Darvin Ham Fired as Lakers HC After NBA Playoff Exit; Spent 2 Seasons in LA

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Analyst Believes 1 NBA Team Deserves More Credit After Playoff Exit

(Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)   For the second consecutive year, the Los Angeles Lakers were sent home from the playoffs by the Denver Nuggets. Like last year’s Western Conference Finals matchup, the Lakers had leads in every game but found ways to lose down the stretch against a Nuggets team that always seemingly had an answer. Denver’s superstars in Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray came up huge in the closing minutes of Game 5, though L…