The Los Angeles Lakers began a stretch of four games in six days with a tough road matchup against the Denver Nuggets that became more of an uphill battle when Lonzo Ball suffered a sprained left ankle.
Ball sustained the injury late in the second quarter when he slipped on the foot of Malik Beasley, who was on the ground after attempting to get to a rebound. As Ball was slow to his feet, the Nuggets went down and completed a four-point play.
That extended their lead to seven points and Denver didn’t look back from there.