On April 21, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs officially started today, and in a game that had ended, the Lakers suddenly collapsed in the third quarter when James and thick eyebrows were full, and finally lost the game 103-114, failing to get a good start to the playoffs.
At the beginning of this game, or the first 18 minutes of the game, the Lakers were the better side, relying on a high-level offense to lead by 12 points, but after the Nuggets called two timeouts in 1 minute, the Lakers suddenly collapsed, and then the Nuggets launched a wave of 14-2 attacks to tie the score, and the Lakers relied on James's almost overwhelming three-point score to lead by 3 points at halftime 60-57.
In the third quarter, the Lakers' offense collapsed completely, how to shoot three-point shots, and the Nuggets were the opposite, raining three-pointers, not only overtaking the score, but also taking an 11-point lead after the third quarter of the game; in the fourth quarter, the Lakers once chased only 6 points after falling behind by 15 points, but then the Nuggets relied on consecutive three-point shots to directly kill the game, and the final score was fixed at 103-114, and the Lakers lost the first game away.
Judging from the data, James and thick eyebrows have been full in this game, and they are exhausted when they play. James played 40 minutes and 45 seconds to finish with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, while Thick Eyebrows played 44 minutes and 30 seconds to finish with 32 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks.
With Zhan Mei full at the same time, the Lakers still can't win, and there are already many people who are not optimistic about the Lakers' prospects, although almost no one will be optimistic about the Lakers in this round of the series before the game.
But as the saying goes, the NBA's playoff series starts with a win on the road, so when summarizing the game after the game, Yang Yi also made a suggestion to the Lakers: The Lakers should give up Game 2 and then return to the home court to fight Game 3 and Game 4.
To tell the truth, I personally think that Yang Yi's suggestion is a reference for the Lakers, because this game Zhan Mei is full, and the two teams will play the second game the day after tomorrow, and it is difficult for James and thick eyebrows to recover;
In last season's Western Finals, the Lakers didn't fight for the first game, then fought for the second game, and didn't win, and finally stopped eating in the three or four games they returned to their home court, resulting in being swept. So should we make appropriate changes this year, put the second game, then fight for two home games, and then grab Tianwang Mountain.