The Los Angeles Lakers are expecting frontcourt reinforcements before their must-win Game 3 at Crypto.com Arena. Whether that’ll be enough to solve their lingering issues against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets is another matter.
Monday’s dramatic Game 2 win for the Nuggets over the Lakers is a perfect example. While Jamal Murray’s game-winner was one of the seminal moments of this era of Denver basketball, it came in the midst of one of his worst ever playoff performances as he shot just 9-for-24 from the field.
Michael Malone’s individual film reviews this week keep encountering a distraction at the end. His eyes wander from what’s transpiring on the court and focus instead on his team’s sideline, where the Nuggets are about to erupt into a celebration they’ll someday tell their grandchildren about.
The Denver Nuggets took a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. Denver trailed by 20 in the third
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In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert reconvene after Jamal Murray’s buzzer-beating game-winner over Anthony Davis and the Lakers.
A video that appears to show one of the brothers of Nuggets star Nikola Jokic punching a fan after the team’s game vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday has gone viral on social media. A TikTok video posted following the game at Ball Arena displays text that says,
The Los Angeles Lakers blew a 20-point third-quarter lead and watched helplessly as Jamal Murray drilled a 15-foot step-back jumper at the buzzer to lose a heartbreaking game to the Nuggets on Monday night.
Nuggets 101, Lakers 99. Jamal Murray made the game-winning jumper as time expired in regulation to lift the Denver Nuggets over the Los Angeles Lakers, 101-99. Nikola