The Los Angeles Lakers suffered their fifth straight loss on Tuesday night, 127-121 to the Denver Nuggets. As has been the case for much of this losing streak, D’Angelo Russell had another poor performance.
Russell finished with only five points and three assists on just 2-9 shooting from the field. Head coach Luke Walton also had a quick leash with Russell as he played only 17 minutes and never returned to the floor after being taken out midway through the third quarter.
Once again Russell was self-critical of his performance on this night and applauded Walton for benching him.