The Lakers blew a late lead and lost to the Denver Nuggets 101-97, but there were a number of bright spots from the game.
Despite losing their first game in front of the home crowd at Staples Center, the Lakers looked much better in their second outing as a team.
Unable to build on their impressive performance Tuesday night against the Sacramento Kings, the 101-97 loss to the Denver Nuggets marks the Lakers first loss of the young NBA preseason, but there were a lot of positives to take away from the game.
The game featured match-ups between last year’s lottery picks, D’Angelo Russell and Emmanuel Mudiay, this year’s lottery picks, Brandon Ingram and Jamal Murray, and big men Timofey Mozgov and Jusuf Nurkic and was fun to watch through and through.
From D’Angelo Russell‘s first 20 point game of the season to Brandon Ingram‘s first NBA field goal, here are 3 takeaways from the Lakers loss to the Nuggets.