Lakers vs Nuggets | OddsShark Matchup ReportĪnthony Davis delivered a moment to remember for Lakers fans around the world in Game 2. Anthony Davis will be ramping up his workouts later this week, and with the trade deadline just a month away now, these questions will be answered soon.įor more Lakers talk, subscribe to the Silver Screen and Roll podcast feed on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or Google Podcasts. The question remains whether this team can get healthy and whether the front office will make the necessary moves to give this group a chance. You can see that there is a good team in here somewhere with James, Anthony Davis, Lonnie Walker IV, Austin Reaves and other core players. Luckily, there is still a lot of basketball left to play. We are looking at another sub-500 team with questionable roster construction and in jeopardy of wasting another LeBron James season. We are now officially at the halfway point and while things have improved, they are also still the same. This loss dropped Los Angeles to 19-22 overall, still in 11th place in the West. They exchanged buckets for half of the quarter with Denver until ultimately the Nuggets added to their lead, and the final minutes were just garbage time. ![]() In the final frame, there were no more comebacks left in these “try-hard” Lakers. LAL had to start the 4th Q with two rookies and 10-day-contracted Sterling Brown, and Denver's regular 2nd unit has taken advantage.- Mike Trudell January 10, 2023 Lakers have battled tonight, but the injury absences have added up on the 3rd game in 4 nights coming off the B2B wins on Friday and Saturday. L.A., however, came out swinging after halftime. The Lakers have won five in a row and the streak had to end sometime. With their three best scorers out, down by double digits heading into the third, it would’ve been understandable to waive the white flag and concede this game. Denver controlled the boards only Thomas Bryant was in double digits for the Lakers in rebounds, and the team found themselves down by two dozen going into the break. In the second, the distance between the teams only grew. With so many players out, it's hard to win if the last star standing doesn’t go nuclear. He had zero points and went 0 for 4 from the field in the first. ![]() They led after one by just six points, but Joker already led the team in points and rebounds in the quarter and the Lakers struggled to find offense. The Nuggets quickly established dominance on Monday, showing why they have been the top team in the West all season. Jamal Murray continues to gain strength and confidence as the season progresses he had a season-high 34 points and shot 13-29 from the field in his 36 minutes of play. He had a triple double with 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 16 assists and did it while moving as quickly as a groundhog. ![]() ![]() At 19 years old, he started his first NBA game and contributed 14 points in the loss.įor Denver, Nikola Jokić demonstrated why he is the reigning two-time MVP. Kendrick Nunn continued his recently improved offensive production with 15 points off the bench and Max Christie was another bright spot for the Lakeshow. With LeBron James ruled out, the Lakers were one too many rotation players short and never truly appeared to be in this game. 1 team in the West, the Denver Nuggets, 122-109. The Los Angeles Lakers' five-game winning streak came to an end on Monday as they got beaten by the No.
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