The NBA regular season game continued to be contested, with the Los Angeles Lakers coming on the road to challenge the Denver Nuggets. Before the start of this game, the Nuggets, who are sixth in the West, have only one more win than the Lakers, and if the Lakers can win this game, their record will be equal to that of the Nuggets. The ideal is very full, but the reality is very bone, only three quarters of game time, the Nuggets completely beat the Lakers, once won a 23-point lead. However, after the start of the fourth quarter of the game, the Nuggets still did not spare their hands, and finally defeated the Lakers by 37 points at 133-96, ushering in their own two consecutive wins at the same time, giving the Lakers a wave of three consecutive losses.
However, after the end of this game, the official media of the Nuggets released a picture of James and Jokic in the same frame, and posted: "The best player in the world and LeBron", but after the release of this picture, it also attracted a lot of netizens to discuss. In this game, Mr. Yoo lightly scored a triple-double of 17 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists in 28 minutes of playing time, and led the Nuggets to a 37-point victory over the Lakers, it is worth mentioning that the 37-point difference also created the biggest score victory against the Lakers in the history of the Nuggets. The Lakers core James shot 9 of 23 in the 30-minute playing time, got 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, especially after the start of the second half, the 37-year-old James has been slightly tired, resulting in his multiple leaks on the defensive end. I have to say that the "god repair knife" of the nugget official media is really a curse!
For the Lakers, after a crushing defeat to the Grizzlies, the team seems to be starting to lose its way again. At present, the current situation of this Lakers team is that only in the case of James's extraordinary play, the team may have the hope of winning, just like this game, James "only" scored 25 points, then what will follow will be a big defeat, let alone a championship, and even whether it can successfully enter the playoffs is now an unknown. After the team spent a lot of money" to bring in Westbrook, Westbrook did not seem to have a very good chemistry reaction with other players, and the deal not only did not reduce the pressure on James, but made James more tired, causing him to have to start full-strength Mode during the regular season.
After the game, Lakers' meritorious Magician Johnson updated his social media, talked about the current situation of the Lakers, and posted: "After being defeated by the Nuggets 133-96, we Lakers fans can accept that we are inferior, but we deserve something better than the lack of effort and lack of urgency shown by the team." The owner, Jenny Bass, deserves better too. Indeed, judging from the state of feedback on the field, loose and unfocused seems to have become the overall common disease of the Lakers, resulting in the team being more like a colander on the defensive end, if they cannot maintain the growth of the score on the offensive end, then they will soon be pulled apart by the opponent. For the magician's remarks, many fans also said with a little ridicule: "You come back soon, magician, maybe your comeback can save the Lakers!" ”。
However, for the Lakers, the problems within the team have now become very abrupt, and Tucker Jr., who has been in the rumors of trading before, has pulled his crotch as always in this game, shooting 1 of 5 in the whole game, scoring only 3 points. Therefore, how to adjust the team's squad will also become the focus of general manager Pelinka's next phase of work.