The final battle of the regular season
With disappointment, the Los Angeles Lakers ushered in their final regular season game and, of course, the last game of the season. For a team with LeBron James, with the Big Three, it's more or less disappointing. After determining that there was no chance of a playoff, the Big Three missed two games in succession, this final battle, the Lakers came to Denver Highlands to challenge the Nuggets, the sixth in the West, the Big Three still continued to take a break, after all, this game, there is no meaning.
The Nuggets have the hope of storming the fifth position in the West, but Zhuge Malone has no intention of attacking at full strength, Jokic and Gordon and Patton, all three main players are off. Obviously, he prefers the Golden State Warriors to the Golden State Warriors than to the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs, after all, Stephen Curry does not know when to return.
The Lakers reversed overtime
Veteran Howard was sidelined for the game and Gabriel moved to the starting centre-forward position. At the beginning of the first quarter, the Lakers played a fantastic offense, Rivers had 6 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Tucker Jr. had 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Gabriel also had 7 points and 4 rebounds, the Lakers bombed 36 points in a single quarter, but the Nuggets also scored 33 points, of which Forbes had 11 points and 1 assist on 4-of-6 shooting. After returning from the second quarter, Cousins began to show his height advantage, after all, the Lakers did not have a big center.
In this quarter, Cousins only had 1 shot, but he had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist on free throws, leading the Nuggets to 36 points in a single quarter, while the Lakers had 33 points, Munch had 12 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and Ellington had 10 points and 1 rebound. At halftime, the Lakers were 69-69 For the Nuggets. In the second half, the Nuggets began to show strength, Forbes scored 9 points, Hyland had 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Cousins also had 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team exploded 39 points in a single quarter to successfully take a 13-point lead.
After returning from the final quarter, the Lakers continued to catch up, Munch drove full horsepower, 7 of 11 shots, 5 of 4 three-pointers, 18 points and 1 rebound in a single quarter, Rivers also had 11 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, the team exploded for 40 points in a single quarter, although Max Howard on the Nugget bench fired 14 points, but the Lakers still chased to 135-135 draw, successfully dragged into overtime.
In overtime, the Lakers' momentum has been fully up, although Munch did not play again, but Rivers got 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 block on 3-of-5 shooting, completely dominating overtime. You know, the Nuggets only scored 6 points in overtime. In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers reversed the Nuggets 146-141 and successfully won two consecutive wins.
What a shame for the Big Three
The Los Angeles Lakers ended the season with two consecutive wins, and the role players played, let us see their fighting spirit. In contrast, the Lakers' big three, with 90 percent of the team's salary, have not been able to bring this kind of incentive to the team. Munch shot 14-of-25 from the field, 7-of-14 from three-point range, and had 41 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, making him the team's top scorer, but the best of the game was someone else. Reeves blasted a triple-double of 31 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, six of which rebounded in the frontcourt, not on talent, but on hard work.
In addition, Stanley Johnson also had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Gabriel 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Ellington 18 points and 2 rebounds, Tucker 10 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, all of which played a good personal performance. As for the Nuggets, Cousins had 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists, shooting 5-of-7 from the field, Forbes hit five three-pointers for 24 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Hyland 17 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and Jeff Green also had 16 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Max Howard on the bench had 25 points and three rebounds, and Reid had 14 points, three rebounds and four assists.