LOS ANGELES -- For the third time in as many games in the Western Conference finals, the outcome was up for grabs in the fourth quarter and the Los Angeles Lakers couldn't complete the task.
Saturday's 119-108 loss to fall down 3-0 to the West's No. 1 seed might have contained different details than L.A.'s two defeats in Denver to begin the series, but the general theme was the same: the Nuggets did more when it mattered most.
And now, one loss away from their season being over, a Lakers team that started the season 2-10 and completely overhauled the roster just before the All-Star break, is hoping it has one more improbable run left in them.