Bill Plaschke: Dagger! Lakers' epic collapse vs. Nuggets could send them reeling into summer.
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The Lakers, meanwhile, spent most of the final quarter appearing disorganized, and they finally paid the price when Murray's shot dropped as he fell backward so dramatically, he never saw the ball go through the net.
"I saw the ball over the rim, I heard everybody screaming, I knew it went in," Murray said.
Meanwhile, the charging Davis ended up flat on his back in the Nuggets' bench area, after which James ran over to pick him up, and both men trudged quietly off the court and through the madness.
"They made some tough shots ... they made some really tough shots," Davis said.
Now comes the really tough part for the Lakers, who must somehow shrug off this devastation and prepare for Game 3 Thursday at Crypto.com Arena.
"We just got to come focused," Ham said. "We can't look in the rearview mirror. We got to stay focused on the windshield."
But the Lakers' relationship with that windshield has once again become problematic.
Right now, once again, they're the bug.
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