Marcus Camby had one of his best performances of the season on Friday, posting a 20-point, 17-rebound night in Denver's 115-96 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

``The only thing I'll say is, he's a lot better than I ever thought he was,'' said George Karl. ``If you look at the kid, he's playing at a top-10, top-15 level in all of basketball right now.''

The Nuggets won for the 10th time in 11 games and took a 2 1/2-game lead over the Lakers and Timberwolves in the race for the eighth playoff spot in the West. They're only 3 1/2 games behind seventh-place Memphis.

``We've got the eighth spot, now we'll try to go out and get the seventh,'' Anthony said. ``All we've got to do is keep winning games and we'll see what happens.''