Single-game plus-minus can be a noisy metric, but there are situations in which it carries weight, crystallizing a player’s impact on a game.
The Lakers being plus-17 in Marc Gasol’s 17 minutes against the Denver Nuggets in their 93-89 win on Monday night was one of those instances.
The Lakers, playing without LeBron James and Dennis Schröder and having lost six of their last seven games, were in a three-way tie with Dallas and Portland entering the game. A loss would’ve dropped them to the No.
