After losing to the Orlando Magic in heartbreaking fashion, the Los Angeles Lakers had to turn around and face off against a Denver Nuggets team that’s had their number the past few years.
Even though the Nuggets were missing Aaron Gordon, they had no problem blowing out the Lakers in dominant fashion in the second half. Los Angeles looked like they had solved their woes against Denver as they built a 10-point lead in the first half before completely letting go of the rope in the third quarter.
Third quarters have been the team’s Achilles heel for a while now, but their showing against the Nuggets was beyond disappointing as they let Denver do anything they wanted on both ends of the floor.