On April 11, Beijing time, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets. In this game, the Nuggets took off Morris, Jokic, Barton, Gordon four cores, the Lakers' big three are also absent, because the Jazz beat the Blazers Nuggets even if they beat the Lakers or sixth, so Malone did not want to necessarily ask for a win, the defensive pressure of both sides is small, after the first half of the two teams 69-69, the third quarter of the Lakers offensive iron was pulled to 13 points, the final quarter Munch opened with 18 points to help the Lakers chase points but ultimately failed to reverse success.
Unexpectedly, in an inconsequential game, the physical confrontation between the two teams was still quite high, Campazzo directly pushed Down Ellington under the basket, and then Gabriel directly kicked Ellington's head, and the referee watched the replay and gave Campazzo a second-level malicious direct expulsion. Cousins was hit in the head by Stanley on the layup, Cousins fell to the ground and let Stanley eat a first-degree malicious foul, and then Cousins secretly laughed at the NBA reporter's satire of "Movie Emperor".
The Lakers have had five double-figures throughout the first half, With Munch scoring 17 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 6-of-9 shooting + 6-of-3 from three-point range, and Reeves with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists on 4-of-4 shooting and 8 free throws. On the Nuggets, Jeff Green had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 5-of-6 shooting, and Cousins had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 2-of-3 shooting, and the two teams were in a balanced state in the first half.
The third quarter suddenly changed, the Nuggets two 3+1 directly spread the point difference to more than 10 points, Forbes scored 9 points in a single quarter, Cousins scored 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks in 4 minutes, Jeff Green 2 of 2, Highlanders 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, the Lakers made various mistakes + playing iron, the Lakers lost 13 points in a single quarter, Forbes won 20+ after the third quarter, and Lakers Tucker did not appear in the second half because of a sprained ankle.
Munch scored 23 points in the first three quarters, but in the last quarter Munch exploded, scoring 18 points in 6 minutes (7 of 10 + 4 of 5 three points), he helped the Lakers narrow the point gap to 5 points, Munch has scored a career high of 41 points, and Munch is still trying to chase points, feeling that Munch is like winning. Munch scored 41 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist on 7-of-14 three-point range.
Munch has only earned 1.76 million this season, he has become James's most powerful outside assistant, according to Mark Stein, the Lakers in order to renew his contract he may use extended terms to lay off Westbrook, will the Lakers do this? Munch averaged 13.8 points per game at the end of the season.
Text/Yan Xiaobai