When you're the Los Angeles Lakers, and your opponent is the Denver Nuggets, déjà vu is the last thing you want. And yet, it's what they got Thursday.
The Nuggets defeated the Lakers 112-105 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round series, their 11th straight win over LeBron James and Co. No team in NBA playoff history has ever erased a 3-0 lead in a series.
Game 4 is scheduled for Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET in Los Angeles (ABC).
It was a repeat of history in some very unfortunate ways for the Lakers.