Lakers 103-108 Nuggets Highlights Game 2: Murray scores 37, Jokic gets triple-double as Denver pulls 2-0 ahead

Another close win for the Nuggets. They hold the home court record and move closer to the NBA Finals. Jamal Murray stepped up big time in the final quarter and sealed the win for the home team. 37 points for him. Jokic gets yet another triple double. The duo combine to hand Lakers their first back to back loses this playoffs.

Lakers lacked the panache from the shooting we’ve seen so far. LeBron and Reaves scored 22 each but it was the three point shooting which actually hurt the team. 26.7% from downtown. Davis too falling off a cliff in terms of offensive contributions. Scored 18 points tonight. A task up at hands for Darvin Ham as the series moves to Los Angeles.

That’s it from this one! We’ll be back for Game 3 from Los Angeles on Saturday.

BRUCE BROWN! BRUCE BROWN FOR THE WIN! HE STEALS THE BALL OFF LEBRON. The Lakers star is trying to rush to the other end of the court before Brown gets his hand in and takes the ball off him.

Murray with two more free throws.

Reaves flies in to the rim and gets the lay up to go.

Murray is fouled and he will take two more free throws. Hits one shot from the line.

LeBron with a lay up to make it a four point game.

Murray is fouled as he gets the rebound off LeBron’s miss. Knocks down both the free throws.

LeBron with a steal! BUT HE MISSES THE LAY UP! What a chance gone begging.

Davis misses a three from the corner. The rebound goes to Denver.

Nuggets call a timeout with 34.2 remaining.

Murray makes the two free throws to make it a four point game. 49.8 remaining in the clock.

Murray gets a foul from Schroder.

REAVES! A massive three point shot off the board. We enter the final minute of the game.

Davis loses the ball in offense and then fouls Jokic.

Davis with a tip in after a missed shot from Reaves.

Murray with a long range jump shot. Uses the screen from Jokic to take the shot.

Nuggets concede a turnover but Davis fails to connect from the three.

Davis with a three from the corner. A brilliant find from LeBron.

LeBron hit a lay up off the glass on the previous possession.

A five point game and Michael Malon wants a timeout.s

DENIED! Davis with a block on Murray.

LeBron with a one-handed shot from paint.

Murray! He cancels out the three from Reaves. Lets it fly from 25 feet.

Reaves with a side step three from LeBron’s pass. Connects!

PORTER! Nuggets cant stop finding the net right now. Another three pointer. He runs towards Jokic and the two-time MVP passes him the ball and sets the screen. A jump shot to end the play.

Lakers take another time out.

MURRAY! He has another three from 29 feet.

Davis hits one of the two free throws after a foul by Jokic.

Brown with a three now! The biggest lead for the home team.

Murray with defensive contributions now. He tips the ball away from LeBron who is trying to get to a pass from Davis.

MURRAY FROM DOWNTOWN! He is given space by Davis. Decides to step back and knocks down the three.

Lakers take a timeout!

Gordon with solid defence on Davis. Induces a mistake from him on a shot.

Hachimura with an offensive foul. Jeff Green puts his body on the line and draws the charging call.

MURRAY! Schroder is slightly behind the arc and Murray needs no invitation to take the shot.

Hachimura with two free throws after Jeff Green fouls him on a lay up. He has 21 points now.

LeBron and Jokic at it again! This time Jokic gets the call in his favour.

Murray ties the ball game with a jump shot from a crowd of Lakers bodies.

LeBron! He gets a hand on Jokic’s pass and then draws an offensive foul.

Lonnie Walker with a dribble and floated jump shot to get the Lakers back ahead.

Porter with a catch and shoot from downtown! Tied at Ball Arena.

Jokic misses a mid range floater to start the final period.

What an end to the quarter. We are nicely set up for the final period. A combined effort form KCP, Bruce Brown and Michael Porter Jr have gotten the Nuggets back into the match.

Jokic with a tip in from close range. It is blocked by Davis but the refs give it a goaltend. There’s still some check going on that play. It is not for the goaltend but rather the time left on the shot clock.

0.5 second left to play in the quarter - is the call by the refs..

Schroder with a pull up shot from the right corner. Connects!

Davis with another set of free throws for Lakers. Misses one of them.

Russell with a denial on Bruce Brown who was trying to lay it in.

LeBron connects from the two FTs.

LeBron is fouled by KCP on a drive to the rim. Lakers will get two free throws.

Murray ties the game with a jump shot over LeBron.

Brown with a drive from the right side. The shot is blocked by Davis but the refs call it a goaltend. An 8-0 run by the Nuggets and the Lakers call another timeout!

Bruce Brown! Back to back treys for the Nuggets and the crowd is back into the game.

KCP with a three!

Hachimura with a drive in from the right side and a lay up. He goes to 19.

Schroder with a one-handed floater from the paint.

Gordon with a lay up finish after a body check on Reaves.

Reaves with a fake shot and instead he plays a bullet pass to Russell near the rim. A simple floated finish.

Porter with a three pointer from the left wing. The ball game is back to six points and Darvin Ham calls a timeout for Lakers.

Murray with a jump shot to get his first point of the quarter.

LEBRON JAMES! He gets a steal from Murray. Rushes to the other end and ends the transition play with a dunk.

Davis hits both the free throws.

Davis is under the rim and going for a lay up when Jokic fouls him. Two FTs incoming for Lakers.

Porter hits both the free throws.

Porter is trying for a lay up when Reaves gets in front of him. The refs call a blocking fall on the Lakers player.

Russell tries to step back but is called for an offensive foul on Jeff Green.

Russell with a drive into the paint. He switches to his left side and hits a fadeaway shot.

Nuggets call a timeout.

Jokic wins a one on one against Davis. He fakes a shot, drives in, shoots, hits and draws contact too. Converts the three point play.

LeBron with a drive across the length of the court and a lay up finish.

Gordon runs under the rim, gets a pass from Jokic and dunks it home.

Davis with a jump shot and floater to hit the net.

Solid defence by Lakers. Force Nuggets into a shot clock violation.

Reaves with the second bucket. Russell opens him to his right where Reaves gets a wide open shot.

Jokic shoots over Vanderbilt for his 18th point.

Reaves with the first bucket of the second half for Lakers.

Lakers take the lead into the half-time break. Hachimura with 17 points in the first half for Lakers. He is 100% from his shots. LeBron too has scored 10 points as the Lakers maintaned their edge in the half. Davis has been quite in the two periods so far. Just seven pointss and five rebounds.

It’s been a slow start for Jokic. He’s not been the centre of play for his side. Still 16 points and eight rebounds for him. The Nuggets have done well to stay close to the Lakers. But Michael Malone would be aware to allow any room to the visiting team in the second half.

Hachimura slips through the back door and finishes an alley up move from LeBron’s pass.

LeBron storms past a crowd and lays it in off the glass.

Gordon banks it home from close-range to make it a one-point game. Set up by Jokic.

Jokic with a tip in off KCP’s shot.

Brown with a catch to collect Jokic’s pass that is going quite wide off him. Gets it in off the glass.

Hachimura hits both the shots to get the Lakers’ lead to seven. He has 15 points now.

Hachimura heads to the free throw line after a foul from Bruce Brown.

KCP! He hits a wide open three from the right corner and get the Nuggets within five points.

Lakers take a timeout!

Jokic with three points. Gets an overhead scoop into the net and draws contact from Hachimura. Turns the chance from the FT too.

Davis makes both shots from the line.

Davis with a spin and shot attempt to over come the double team on him. Draws a foul and will head to the free throw line.

LeBron with a steal from Jokic. Gets to the other end and nearly lays the ball in.

Jokic to Murray, In transition. Murray with a simple put in. As easy as they come.

Davis with a three point play. Gets the contact on a shot from Porter and hits the free throw shot too.

Jokic with a side step finish past Davis on the drive.

LeBron makes both the shots and it is a 10-point game.

LeBron is going for another lay up when he is fouled by Murray.

LeBron misses a simple dunk. The ball slips out of his hands as he approaches the basket.

Lakers call a timeout!

Reaves is all by himself under the rim. He gets the ball and lays it in.

Jokic with a shot as he returns from the bench.

Hachimura! He is six off six as he banks home a reverse lay up. A drive past KCP.

Porter with a trey to cut the deficit to six.

LeBron! Ends a drive to the rim with a left-handed scoop past Gordon and Porter.

Hachimura again! He gets the ball into the paint and pulls up for a jump shot.

Nuggets call a timeout!

Hachimura! LeBron with a pass back from the paint to the perimeter. Pulls up and hits the shot. 4 off 4 for Hachimura so far.

Gordon with a moving screen on the next possession and Nuggets lose the ball.

LeBron with a lay up finish for the first points of the second quarter.

Murray misses a scooped lay up and that’s the end of the first quarter. Nothing to separate the two teams in the opening period. Reaves has been hot for the Lakers and took the Lakers ahead in the early minutes before Jokic and Murray got their side back into the mix.

Hachimura gets another lay up in past Jokic.

Jokic with another shot to take his tally to nine points.

Hachimura with a lay up over Jokic.

JEFF GREEN! He got the rebound and drove all the way to the rim and lays it in.

Jokic knocks down only one free throw and Nuggets get level.

Jokic goes for a turn and shoot when he is fouled by Davis.

Murray hits both his shots and Nuggets get to retain the ball.

It is ruled as a flagrant foul 1 for Russell. Two FTs for Nuggets.

Murray is charging on the bucket from a transition when Russell absolutely slams into him. The play being checked for a flagrant. A hard fall for Murray.

Jokic wins a second ball but the Nuggets on the offensive end commit a shot clock violation.

Hachimura with an offensive board from Schroder’s missed three. Collects the ball and puts in off the board.

Russell with a three over Bruce Brown.

Lakers take a time out with 3:56 left on the clock.

Russell hits both the free throws.

Russell draws a foul from Braun and will head to the line.

The first timeout of the game.

Nuggets with a hit on transition. Bruce Brown knocks in the lay up.

Murray comes off a screen to beat Vanderbilt and knock down a three.

Davis with a back door pass to LeBron who lays it in.

Jokic draws a foul from Vanderbilt. Shoots two FTs and converts.

Davis with two free throws to get the lead for Lakers.

Jokic with another two points for Nuggets from Murray’s feed before the team steals the ball off Lakers.

Vanderbilt is fouled by Porter and will go to the line. Makes both his shots from the free throw.

Jokic off the glass for Nuggets’ first lead on the night.

Murray with a corner three! He was wide open on the left side there.

Porter with a dunk from close range. He beats LeBron on that shot.

Reaves first hits a free throw for a defensive violation by Nuggets. He then puts in a three pointer.

Gordon again on the rim. He wins a rebound on offense over Russell and gets another dunk in.

Jokic with a dime for Gordon. The latter fires it home with a dunk.

Russell makes one of the two FTs.

Russell is locked in a tussle with KCP on a drive to the rim. He is able to use his body, draw his way to a lay up and get a foul.

Gordon’s pass to Porter is too high and that’s the second turnover by Denver in the opening minutes.

Reaves with a trey to get started for the night.

Vanderbilt gets the ball as Nuggets turnover the ball. He banks in a dunk to get the Lakers running.

Jokic gets the touch on the jump ball and Nuggets take the opening possession.

Nuggets 110-99 Lakers

Lakers 121-110 Nuggets

Lakers 126-108 Nuggets

Nuggets 122-109 Lakers

Denver Nuggets is unbeaten at the Ball Arena in the NBA Playoffs this year. It has a 7-0 record this year. Breaking this run is the key for LeBron and his team if they’re to win the conference.

Anthony Davis scored 40 points in the first game. He had 10 rebounds as well. We’ve seen how influential he’s been in Lakers’ wins this season, and he almost got the side through on Tuesday too. Will he be able to pull out a similar perforamance in Game 2 tonight?

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Los Angeles Lakers is taking solace in its big second-half comeback that fell just short in the Western Conference finals opener at Denver.

It isn’t alone — Denver Nuggets also feels Los Angeles Lakers’ furious rally held takeaways for it heading into Game 2 on Thursday night at Ball Arena.