LOS ANGELES — The music blared at full volume, the patrons at Crypto.com Arena sang “I Love LA” cathartically at the buzzer.
Ding, dong, the witch is dead — the 11-game losing streak the Lakers had to the Denver Nuggets is over.
Then longtime Lakers PA man Lawrence Tanter’s baritone voice issued the reality of the moment, dulling the joy.
“The series is three games to one.”
The inevitable is delayed for only a couple days, maybe a bit longer if the Nuggets continue their streak of missing open jump shots and playing with their Laker food.