No lineup changes for the Lakers in Game 3. Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt remain out

New story: LAL tried to put Game 2’s disappointment to rest with a film session to remove the emotion from what went wrong. To that end, D. Ham defended his coaching staff against A. Davis’ assertion that his team “don’t know what they’re doing” at times es.pn/3JwZkhV

Minnesota Timberwolves center-forward Naz Reid is the recipient of the John Havlicek Trophy as the 2023-24 Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year.

D'Angelo Russell when asked Wednesday if he has heard back from the NBA about the overturned foul call from the 3rd Q of Game 2: 'Nah. I don't care.'

Christian Wood getting up shots after Lakers practice on Wednesday. Darvin Ham would only say that Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt continued their progression today

Why does Rudy Gobert — “the odd guy from France who’s winning a lot of awards” — receive so much scorn from other players? He has his theories. He’s also at peace.

ESPN story: espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

New story: The Lakers took issue with the officiating in their Game 2 collapse, but vowed to regroup as the series shifts back to L.A. “Win Game 3. It’s that simple.” es.pn/4aLSUHx

That’s a foul we all saw it on national television.

Anthony Davis on what happened on the play of the game: 'Jamal Murray made a shot.'

Then he plopped the microphone on the table and left the podium.

Anthony Davis: 'We have stretches where we don't know what we're doing on both ends of the floor ... Just got to get it right on Thursday [in Game 3].'

LeBron James is very direct in his criticism of the overturned foul call on Porter Jr. against Russell: 'What f--- do we have a replay center for? ... What are we doing?'

Darvin Ham alluded to questionable officiating and D'Angelo Russell has continued with that theme in his postgame comments.

Per Matt Williams:

There are three instances in the NBA playoffs since 2000 of a player hitting a game-winning buzzer beater to complete a comeback of 20 or more points:

- Jamal Murray tonight
- Luka Doncic in 2020 vs Clippers
- Robert Horry in 2002 vs Kings

Jamal Murray. Game.

Anthony Davis started the game 14-for-15 from the field; D'Angelo Russell tied a Lakers franchise postseason record with seven made 3s; LeBron had 12 of his 26 pts in the 4th to go with 12 ast 8 reb.

And L.A. still lost to the Jason Voorhees Nuggets that just keep on coming.

The Nuggets hadn't led since the first two minutes of the 1st Q before Jamal Murray's stepback jumper at the buzzer wins Game 2 for them, 101-99. DEN fights back from down 20 in the 3rd Q to win for the 10th straight time against the Lakers.

LeBron James was 4-for-10 through the first 3Q but has given LAL a much needed offensive lift here in the 4th with 10 pts on 4-for-7.