was only narrowly beaten by Van Gerwen in this Mondays German Masters final. Robert Thornton v Adrian Lewis Robert Thornton climbed out of bottom two after picking up four points Thornton dramatically changed his fortunes last week, claiming his first win of the campaign against Smith, and then held Van Gerwen to a battling draw.Those precious three points could be good enough to spare Thornton, who can watch drop rivals Chisnall and Smith before his match with Lewis.Jackpot boosted his hopes of a top-four finish with a narrow win over Raymond van Barneveld, leaving Lewis just two points off top spot.Raymond van Barneveld v Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld won an epic encounter with Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace Van Barneveld claimed a memorable 4-3 victory over Van Gerwen when the two Dutch stars shared the stage at Alexandra Palace in December.There was more title success for Mighty Mike this week when he retained the German Masters trophy, but the world No 1 has been held to back-to-back draws in the Premier League. Watch as Van Barneveld caused an upset by beating Van Gerwen to reach the quarter-finals of the World Darts Championship Barney relishes the big-match atmosphere and the 48-year-old will be determined to produce another vintage display against Van Gerwen. Watch Judgement Night in the Premier League this Thursday, from 7pm on Sky Sports 1. Also See: Fixtures/Results On Sky TV Prem Table Darts betting Get Sky Sports ' ' '