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 Los Angeles Lakers collapsed in the third quarter of their blowout loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night, a familiar outcome for a team that they have lost to 13 of the last 14 times they’ve played.

The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Denver Nuggets. If that sounds like a familiar sentence, it’s because it is. The Purple & Gold lost to the Nuggets in back-to-back playoff series, and they had also lost 12 of the last 13 before Saturday night’s outing.

Lakers head coach JJ Redick feels the team's disastrous third quarter against the Nuggets, during which it didn't compete, was uncharacteristic.

The Los Angeles Lakers have had plenty of peaks and valleys in their first season with JJ Redick as the head coach, and Tuesday night was one of those low points. The Lakers got crushed on the road by the Phoenix Suns in a 127-100 drubbing in NBA Cup action.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick called the team’s poor third quarter against the Denver Nuggets an aberration, but it appears he may have been wrong.