The Lakers see the qualifying play-offs for the NBA play-offs getting further and further away.
The Los Angeles franchise suffered its sixth straight loss on Sunday, losing 129-118 to Denver.
LA has long stood up to the Nuggets (129-118) before cracking in the ‘money time’. Because in the end, the absence of LeBron James, required to rest his painful left ankle for the fourth time in the last six games, inevitably weighed. He scored 38 points Friday against the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Lakers, who came up against a fiery Nikola Jokic (38 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists), remain stuck in 11th place in the Western Conference with 31 wins for 47 losses. They are still ahead of San Antonio (10th / 33-45), which beat Portland 113-92 on Sunday. Both teams have four games left in the regular season…
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