Live from Southern California. This is the Jim Rome Show.

Were those not two of the clearest cut cases of teams gagging away games that they desperately

needed to win and absolutely should have won?

Like if that's not gagging, then I don't know what gagging is anymore.

It's got to be especially devastating for smoked ham's lakers. You can't say that I did not warn you, Ham. I warned you that you

were going to find that smoke that you were asking for and you were looking for and

now smoked ham that is 10 in a row. That's 10 for you. Not one, not two,

not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven, not eight, not nine, not nine, ten, ten straight Ls against the nuggets.

And when I say that, I really believe it.

And when I say that, I really believe it.

You just lost your 10th in a row to the nuggets and did so by blowing a 20-point lead.

That's a rough look. Smoked Ham. That's a rough look, smoked ham. That's bad enough to have Car Flag Nation

sprinting to the garages to hide their car flags and rip off their purple and gold bumper stickers and remove their Laker license play covers.

Tenth lost to Denver in a row and even on a night where the Lakers had it all working.

Lakers had it all working and Denver seemed to have no interest in that game whatsoever.

Even on a night with aap bawling out, even with Delo going off, this dude knocked in 7-3s,

7-3s. So the caps going off, D-loads going off, and for most of the game

A-D was even better than both of them and couldn't even miss a shot. Literally couldn't miss. Yo, AD, what's good?

A.D. I'll say what's good. You were good. A.D. was what's good. 8E was what's good until he wasn't until he disappeared late

But for the first three quarters 80 was in fact the best player on the floor.

8E I can't believe I'm going to say this.

For the first three quarters,

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