LeBron James gets his record, but Lakers can’t catch short-handed Nuggets

DENVER — On a night when LeBron James made more NBA history, the Lakers were slow out of the starting gate. For most of Thursday night, they looked disjointed, never leading, little semblance of the team that had won three straight or the group that gritted out a victory against New Orleans on Tuesday. If these are the Lakers – who will take a redeye flight back to Los Angeles to complete a back-to-back set against the Indiana Pacers on Friday night – then a March schedule packed with playoff-caliber challenges, could be long and tiresome. The short-handed Denver Nuggets (39-24), playing without injured rotation players Peyton Watson, Aaron...