There appears to be little love lost between All-NBA Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis and his one-time L.A. teammate Russell Westbrook, now a reserve on

The Denver Nuggets may have been laughed off the court by the New York Knicks on Monday night in a 145-118 defeat, but one of, if not the only silver lining of this crushing loss was the performance of veteran point guard Russell Westbrook.

Everything went the way of the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night in their matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite a solid first half from Anthony Davis and company, the second half was all Nuggets,

This season, the Denver Nuggets have faced ups and downs to start the season. At times, they have looked like a top team in the Western Conference while they have been dominated in other instances.The Nuggets fell into the latter category during their recent matchup against the New York Knicks.

By his standards, Murray was quiet against both the Lakers and the Knicks. He scored 34 points combined in the two games, a far cry from the supernova he turned into when the Nuggets met the Lakers in the NBA Playoffs the past two seasons.

Anthony Davis has 25 points and 15 rebounds and LeBron James flirts with a triple-double, but another ugly third quarter results in the Lakers’ third straight loss, 127-100.

The Lakers came down with just 65.9% of their defensive rebounding opportunities in losses to Denver and Orlando and also need to get more physical on the perimeter.

After back-to-back tough losses at home, the Los Angeles Lakers went on the road on Tuesday to take on the Phoenix Suns as a part of Emirates NBA Cup group play.

Lakers head coach JJ Redick called out his team following the 127-102 loss against the Denver Nuggets for a lack of effort.

Currently, the Lakers are near the bottom of all defensive categories and JJ Redick is fully aware that improving those numbers will be everyone’s responsibility.