On May 19, Beijing time, a focus battle in the NBA playoffs ended, and the Lakers lost 103-108. The Lakers lost this game even more than the last game, the first three quarters were tied with the opponent, but Murray alone in the fourth quarter. With this loss, the Lakers suffered two consecutive losses in the playoffs for the first time this year, and they were 2-0 down, and the probability of promotion has become very slim. After the Lakers 0-2, there are 3 news coming from outside the court, let's take a look!
The first news is that Lakers fans are very concerned about James' injury. In the fourth quarter of the game, James stepped on a thick eyebrow foot while landing, resulting in an ankle injury. After the game, James' latest injury came out, according to head coach Ham, James has been evaluated after the game, and the elder James has a little problem, but it is difficult to let him out of G3. In other words, it's not a big deal, but it's definitely going to be affected a little. In today's game, Old Zhan struggled very hard in the final quarter, not scoring layups and three-point attempts, and as the game progressed, his physical hidden dangers began to be exposed.
Today James played another 40 minutes, only 1 day between the two games, and it was a highland away game, and the old James' fitness was obviously a little unable to keep up. By the fourth quarter, he barely had the strength to rush into the box and could only float outside to shoot 3-pointers, which turned out to be 0-of-3. According to statistics, James has missed 19 consecutive three-pointers in the fourth quarter of this year's playoffs. Without a physical reserve as a foundation, he really didn't have much of a three-point grasp in the fourth quarter. After the game, Hamm also tactfully criticized the elder Jen's approach, saying: James has the ability to shoot three-pointers, but I prefer to play aggressively. In the fourth quarter, even if his strength declined, his breakthrough was the most effective way to score, and in the fourth quarter he was very efficient on 3-of-4 shooting from the basket.
In NBA history, teams that are 0-2 down have a 9% probability of eventually turning over, while James himself trailed 0-2 with a record of 2 turnovers and 2 eliminations. After the game, the forecasters updated the advance rate of the Lakers and Nuggets, which dropped to 12% and opponents to 88%. For the Lakers, not being able to overcome the highland home court is the most difficult problem, even if they can win 2 consecutive games when they return home, but if they can't win Tianwangshan, the series will still stay away from them. Two losses, the Lakers lost 2 ways, the first lost in defense, was scored 132 points by the opponent, the second lost in offense, he only scored 103 points, Zhan Mei is not in shape. On top of that, after 2 games, none of them limited Mr. Yo and Murray, which was very deadly.
We believe the Lakers are still capable of levelling 2-2, but for the entire series, they really don't have much chance.