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    Bill Plaschke: No shame in this sweep. Lakers battle to the buzzer of inspirational season.

    LOS ANGELES — LeBron James had the season on his hands, the series in his legs, the beginnings of a miracle within his reach. Yet, in the end, he just couldn't get high enough. In a play that typified the Lakers uphill battle of a season, James' potential score-tying jumper was blocked by Denver's Aaron Gordon in the final seconds Monday to cement the Nuggets' 113-111 victory and a four-game ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times May 23, 2023 4 minutes
    Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, center, celebrates after defeating LeBron James, left, Anthony Davis and the Lakers on May 22.

    LOS ANGELES — LeBron James had the season on his hands, the series in his legs, the beginnings of a miracle within his reach.

    Yet, in the end, he just couldn't get high enough.

    In a play that typified the Lakers uphill battle of a season, James' potential score-tying jumper was blocked by Denver's Aaron Gordon in the final seconds Monday to cement the Nuggets' 113-111 victory and a four-game sweep of the Western Conference finals.

    A sweep, but it wasn't ugly, the Lakers battling the Nuggets into the fourth quarter in every game.

    "The thing that gives me joy is the fact that we competed every night," said Lakers coach Darvin Ham. "I just told the guys to take stock of what this meant."

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