The Lakers lost again, the loss was so thorough, so crisp, Wei Shao was forced to punch in the third quarter, the Nuggets' internal line broke out strongly, becoming the main reason for the Lakers' loss, and also traded Howard? Do you still use a small lineup? The Lakers team needs to reflect, and head coach Vogel needs to reflect even more. Lakers away challenge nuggets, the original Nuggets personnel is not tidy, the state is sluggish, the Lakers lack a Davis, completely have a battle force, but the Nuggets under the leadership of Jokic and Green, the offensive and defensive ends completely suppressed the Lakers, the last quarter led by 42 points, so that the fourth quarter directly became a "training" time. In the end, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets by 37 points and suffered three consecutive losses.
In the face of the Nuggets' strong internal strength, Vogel finally adjusted the lineup, not to let James play the center, but instead used Howard to start, against Jokic, the two teams started with each other to score, Jokic three points, James, Westbrook broke through the inside line to score, the Nuggets' tactics are very clear, that is, Jokic as the axis, leading the team outside the line in the inner line, Barton, Hyland hit three points, and the Lakers outside the feel cold, can only let Howard inside the single Jokic, the lakers fell behind by 5 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Ellington threw in three points, Jeff Green was old and strong, the inside dunk was successful, James felt undiminished, Reed three points again, the two teams scored quickly in this quarter, but the Lakers have been in the backward side, with Hyland's three points, the point difference was widened to more than 10 points, Ariza, James scored strongly, leading the Lakers to play a 12-4 offensive climax, but the defensive end, they also can't limit the Nuggets, Barton scored 5 points, and the Lakers trailed by 13 points at the end of the second quarter. Judging from the game, it is completely a battle.
In the third quarter, the Lakers' mistakes increased, James, Wei Shao still used a strong performance for the Lakers to narrow the point gap, but Gordon, Green can always respond effectively on the outside line, with Gordon's strong dunk, the point difference was widened to more than 20 points, Wei Shao used the breakthrough score, but Jokic, Gordon three points are still hot, Wei Shao three points back, ended the record of 6 consecutive games without three points, the lakers fell behind by 23 points in the third quarter, and in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets suddenly rained three points, and the point difference came directly to 30 points, Although James struggled to support, the point difference was getting bigger and bigger, and the Lakers could not help but accept the loss.
The whole game Nuggets 11 rotation, of which 7 people scored in double figures, the whole three-point 40 shots 23, become the key to the game's victory or defeat, secondly, the Nuggets can score at the same time, the defense is very tough, Gordon and Westbrook's conflict, you can see, they in order to win the game, the strength of the performance, Jokic is still an important contributor to the Nuggets to win, although the whole game scored 17 points, but there are 12 rebounds and 13 assists, his containment on the inside line, so that the Nuggets' outside line gets a lot of opportunities, Jeff Green 26 points, substitute Hyland 27 points, these players burst, mostly thanks to Jokic's assists. The Nuggets have 35 assists throughout the game, which shows the fluency of their offense.
Compared to the Nuggets team basketball played, the Lakers are more of a separate battle, Although Wei Shao shot three points, there was no mistake, but the whole field of 19 points, his efforts alone have nothing to do with the victory, 37-year-old James, the defense can not be defended by the same hand, choose not to defend, although he got 25 points and 9 rebounds, but he lost more points, Munch only had 1 three-point shot in the whole game, the biggest surprise may be Howard, the interior line scored 13 points, limiting Jokic to do very well, Unfortunately, there were only 21 minutes of playing time, and all 12 of the team scored, but most of them were obtained when the fourth quarter was not related to the outcome of the game. The Lakers suffered three consecutive losses, it is completely their own problem, after the game James once again angrily left the game, perhaps for the current Lakers, change or trade has become imperative.