On April 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, a focus battle that ended in the early morning, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 118-129 at home, suffering 6 consecutive losses. In this game, James was absent due to injury, and Westbrook and Davis led the team to play, and both of them also had good performances, but unfortunately they could not change the fate of losing.
In this campaign, James could not play, and the Lakers adjusted their starting lineup again, Westbrook, Bradley, Munch, Davis and Howard.
After the start of the game, the Lakers showed a good fighting spirit, slightly occupying the initiative on the court, but in the second quarter, the Nuggets fired 38 points in a single quarter, successfully overtaking the score, and took a 1-point lead after the half. In the second half, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, you come and go, the Lakers have been biting the score, only 1 point behind after the third quarter, which also means that they still have a chance to win, but after the last 6 minutes, the Lakers fell into passivity, the Nuggets gradually opened the point difference, establishing a 2-3 goal advantage, the Lakers failed to bite, and finally lost the game.
This time the Lakers did not limit the main members of the opposite side, especially MVP hot Jokic, played 33 minutes, 15 of 22 shooting, got 38 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals of the full data; his teammates around him also played very well, Patton 6 of 8 three points to get 25 points, Gordon 14 of 9 of 14 to get 24 points and 8 rebounds, Cousins on the bench 14 points, Highland 10 points, Reid 10 points.
Compared with the Nuggets, when the old Zhan was absent, Westbrook and Davis did not have so many players around to support. In this campaign, Wei Shao played very well, playing 34 minutes, shooting 11 of 15, 5 of 10 free throws, cutting 27 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, and once hit 10 consecutive shots in the game, setting a career record for consecutive hits, but still could not lead the team to a victory.
Davis played 34 minutes with an injury, shooting 11 of 25, 6 of 6 from the free throw line, 28 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, really tried his best, but unfortunately it was still a little bit away from victory.
After losing this game, the Lakers and the playoffs have gradually drifted apart, and if you want to hit the playoffs, there is only a theoretical possibility, and you need to see the eyes of others. The Lakers' current record is 31 wins and 47 losses, 1.5 wins behind the tenth Spurs, and the Lakers will not be ranked below with the same record, which is very unfavorable to them, in the remaining 4 games, to win all but also to expect the Spurs to lose more.