Playing without four starters and two other rotation players, Austin Reaves (37 points, 13 assists), Dalton Knecht (32 points) and the Lakers scrap their way to a lead in the final minute before

Jamal Murray sank a 3-pointer with 5.6 seconds left and Russell Westbrook stole the inbounds pass for a exclamation-point dunk as the Denver Nuggets rebuffed the scrappy, short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 131-126 on Friday night.

Hometown kid Dalton Knecht helped out the Lakers with 32 points in a starting role. The Nuggets couldn’t defend, but they found enough buckets in the end.

A paid of playoff teams battling for their seeding share the court on Thursday, March 13 when the Milwaukee Bucks host the Los Angeles Lakers at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers look to reverse their road trip fortunes with a Thursday night trip to Milwaukee to face the Bucks.