Best 2 teams in the West face off!

Last night the #1 ranked Los Angeles Lakers faced off again #2 ranked Denver Nuggets. LeBron James wasn’t about to just cruise into the All-Star break fat and happy, and neither was Anthony Davis. James scored 32 points and picked up a triple double with 12 rebound and 14 assists. Anthony Davis added 33 points with 10 rebounds, including two big three-pointers in overtime. While Nuggets guard Jamal Murray led Denver with 32 points as well.The Lakers took an early lead over the Nuggets before Denver started fighting back and took the lead from the Lakers. The Lakers trailed by 13 in the second quarter after Nuggets Monte Morris hit a 3 pointer. They struggled to contain the All-Star center Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets bench, during that time in the second quarter the Nuggets bench had outscored the Lakers bench 20-10. The Lakers’ first lead since early in the first quarter came when James hit a jumper to make the score 53-51. The Lakers held a six-point lead at halftime and that only increased as the third quarter got underway. Then Denver showed why they are one of the NBA’s top teams, fighting back to tie the score at 66 when Jokic hit a three-pointer. Then late in the fourth quarter Davis blocked Jokic from behind, then got Jokic to foul him as he grabbed the ball. Davis’ free throws tied the score at 103. The Lakers had a four point lead with 1:14 left in the game, but Denver rallied back to send it to ot. The two teams were pretty evenly matched up through out most of overtime until the lakers took a 119 to 116 point lead then the Nuggets started struggling to score. Finally, Jokic tried to pass the ball to a teammate outside the three-point arc and Caldwell-Pope grabbed the ball and sealed the win for the Lakers.