With LeBron James resting with various injuries, the Los Angeles Lakers had their lack of playmaking behind him exposed in an 128-104 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. The defeat was the team’s third loss in a row (continuing a season-high losing streak) and dropped L.A. to 24-6 on the year.
With Rajon Rondo and Avery Bradley replacing LeBron James and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the starting lineup — the latter of whom played but came off the bench — the Lakers turned the ball over 19 times in the game compared to just 7 for the Nuggets, coughing the ball up more times than they assisted (just 18 total assists) allowing themselves to get outscored 21-9 in fast-break points as a result.