Photos: Lakers can’t hold off surging Nuggets in Game 2
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, left, and Lakers forward Anthony Davis battle for the rebound during the first half of the Lakers’ 108-103 loss in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Thursday at Ball Arena in Denver.
The Lakers saw their NBA title hopes take a big hit in a 108-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday that puts them in a two-game hole as the Western Conference finals moves to Los Angeles for Game 3.
Los Angeles Times veteran photographers Wally Skalij and Robert Gauthier captured many of the biggest moments from Game 2. Here’s a look at some of their best photos.
Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.A. public hospital that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Before The Times, Gauthier worked at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Escondido Times-Advocate and the Bernardo News in San Diego County, his hometown.