On April 21, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Nuggets and lost the first game of the playoffs.
First of all, one of James' most glorious stats in the regular season is his three-point shooting percentage, which has always been considered a player who is not good at shooting three-pointers, but this season's three-point shooting rate is as high as 41%. Many people are frantically celebrating, James's three-point shooting rate is even higher than Curry's, and he is simply the strongest shooter, so the question is, why did James, who was more three-point than Curry in this game, only shoot 5 three-pointers? Since he shot so accurately, why didn't he shoot more?
You have to know that the three-point shot is now one of the most efficient ways to score in the league, and even if you shoot 50% from the field on a two-point shot, it's just the same as a 33% three-point shot. In this game, James' three-point shooting rate was as high as 60 percent, and in the end, why didn't he shoot a few more shots in 3 of 5? He was more accurate than Curry, Curry had to shoot 10.4 three-pointers in a game, and he shot 12 times too much? Even if he shot 10 times, with his shooting rate in this game, the Lakers could also win it, and you shot accurately, why didn't you shoot?
The second big question left by the Lakers is why James only made 16 shots as the team leader, while Russell, as a puzzle role player, made 20 shots? In this game, except for James, the Lakers shot 5 of 24 from three-point range, and Russell shot 6 of 20 overall.
In addition, the third important question left by the Lakers is that James was limited by which Nuggets player in the 4th quarter? In addition to a brush score in the last 35.6 seconds of garbage time, after all, he was 13 points behind at 30 seconds, and it didn't make sense for him to go to the basket, except for this ball, James didn't score in the 4th quarter, so who held down Zhan Huang? The next game must solve this problem, LeBron was killed in the last quarter, and the Lakers couldn't win.
In the last 30 seconds of the game, Nuggets fans began to chant wildly: "Who's your daddy?"
After all, the Lakers are the oldest giant team in the history of the NBA, and the slogan that used to attack them was "Beat LA", but now it has become this slogan, what a big hatred is this? Why did the Nuggets suddenly start shouting this slogan again? Who are they targeting? "Beat LA" is I want to beat you, and the league is proud to beat the Lakers. Why do I want to beat you? Because you're strong, you're deep Now this sentence is pure ridicule, without respect.
Finally, James openly emphasized after the game that the Lakers are very disadvantaged in the face of the Nuggets, Jokic, Gordon, and Porter are all the kind of players with long arms and heights, and they are much shorter than the opposite, so the question is, why is the Lakers lineup shorter than the Nuggets but three times more free throws than the opponent is 19:6. Why did the Nuggets shoot zero free throws in the second half, but still outscored the Lakers by 14 points?
James stressed three times after the game that we were shorter than others, and there were tall players on the other side, saying that the opponent was too tall. In fact, the Lakers are shooting more free throws, so what is the reason? If the Nuggets' other positions have a height advantage, shouldn't they be more likely to make damage?
Not to mention that the Nuggets scored 64:54 inside to lead the Lakers in this game, playing a lot on the inside, and being tall, but there are no free throws, we really haven't seen this face, and even the number of inside shots, the Nuggets have made 52 shots inside, and the Lakers have only shot 44 times inside, 44 shots and 19 free throws to 52 shots and 6 free throws, which is too rare. This is also the 5 biggest suspense of the Lakers in this game, the game is over, but it can't be explained, but if these problems can't be solved, the Lakers may not be able to win the Nuggets in the next game.