The NBA regular season continued, with the Lakers meeting the Nuggets at home, a game in which James was absent due to injury, with Davis and Westbrook leading the team. This campaign against the Top 6 Nuggets in the West, the Lakers performed well, their offensive efficiency is very high, Davis and Westbrook are also in good shape, the Lakers with the help of these two stars, they can always bite the score, at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers only 1 point behind the Nuggets, the gap is very small. In the most critical fourth quarter, the Nuggets began to exert their strength, the team shot accurately on the outside, and Jokic's inside impact was also very good, and the Nuggets quickly widened the score gap to double digits. Although the Lakers did not give up the game, they were not able to narrow the point difference, and finally the Nuggets defeated the Lakers 129-118 on the road to win this game, and the Lakers suffered a six-game losing streak, and the playoffs were difficult.
In the first quarter of this game, the Lakers played a very good role in restricting Jokic, cutting off his passing line, so that he had 5 mistakes in a single quarter, Howard made a great contribution to defending Jokic in the first quarter, and the Lakers were able to take the lead in the first quarter, and his play was crucial.
However, Jokic is a regular season MVP level player after all, after his consecutive mistakes in the first quarter, he chose to complete the offense by himself, reduce personal passes, and his number of mistakes was also well controlled, in the last three quarters of the game, Jokic only had 2 mistakes, although his assists were not much, but on the offensive end, his performance was very shining, in the face of the Lakers' interior defense, Jokic was still able to give and get points very easily.
Throughout the game, Jokic had 38 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks on 15-of-22 shooting, and once again played MVP-level performances on the court, dominating the game. Under Jokic, the Nuggets also played a better overall performance in the fourth quarter, especially on the defensive end, and the Nuggets did not give the Lakers too many opportunities to score easily. And when facing a high-intensity defense, the Lakers were not able to adapt at the first time, they did not adjust to the state, and finally the Nuggets under the leadership of Jokic, the team successfully defeated the Lakers on the road and won this game.
On the Lakers side, James' absence has a great impact on the team. But on the whole, the Lakers played the first three quarters well, they worked very hard in the game, when the Nuggets started, the Lakers always had players who could stand up, in the first three quarters of the game, the Lakers did not let the Nuggets open the point difference.
However, it is a pity that in terms of overall strength, the Lakers have a large gap from the Nuggets, and the outside shooting ability is far less than that of the Nuggets, when they hit three consecutive points, the Lakers can only rely on two points to catch up, which is not ideal. In the final quarter, the Nuggets also relied on their own better lineup depth, they firmly occupied the game initiative, and the Lakers did not make changes, and finally the Lakers also lost at home, suffering 6 consecutive losses.
In this game, Davis and Westbrook both tried their best, and their individual performances were very good. Among them, Davis got 28 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, filled the personal data column, and the presence of both ends of the attack and defense was very strong. And Wei Shao also had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in this campaign, and he also had the performance of Cousins on the court, and his personal play was also very bright, and Wei Shao also tried his best in the game. Unfortunately, in the case of these two core players playing such data, the Lakers still did not win the game. After losing this game, the Lakers have lost 8 of their last 10 games, and with little left in the regular season, the Lakers are already 1.5 wins behind the Spurs, and it has become difficult to enter the playoffs.