DENVER – – Luka Donnteic scored 32 factors in his finest match from afar with the Lakers, main Los Angeles to a fleeing victory of 123-100 in Denver on Saturday night which succeeded within the sequence of 9 victories of Nuggets.
LeBron James added 25 factors, Austin Reaves scored 23 and Rui Hachimura had 21 when he left by holding his left aspect with 10 minutes to play – the Lakers didn’t miss it, performing a 12-2 race for Stretch their result in 19.
Lakers have by no means adopted to win in Denver for the primary time since April 10, 2022. That they had misplaced 13 of their earlier 14 towards the Nuggets.
Dononic collected a median of 14.7 factors in its first three video games with the Lakers. He exceeded that lower than 10 minutes later and had 19 factors at halftime with the Lakers up 63-54.
Aaron Gordon scored 24 factors and Jamal Murray 19 for Denver, who misplaced for the primary time this month. Nikola Jokic posted his twenty sixth triple-double of the season, however he was solely 2 of the 7 of the bottom with six reversals.
Nuggets by no means gained 10 in a row throughout the decade of coach Michael Malone in Denver.
Lakers: Los Angeles returns residence for a six -game Homestand of the season that begins Tuesday night with a go to to the Dallas Mavericks whereas Dononic faces his former crew for the primary time because the February 2 commerce that despatched him At La For Anthony Davis.
Nuggets: The loss takes somewhat shine from the latest jet of the Nuggets. None of their 9 consecutive victories got here towards the groups at the moment within the prime six of their convention.
After permitting the Nuggets to attain the primary eight factors of the second half to extend to 63-62, the Lakers made a 10-0 race launched by the Dunk of James and capped by Dononic’s 3.
The 2 groups had been 16 out of 41 in the long run.
The Lakers welcome the mavericks on Tuesday night and the Nuggets go to Indiana on Monday night.
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