Nuggets blow past Lakers 114-106

The outcome was a disheartening 114-106 loss that ended the Lakers' three-game winning run following their road trip and denied them a victory on the day the organization dedicated a statue to Kobe Bryant outside the arena.

Give the Nuggets credit for establishing a comfortable lead and preventing the Lakers from ever overcoming them throughout the game. The Lakers had many opportunities to close the gap or possibly tie the game late in the fourth quarter, but each time one of Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, or Michael Porter Jr. made a crucial basket, the rope was pulled back to their side. Eighty of Denver's points were scored by the trio of Jokic (24 points), Murray (29 points), and Porter Jr. (27 points), with Murray and Porter Jr. demonstrating particular threat from beyond the arc by making nine of their sixteen attempts.