Analysis: Lakers frustrated they can't beat Nuggets, and the problem is getting worse

Lakers players are frustrated they've lost eight consecutive games to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, and there's no sign of the trend reversing soon.

Last spring, there was almost a universal Lakers’ voice bemoaning a lack of continuity, their deadline-assembled roster no match for the bulldozing Denver Nuggets, who made every big shot and got every big stop during a Western Conference finals sweep. The Lakers’ offseason, in no small part, was driven by the chance to respond — the vow to essentially “run it back” with small changes around the margins.

So, you know, you just gotta keep throwing stuff at them.” None of it has worked in crunch time. In three games with the Lakers, Denver has scored 19 more points in the fourth quarter while shooting 61.2% from the field and 52.2% from three. In the team’s previous meeting, the score was tied 104-104 with 2:18 left before the Nuggets scored 10 points on four possessions in a little more than a minute to grab the game.

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