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#2021-2022 Regular Season No.43 #
After four consecutive wins, the Lakers, who have suffered a lot of ups and downs recently, set foot on the plateau in this game to face the former Western Conference Finals opponent Denver Nuggets.
On the Lakers side, Anthony continues to miss out due to back pain, and the Nuggets' Rivers and Green are absent.
In order to target Jokic, the best center in the West, Vogel sent out in this game, and Howard, who had not started for a long time, was the starting center of the Lakers, and the big man had successfully limited Jokic in the playoffs for 20 years.
Match overview
After the first quarter of the game began, the two teams quickly entered the form, and although the pace of the game was not very fast, both teams alternated points in the way they were good at.
In addition to Westbrook and James joining forces to storm the basket, Howard, who finally got the starting opportunity, also played a wonderful performance under the basket, and the Lakers' basket score was far ahead of the Nuggets.
Although the Nuggets' basket defense was full of holes, their excellent touch on the outside helped the team take the lead.
The Lakers adjusted the rotation order in this game, With James taking the lead and Westbrook staying on the court to lead the team, but his shooting feel was still bad.
In the first quarter, the Lakers trailed 29:34.
After the start of the second quarter, the Lakers' offensive efficiency suddenly fell off a cliff, and James's consecutive attempts to attack the Nuggets basket were blocked.
The Nuggets' combination of Campazzo and Reid led the Nuggets to a small climax and took a seven-point lead, and the Lakers had to pause.
In the middle of the quarter, Nuggets youngster Hyland scored 8 points in a row, helping the Nuggets widen the point difference to double digits, and the Lakers had to pause again.
At the end of the quarter, Howard left early for his third foul, which forced Vogel to replace Ariza again as the team's fifth position.
Although the Lakers' offense improved significantly later in the third quarter, they still couldn't limit the hot Nuggets on the defensive end, and the gap between the two teams was 13 points at halftime.
After the start of the second half, the Lakers' situation continued to decline instead of improving, and multiple mistakes in just three minutes allowed the Nuggets to extend the lead again.
The fierce physical confrontation between the two teams made the game more and more intense, and then the physical confrontation between Westbrook and Gordon directly caused the conflict.
In the middle of the third quarter, the Nuggets bench once again played a small climax to extend the point difference to the largest 21 points in the game.
Although the Lakers successfully limited the Nuggets' offense in the opening stages, they obviously lost control of the game as the game progressed.
The Nuggets played smoother, the points difference grew, and the game went into garbage time early.
Post-match commentary
When faced with a playoff competitor-level team, the Lakers didn't even have a chance to resist, which is heart-wrenching.
Two years ago, this team was still the king of all beings, and last season's failure can be blamed on the double core injury, but who can explain what has happened this season?
When a large-scale player is injured, we can also hope that the Lakers will regain competitiveness after the injury is over.
When Westbrook is in bad shape, we can expect him to get back in shape.
But in the lakers' current state, even if Nunn and AD return to the team, who will believe that this team's goal is to compete for the championship?
This game is like a small microcosm of the Lakers' season: the 36-year-old Howard can complete a wonderful performance in some rounds to suppress today's no. 1 center Jokic, but he is still old after all;
James can still hit the basket and chase the big hat, but you can't ask him to do this for 48 minutes because he's 37 years old;
Westbrook shot badly, but he tried his best to hit the basket again and again, although the effect was not good, but the 32-year-old also tried his best;
Ariza, who has been an iron gate for more than a decade, even has a bit of a stumbling pace on the defensive end.
The Lakers did not lose to their opponents, nor to mistakes, but to the ruthless old man of time.
After playing the Nuggets, it is the Jazz, still a young Western conference team, and perhaps another big defeat.
What keeps us watching the game may just be our love for this team.
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