Photos: Lakers defeat Warriors, set up showdown with the Nuggets
Lakers guard Austin Reaves, left, passes around Golden State Warriors players (from left) Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole in the third quarter of the Lakers’ 122-101 win in Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals at Crypto.com Arena on Friday.
The Lakers eliminated the defending champion Golden State Warriors on Friday night in a 122-101 victory in Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals at Crypto.com Arena. They’ll face the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals, with the best-of-seven series starting Tuesday.
Veteran Los Angeles Times photographers Gina Ferazzi and Wally Skalij captured many of the biggest moments from the Lakers’ Game 6 victory. Here are some of their best photos:
Gina Ferazzi grew up in the small New England town of Longmeadow, Mass. She has been a staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. Her photos are a part of the staff Pulitzer Prizes for Breaking News in 2016 for the San Bernardino terrorist attack and for the wildfires in 2004. She’s an all-around photographer covering assignments from Winter Olympics, presidential campaigns to local and national news events. Her video documentaries include stories on black tar heroin, health clinics, women priests and Marine suicide. A two-sport scholarship athlete at the University of Maine, Orono, she still holds the record for five goals in one field hockey game.