An NBA regular season focus battle, the Los Angeles Lakers away to challenge the Denver Nuggets. In the end, the Lakers lost to the opponent 96-133, humiliatingly swallowing three consecutive losses. Only three members of the team scored in double figures, and LeBron James scored 25 points and nine rebounds.
In this game, in the first and second halves, the Lakers' performance is very different, and it is estimated that it is driven by emotions. In the first half, the Lakers actually played quite well, scoring as many as 60 points in the two quarters 29+31, shooting more than 50% of the way. But afraid of comparison, the Nuggets are more crazy, shooting more accurately, and 34 + 39 in the two quarters bombed 73 points. Who can stand this, the whole field must not run 140 points.
After a half-time break with the mood of the nest fire, the Lakers collapsed after the battle. Of course, the Lakers in the third quarter are not reliable, it is easy to collapse, and if the opponent adds another fire, it will be even more unstoppable. In this quarter, the Lakers lost double-digits 19-29, and Westbrook also clashed with Aaron Gordon, making the mood worse. In the final quarter, when they trailed by 42 points at most, the Lakers were completely disgraced, losing 14 points 17-31 in the fourth quarter and finally being slaughtered by 37 points.
Throughout these four quarters, the Lakers are losing more and more, from 5 points, to 8 points, to 10 points, 14 points, step by step, which is extremely disappointing. Only three of them scored in double figures, James cut 25 points and 9 rebounds, Westbrook 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Howard 13 points, Ariza 9 points, Bazemore 6 points, and nothing else.
On the other hand, the Nuggets, full blooming, there are 7 people in double-figures, and two people have more than 25 points, Hyland became a big surpriser, the bench got 27 points and 10 rebounds, Jeff Green did not hesitate to let go, bombed 26 points and 4 assists, Jokic is still steady, contributing 17 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists triple-doubles. After this battle, the Lakers lost three consecutive games, 21 wins and 22 losses still ranked seventh in the West, and Jian Jing was 22 wins and 19 losses, ranking sixth.