Jamal Murray knocked down the go-ahead jumper with 3.6 seconds left in Game 5 to lift the Denver Nuggets to a series-clinching 108-106 victory over LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. Murray’s game winner was his second of the series after drilling a buzzer-beater in Game 2, which completed a 20-point comeback for the defending champions at Ball Arena for a 2-0 series lead. After coming into the game with a calf injury, the Nuggets guard finished Monday’s match-up with a...
The NBA playoffs are underway with 16 teams in the hunt for the Larry O'Brien trophy
The Lakers, in what could be their final off day of the season, watched film and tried to avoid the mistakes of the past while remaining hopeful for the future. Easier said than done. After leading by double digits in each of the first three games of their first-round Western Conference playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, the proof, to some degree, is there. The results, though, are not. “Guys are irritated, frustrated, fed up, ready to make a change in terms of not continuously going...
The Lakers avoided a first-round sweep with their Game 4 win at home, but lost Game 5 and the series in Denver to the NBA's reigning champs.
The reality hit like a D’Angelo Russell brick. The truth echoed like a Rocky Mountain roar. The reality swirled and stuck and froze like the snow outside Ball Arena on a night when the Lakers were forced to face the facts. They’re simply not as good as the Denver Nuggets. They’re not as tough. They’re not as deep. They’re not as skilled. They’re not as connected. If they somehow overcome Saturday’s opening-game 114-103 defeat and unseat the defending NBA champions in this first-round playoff...
Editor’s Note: Our moderator BeautifulLakes elected to do a deep dive on the history of the Lakers and Nuggets in the NBA playoffs as the two sides are set to square off in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. While everyone remains the 2023 Western Conference Finals, the history is much deeper than that. In 1979, the first round of the playoffs was a best-of-three series. After the Nuggets won Game 1 and the Lakers took Game 2, it set up a pivotal Game 3 in Denver, which is the only time...
While fielding questions after his team’s victory over the Denver Nuggets, Lakers coach Darvin Ham asked a question of his own. “Why not us?” he asked. Why not the Lakers? Why can’t the Lakers be the first in NBA history to come back from a 3-0 deficit in a playoff series? In their 119-108 victory in Game 4, the Lakers proved what was evident in their losses in each of the first three games. They can play with the defending NBA champions. They can beat the defending NBA champions. So, once...
Five takeaways from a Game 2 loss to the Nuggets in which the Lakers led by 20 points early in the third quarter. Game 3 is Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena.
Reigning MVP Joel Embiid and the Sixers slip past the Heat in the play-in to arrange a first-round playoff duel against the No. 2 Knicks
The Lakers were beaten 108-106 in the dying seconds by the Nuggets on Monday night, which condemned them to a 4-1 series loss and ended their playoff hopes for another year.
The Denver Nuggets eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers from the NBA playoffs
LeBron James (30 points) and Anthony Davis (25 points, 23 rebounds) get help from the supporting cast and the Lakers beat the Nuggets for the first time in 12 meetings, never trailing in a 119-108 win. Game 5 is Monday night in Denver.