Jovan Buha

DENVER — Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham's message to his team entering their rematch with the defending champion Denver Nuggets was to learn from the past and, more importantly, move forward.

With a game-winning buzzer-beater, Jamal Murray propelled the Denver Nuggets to a 101-99 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.

DENVER — As time ticked away, and the game got closer, there was only one way that Game 2 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets could end.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers' season is on the line in Thursday's Game 3 against the Denver Nuggets

LOS ANGELES — As LeBron James took off from the dotted circle and dunked, the crowd roared at decibels that hadn't been heard at Crypto.com Arena this season.

LOS ANGELES — The groans spread throughout Crypto.com Arena. It was happening again.

Midway through the fourth quarter of a “road” game against the rival LA Clippers on Feb. 28, with the Los Angeles Lakers having cut a lead that was

The season began with high hopes for the Los Angeles Lakers, after their Western Conference finals appearance against Denver last year.

During Ham's two-year tenure, the Lakers went 90-74 in the regular season and 9-12 in the postseason. The Nuggets also ended the Lakers' 2022-23 season with a four-game sweep in the Western Conference finals.

The Lakers conducted a multi-day postmortem on their season after being eliminated in the first round of the NBA playoffs by the Denver Nuggets Monday night.