Purple And Gold Army Lakers in this season's regular season performance, in a word to describe that is constantly challenging the bottom line of fans, at the beginning of just building the Big Three, they once became the favorite for the championship, although the beginning of the season did not perform well, there are still a lot of fans optimistic that they can solve the problem of Westbrook and James can not be compatible, but with the deepening of the season, the cruel fact makes even the Lakers hardcore fans, have begun to accept the reality that they have not impacted the hope of the championship, but no one expected that the Lakers will fall into a thousand miles Not only did he not have the hope of locking in a playoff early, but now even the initiative to participate in the playoffs is no longer in his hands! After being reversed by the Pelicans in the last game, the Lakers have been one win behind the tenth-place Spurs in the Western Conference standings, and to qualify for the playoffs, they must play a dominant performance in the next five games, and the big eyebrow brother who came back from the last game also made a bold promise to use a wave of five consecutive wins to advance to the playoffs!
In this regular season, LeBron James was absent due to injury, Westbrook and Thick Brow Brother double core team to fight at home against jokic-led Nuggets, after the game began, the two sides entered a hand-to-hand battle, no side in the whole game achieved a double-digit lead, in the final quarter, Jokic once again proved his MVP dominance, under his leadership, the Nuggets also beat the Lakers 129-118, gave the latter six consecutive defeats, but also made the thick eyebrow brother five consecutive wins into a laughing stock!
After coming to Los Angeles, he was reduced to a back cooker who completely lost his self-confidence, and in this key battle, he showed a very strong desire to win, and also played one of the best personal performances of the season, in the 33.5 minutes of his appearance, he hit 11 goals in 15 shots, and cut down a comprehensive personal data of 27 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block with great efficiency. In the game, the scene of the backcourt with the ball breaking into the Nuggets' inner line and hacking Cousins directly ignited the enthusiasm of the home fans.
Anthony Davis, a thick-browed brother who fought with injuries, also played a good personal performance in this campaign, and in the case of not fully recovering physically, he cut down 28 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks on 11-of-25 shooting, but other role players did not give enough help to the two, resulting in the Purple and Gold Army can only watch the opponent take the victory from their home field.
The most important player of the Nuggets in the game is still Jokic, although the Lakers sent Howard the warcraft that messed up the mentality of Jokic in the playoffs that year, but Jokic still contributed 38 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in the game, the final quarter of the score is anxious, his key score also laid the foundation for the team's victory, after he attracted the attention of defense, but also let his teammates create a lot of good scoring opportunities, the nuggets 6 people scored in double figures in the whole game. It's also the key to their ability to win.
Before the start of this game, many Lakers fans regarded this game as a life and death battle for the team, after losing to the Nuggets, the Purple Gold Army has been 1.5 wins behind the Spurs, coupled with the difficulty of the rest of the schedule, but also let the fans helplessly say that the Purple Gold Army has no miracles!