It didn’t help that they were down three rotation players, but the Denver Nuggets ran out of gas tonight. Overtime heading into the All-Star Break never helps anyone, but it certainly didn’t help Denver. The Los Angeles Lakers won 120-116 tonight on the back of some star play from LeBron James and Anthony Davis and star calls to boot.
The Nuggets started with their regular starters while Will Barton recovers from injury and Paul Millsap is on his minute restriction. They started slow on both ends, but after two missed free throws by LeBron, Denver’s shooters got hot from the perimeter, including threes by Craig, Jokic, and Murray.