Carmelo Anthony and Marcus Camby led the Denver Nuggets to a 111-105 road victory over the Lakers yesterday, in a game where Los Angeles's Kobe Bryant became the youngest player to reach the 19,000-point plateau.

Anthony scored 31 points and Camby added 21, as the Nuggets won in Los Angeles for only the second time in their last 20 attempts to move within one-and-a-half games of sixth-placed Lakers in the Western Conference.

Bryant, who had 39 points in the game, reached his milestone at 28 years and 223 days, eclipsing Michael Jordan's mark of 29 years and 62 days.