Austin Reaves finished with 37 points and Dalton Knecht scored 32, but the Lakers faltered in the final seconds and suffered their fourth consecutive loss.

Austin Reaves was pleased with the shorthanded Los Angeles Lakers going toe-to-toe with the Denver Nuggets despite the loss.

The Los Angeles Lakers were just 52 seconds away from pulling off a major road win against the Denver Nuggets, but a late 8-0 run by Denver sealed a 131-126 defeat. The loss marked LA’s fourth straight and dropped them from second to fifth in the Western Conference standings.