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Nikola Jokic scored 34 points and Michael Porter Jr. added 24 as the Denver Nuggets used a strong second half to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 127-102 on Saturday night. Russell Westbrook had 14 ...
LeBron James scored 30 points as the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a first-round elimination in the Western Conference playoff series against the Denver Nuggets.. Four-time NBA champion James rose to ...
The Nuggets also became the last of the four teams from the American Basketball Association to reach the NBA Finals. The Nuggets also eliminated the Lakers in the playoffs for the first time in eight encounters, having been eliminated by the Lakers in 1979, 1985, 1987, 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2020. [5]
Denver's Nikola Jokic has a triple-double while Jamal Murray scores 34 points in the Nuggets' victory over the short-handed Lakers on Monday night.
The seven games separating the Nuggets and the Lakers overall records is the closest margin between an eighth seed and a top seed since the NBA went to a 16-team playoff format in 1983–84. [46] However, the Lakers swept them in four games, marking the second time in NBA history that a 50-win team was swept in a best-of-seven playoff series in ...
In Pau Gasol's playoff debut with the Lakers, he scored 36 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocks as the Lakers beat the Nuggets in Game 1. Kobe Bryant gave the fans a vintage performance in Game 2 by scoring 49 points and adding 10 assists in a blowout at Staples Center.
Here are five takeaways from the Lakers’ 119-108 win against Denver in Game 4: Maybe soon but not today. The Lakers staved off elimination by playing their most complete game of the playoffs in ...