Lakers (25\u201316) vs. Nuggets (29\u201314) | Game 42 of 82<\/p>\n
WHERE TO WATCH AND WHAT TIME<\/p>\n
Location: Ball Arena \u2014 Denver, Colorado<\/p>\n
TV: Peacock, NBC, Spectrum SportsNet<\/p>\n
Radio: ESPN LA 710 \/ 1330 KWKW<\/p>\n
The Lakers begin an eight-game road trip Tuesday in Denver after getting back in the win column in a 110\u201393 victory over the Toronto Raptors at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday. This is the first time both teams will see each other this season.<\/p>\n
Deandre Ayton delivered a historic night, becoming the third player in franchise history to be perfect from the field with at least 10 attempts, finishing with 25 points and 13 rebounds on 10-for-10 shooting.<\/p>\n
It marked the third time this season Ayton finished perfect from the field with double-digit scoring and gave the Lakers the interior presence they\u2019ve lacked during recent injuries. It marked the 16th double-double this season for the Bahamas native.<\/p>\n
Luka Don\u010di\u0107 returned to the lineup after missing Saturday\u2019s loss in Portland and finished with 25 points and seven assists, while LeBron James added 24 points, seven rebounds and four assists, playing both ends of a back-to-back for the second straight time this season.<\/p>\n
Coach JJ Redick leaned on two-way forward Drew Timme after a solid showing in his minutes, inserting him early in the second quarter with the Lakers trailing 30\u201323. A jumbo lineup of Marcus Smart, Jarred Vanderbilt, Timme, James and Ayton flipped the game, outscoring Toronto 15\u20133 to spark a decisive run.<\/p>\n
The win improved the Lakers to 25\u201316 and 12\u20138 at home, keeping them sixth in the Western Conference as they now embark on their longest trip of the season.<\/p>\n
Denver enter with the third best record in the West (29014),\u00a0having won six of its last eight games and posting a 7\u20134 record since Nikola Joki\u0107 went down with a knee injury. Despite their recent success, the Nuggets are coming off a 110\u201387 loss to the Charlotte Hornets.<\/p>\n
With Joki\u0107 sidelined, Jamal Murray has carried the offensive load, averaging 26 points and 7.3 assists and leading Denver in scoring in each of the last four games. Aaron Gordon has also stepped into an expanded role as a passer and playmaker away from his usual dunker spot, averaging 18 points in 39 games this season while helping initiate the offense in Joki\u0107\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s game will be a test for both teams, with the Lakers beginning a long road swing and the Nuggets continuing to adjust without their MVP centerpiece.<\/p>\n
NOTABLE OPPONENT RANKS AMONG THE NBA<\/p>\n
The Nuggets have the No. 1-rated offense (121.7) and the 23rd-rated defense (117.8) in the NBA. Here are their notable rankings this season:<\/p>\n
Tim Hardaway Jr. (right knee contusion): Probable<\/p>\n
Aaron Gordon (hamstring): Probable<\/p>\n
Jamal Murray (illness, left knee inflammation): Probable<\/p>\n
Christian Braun (ankle): Out<\/p>\n
Nikola Joki\u0107 (knee): Out<\/p>\n
Jonas Valan\u010di\u016bnas (right calf strain): Out<\/p>\n
Cameron Johnson (right knee contusion): Out<\/p>\n
Tamar Bates (foot): Out<\/p>\n
The Lakers will wear their gold unis, while the Nuggets will wear their blue Icon Edition uniform.<\/p>\n
The Lakers will travel back home in a sort of road game against cross-town rival Clippers on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lakers (25\u201316) vs. Nuggets (29\u201314) | Game 42 of 82 WHERE TO WATCH AND WHAT TIME Location: Ball…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,1586,4034,1698,300,4044,185,251,150,4033,4043,368,6,67,4536],"class_list":{"0":"post-549144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-deandre-ayton","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-lakers","12":"tag-lakers","13":"tag-lalakers","14":"tag-lebron-james","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-losangeleslakers","19":"tag-luka-doncic","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-tst-los-angeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115928338645916204","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}