{"id":490752,"date":"2025-03-15T05:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T09:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=490752"},"modified":"2025-03-15T05:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T09:01:38","slug":"nuggets-beats-narrowly-doncic-less-lakers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/nuggets-beats-narrowly-doncic-less-lakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets beats narrowly Doncic-less Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamal Murray drilled a clutch 3-pointer with 5.6 seconds remaining, and Russell Westbrook sealed the deal with a steal and a dunk as the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> held off the depleted <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> 131-126 on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Murray finished with 26 points, while Nikola Joki\u0107 led the Nuggets with 28. Despite the win, Denver coach Michael Malone expressed concerns over his team\u2019s performance, frustrated by their struggles against a shorthanded Lakers squad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JAMAL MURRAY. ICE COLD. \ud83e\udd76<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nuggets<\/a> hold on for the wild win! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37PrWRTucq\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/37PrWRTucq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1900758866243289324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Austin Reaves exploded for a career-high 37 points, and rookie Dalton Knecht added 32 for Los Angeles, who were missing several key players. <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/lebron-james\/\">LeBron James<\/a> (left groin strain), Luka Don\u010di\u0107 (calf injury and right ankle sprain), Rui Hachimura, Jaxson Hayes, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Gabe Vincent were all sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being undermanned, the Lakers put up a fierce fight, rallying from a double-digit deficit to take a 126-123 lead with 52 seconds left. However, Joki\u0107 tied the game with a three-point play, Reaves missed a crucial mid-range jumper, and Murray\u2019s dagger three secured Denver\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<p>James\u2019 son, Bronny, was recalled from the G League and contributed five points in limited minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The loss marks the Lakers\u2019 fourth straight, while the Nuggets continue to fight for positioning in the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ek4aywR5kb4?si=YlLTk7iS4ZujFd5K\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamal Murray drilled a clutch 3-pointer with 5.6 seconds remaining, and Russell Westbrook sealed the deal with a steal and a dunk as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":490753,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,16970,16747],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17859,17645,18115],"acf":{"announce":"Jamal Murray scored decisive 3-pointer with 5.6 seconds left on the clock","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/490752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/490752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490754,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/490752\/revisions\/490754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490752"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=490752"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=490752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}