Short-handed Lakers nearly stun Nuggets in finale of 0-4 trip

Lakers look to get well and get over winless road trip

DENVER — With a short-handed version of his team coming off a blowout road loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night, the third defeat of an eventual winless four-game road trip, Lakers coach JJ Redick entered the visiting team’s locker room at Fiserv Forum looking to provide perspective. “When he walked in, he was like, ‘Everything was good a week ago,’” Lakers guard Austin Reaves said. “We was playing good basketball, we had won eight stra…

DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray sank a 3-pointer with 5.6 seconds left and Russell Westbrook stole the layup for a game-winning dunk as the Denver Nuggets held off the scrappy, short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 131-126 on Friday night. Murray finished with 26 points, and while the win was cause for celebration, there were enough red flags for coach Michael Malone to crumple the stat sheet as he sat down for his postgame news conference.

Los Angeles takes on Phoenix, looks to break 4-game slide

Phoenix Suns (30-36, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (40-24, fifth in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Sunday, 3:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles looks to stop its four-game slide when the Lakers play Phoenix.

Plucky Lakers nearly beat Nuggets despite Luka Doncic, LeBron James among LA's sidelined starters

Luka Doncic didn't play in the Lakers' 131-126 loss at Denver Friday night, joining LeBron James on the team's lengthy list of unavailable players. The Lakers ruled the star guard out on the second night of back-to-back games because of…

Short-handed Lakers nearly stun Nuggets in finale of 0-4 trip

Lakers guard Dalton Knecht waits for play to resume during the first half of their game against the Denver Nuggets on Friday night in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Lakers guard Austin Reaves, right, drives past Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray, left, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 14, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Lakers center Christian Koloko, left, goes up for a basket past Denver Nuggets guard…

Austin Reaves’ 37-point effort not enough as Lakers fall to Denver in wild finish

DENVER — Lakers coach JJ Redick often makes reference to a lyric from an old Jay-Z song: “It was all good just a week ago.” Entering Friday’s game against the Denver Nuggets, things were not good for the Lakers. They entered on a three-game losing streak. They were down three starters in LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and Jaxson Hayes. A fourth, Luka Doncic, was sitting out on the second night of a back-to-back. Two more key rotation players, Doria…