LOS ANGELES • What a difference a day makes.

Nuggets guard Reggie Jackson was in a walking boot and using crutches to get around on Friday after spraining an ankle in the second half of Thursday’s Game 3. He was questionable a couple of hours before tipoff but managed to be available.

“He’s been getting around-the-clock treatment. I think he’s definitely heading in the right direction,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.

“I thought he was definitely going to be out. The fact that he’s questionable right now is a credit to Reggie.”

Jackson checked into the game at his usual time in the final minutes of the first quarter. He missed the only shot he took in five first-half minutes. He finished with two rebounds and two assists but did not score in just under nine minutes of playing time.

Shooting struggles

The three-point was effectively even on Saturday.

In Game 4 of a series that featured some uncharacteristic shooting from each team, the Nuggets finished 9 of 30 (30%), while the Lakers went 8 of 26 (30.8%).

Prior to the game, Malone said the team was 5 for 30 in the last two games on what are considered wide-open 3s.

“We’re getting great looks. We’re just not knocking them down,” Malone said, noting the exceptions of Michael Porter Jr. and Nikola Jokic.

“All of our other shooters, who have shot it well all year long, have not shot it well,” he said, adding, “I fully expect that to change at some point. Today would be a great day to start that.”

There was no such luck for Malone and the Nuggets. Denver started 1 of 6 from 3 before Justin Holiday hit Denver’s second triple in the middle of the second quarter. The Lakers went 1 of 4 before D’Angelo Russell hit the team’s second 3 early in the second.

Porter went 4 for 11. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Nikola Jokic each made a couple on three and five attempts, respectively. Justin Holiday went 1 for 2, while the rest of the Nuggets went 0 for 9.

Davis’s domination

Anthony Davis shouldered little responsibility for the Lakers 0-3 start to the series, but he played a big part in the Lakers’ first win.

After scoring 32 or 33 points in each of the first three games, Davis made his first four shots on Saturday. The Nuggets once again started with Nikola Jokic guarding Davis. It didn’t go very well, as Davis made 8 of his first 10 shots and scored 17 points at halftime.

“Imposing his will, getting to the post out of the pick and roll, just playing downhill, playing to the basket,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said pregame of what’s allowed Davis to be so successful. “It’s him not settling. It’s as simple as that.”

Davis finished with 25 points, 23 rebounds, six assists and a block in nearly 42 minutes of playing time.

Star sightings

Caleb Williams, who won the 2022 Heisman Trophy as the quarterback at the University of Southern California, didn’t spend much time in Chicago.

The Bear’s first overall pick in this year’s draft sat courtside for Game 4.

Atlanta Hawks wing Bogdan Bogdanovic also watched his countryman and likely teammate at this summer’s Olympics, Nikola Jokic. There was another soon-to-be NBA talent in the building as Jared McCain, who declared for the draft after one season at Duke, sat near midcourt.

Los Angeles businessman Jimmy Goldstein was also seated courtside. He also attended the games in Denver.