Nikola Jokic Denver Nuggets vs Sacramento Kings Injury Report Revealed

After rolling his ankle on Denver Nuggets point guard Reggie Jackson’s foot with just 4:13 remaining in the opening half, a clearly-hobbled Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Max Christie dragged himself to LA’s charity stripe to wince his way through two free throw attempts.

LA’s 6’6″ second-year swingman knew that, if he had headed straight for his team’s locker room postgame, he wouldn’t be allowed back into the contest in the game’s second half. The Lakers quickly fouled to stop play, letting Christie limp off the floor.

Per Mike Trudell of Spectrum SportsNet, the former Michigan State Spartan has officially been ruled out for the rest of the game with a sprain right ankle, further tightening LA’s already short-staffed bench.

He joins a growing list of injured Los Angeles role players. Starting point guard D’Angelo Russell was a late-game scratch with a sore left knee, while backups Cam Reddish, Gabe Vincent and Jarred Vanderbilt remain shelved with longer-term ailments.

After trailing the reigning champs by as many as 15 points earlier in the third quarter, LA has managed to shrink that advantage to just four points heading into the last frame of regulation.

Furious late comeback falls short for Lakers against Nuggets

Behind a remarkable fourth-quarter performance from Jaxson Hayes, the Lakers nearly pulled off the biggest win of the season before falling to the Nuggets on Thursday, 114-106.

Trailing by as many as 15 points in the second half, the Lakers chipped away and chipped away before a fourth-quarter, Hayes-inspired run brought them all the way back into the contest. The Lakers would eventually tie the game on multiple occasions, but never took the lead in the fourth.

A late 8-0 run from the Nuggets in the final minutes of the game sealed the victory for the guests in a game that felt all too familiar to their postseason defeats last year.

Anthony Davis had himself another dominant game, scoring 32 points with nine rebounds, three assists, four blocks, and three steals. LeBron James turned it up in the fourth quarter, finishing with 25 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.

Hayes finished with nine points and six rebounds, but five of those were offensive, in just 14 minutes of action. Tauren Prince continued to flourish off the bench, scoring 13 points on 4-6 shooting with two steals.

The game started with the Nuggets having all the momentum and the Lakers struggling to make a shot. Max Christie drained a three that helped jumpstart a wild sequence of events that had LeBron making what was an accidental pass to AD for the jam.

AD was doing a little bit of everything leaving his mark all over the game. The energy started to shift and both teams were playing with great intensity. Michael Porter Jr. was cooking for the Nuggets and was up to 11 points.

The Lakers went on a 7-0 run to tie the game at 23. Back-to-back threes from the Nuggets put them up by six to end the first.

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