They went toe-to-toe with the champions and gave them everything they could handle. A win in Denver sends the Lakers back home for a Game 6, where a win would really make things interesting.
Both teams had answers for everything thrown at each other. LeBron James was LeBron James. In the end, very little separated the two teams, with less than a dozen points across five games.
There's no banner for losing eight of nine games to the Nuggets this year in the playoffs, even if they were close games. Anytime you lose a game by a narrow margin, small details such as Anthony Davis' injury make the difference.
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