The 22-23 championship winner Nuggets host last season's Western Conference Finals rival Lakers, who have seriously lagged behind the Nuggets, sweeping the Lakers 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals, which deeply made James think about the idea of retirement; However, with the return of Russell, Reeves, and Hachimura (all renewed), James is rethinking his dream of a fifth championship!
The Nuggets held a grand "banquet" at home, the first aspect: thanks to the long-term support of the fans, when Jokic came to the team, coach Malone set his sights on the NBA championship, and after seven years of precipitation, the Nuggets received the NBA O'Brien Cup in the 22-23 season and the NBA championship ring in the 23-24 new season.
The opposite side is full of joyful expressions, and the players in the Lakers team are all serious expressions! James: Good guys, I saw the wonderful moment when I received my NBA championship ring, but this group of young players beat me.
When the Nuggets hit a double-digit home lead (up to 18 points) after a wave of offense at home, the whole court remembers: Who is your Daddy? What a sarcastic remark, TNT broadcaster took the camera to James, James's face is still calm, perhaps, James is still familiar with the progress of the season, after all, James is a year older, but he carries the opponent to crush the goal and score the action is like before!
Nuggets Finals MVP Jokic on the Lakers inside monster thick eyebrows, the two in the first half of the duel can be described as a classic, Jokic as long as he takes the ball, thick eyebrows must stand in front of him, Jokic should be teammates to block and dismantle, Jokic prefers to play misplaced, rather than want to use his body to crush into the box to score, after all, thick eyebrows guard the inside, push to consume Jokic more physical strength, Jokic scored a goal, changed the defense back, thick eyebrows are going to take the ball to try to make Jokic foul, after a pull between the two sides, thick eyebrows cut 17 points in the half, Jokic was not to be outdone, and also cut a game-high 19 points in the half, thick eyebrows inside the river, Jokic outside to fight back!
Coach Malone talked to his disciples in the locker room about a lot of defensive tactics, and after beating the Lakers 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers rarely had the confidence to challenge the defending champions on the road. As long as the disciple reduces mistakes and takes advantage of Jokic's singles in the low position, he can respond to singles, and such Jokic is an invincible existence.
Lakers general manager Pelinka followed the team to the road, and the TNT broadcaster camera repeatedly focused on the wise "owner", and his offseason commotion was listed by various media people as the best signing and the best signing defense! Russell is willing to sign a low-salary contract to stay to impact the championship, thick eyebrows are willing to stay to help James continue to study the "championship", Reeves and Hachimura have reached their own high-salary stay, Wood joins, Vincent joins, Reddish joins, Prince joins the Lakers, and Pelinka becomes the happiest man this offseason.
Thick eyebrows contributed 17 points in the half, but rarely contributed in the second half, shooting 6 of 17 from the field, the shooting rate is worrying, famous basketball commentator Su Qun: The thick eyebrows of 17 points in the half are amazing enough, but only 0 points in the second half, and the thick eyebrows that cannot turn over the river cannot help the Lakers win over the Nuggets; Did the thick eyebrows in the second half hurt? Or is it plagued by fouls (only three times in the game) that affect the projection? Therefore, the latter is less likely, the most likely is that the thick eyebrows have a hard injury on the body, and the second half that needs its strength is worried that excessive movements will affect the onset of hard injuries; Lakers coach Hamm continued to scratch his bald head after seeing the performance of his disciples in the second half, if the thick eyebrows cannot be as raw as in the first half, challenging the Nuggets' king position is equivalent to empty talk!
Nuggets 119-107 successfully dominate the home game! Jokic scored 29 points, James 21 and Bushy 17. After the game, there was a fierce argument in the Lakers locker room! The Lakers are happy to mention the shame of five consecutive losses against the Nuggets! From a four-game losing streak in the Western Conference Finals to their first defeat in the opener, the Lakers showed fans a thirst for victory. According to the media: James returned to the locker room with his head down, and his thick eyebrows did not feel the importance of this game, he just felt that it was just a simple regular season! As long as you are prepared for future games, the Lakers will not be too bad in the Western Conference! But James attaches great importance to this game, from every time James crushes into the box with the ball and scores, he hopes that the Lakers will get off to a good start in this game. There was a big disagreement between the two cores of the team, one wanted to win the game, while the other felt that it was an ordinary regular season, the two sides had a fierce quarrel and spat, and it was precisely when coach Hamm returned from the development meeting and followed the two superstars to mediate, and their anger finally disappeared!