Lakers Embarrassed In Denver 133-96, LeBron James 25 Pts, Lakers NO-SHOW

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Lakers Embarrassed In Denver 133-96, LeBron James 25 Pts, Lakers NO-SHOW The Los Angeles Lakers' topsy-turvy season has taken another dip. The Denver Nuggets handed L.A. its third straight loss Saturday night, absolutely smashing the Lakers 133-96 behind Nikola Jokic's eighth triple-double of the season and a Bones Hyland double-double. Denver moved to 22-19 on the season with the win, while the Lakers dipped back under .500 (21-22) with the loss. One piece of good news for the Lakers in an otherwise disappointing season to date is that just six teams in the Western Conference have winning records to date. The other piece of good news is that, according to ESPN's Dave McMenamin, there is "optimism" within the organization that superstar big man Anthony Davis "could return to game action sometime during L.A.'s long road trip at the end of the month." The Lakers desperately need Davis. Since spraining his MCL in mid-December, they're just 5-8. And a Nuggets team dealing with its own injury issues this season hammered them Saturday, as Jokic added another bullet point to his MVP candidacy. Key Stats: Nikola Jokic, DEN: 17 points, 13 assists, 12 rebounds Bones Hyland, DEN: 27 points, 10 rebounds Jeff Green, DEN: 26 points, four assists LeBron James, LAL: 25 points, nine rebounds Russell Westbrook, LAL: 19 points, five rebounds Dwight Howard, LAL: 13 points AD's Absence Is Killing the Lakers. The Lakers are a mess, and while some of the problems seem to be issues of wonky roster construction, there's little doubt that Davis' injury absence is exposing some fundamental concerns, namely on the defensive end. And that has to be at least part of why L.A.'s general vibe of late has just felt...off. It would be easy to blame Westbrook's poor fit next to James, or the absence of AD, for the team's struggles. But the Lakers shouldn't go from good on the defensive end to downright dreadful without AD. There appear to be deeper issues with this team. They now have half a season to resolve them. So Z Nation, what did you think about the Lakers Embarrassing loss against the Denver Nuggets??? Comments down below 💭☑️ Like and Share my videos 👍🏼☑️ ✅ Subscribe to my channel ZSPN on YouTube ✅ Thank you all for watching ZSPN on YouTube http://youtube.com/c/ZSPNSports Like my page on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/ZSPNSports/ Follow me on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/zspn_sports Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zspn_sports/?hl=en Check out my podcast, ZSPN , on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/zspn Check out my podcast, ZSPN , on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/7hRfH2WzMhoKzgFyftUz1l Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3I60o3Wt-X421fEiJSjziA/join 💜GO LAKERS💛