On April 21, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA ushered in the first round of the playoffs, and the Los Angeles Lakers challenged the Denver Nuggets away. The Lakers have no lineup changes, Vanderbilt and Wood are still absent from the game, the Lakers continue to use the starting lineup for the second half of the regular season, still James, Russell, Reaves, Hachimura and Davis, and the Nuggets are still last season's championship-winning lineup, Murray, Pope, Porter, Gordon and Jokic.
In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers gave Jokic intensity at the beginning, and it can be seen from the foul that Hachimura was blown in the first round, who Jokic is, and he scored under the basket the moment he saw the Lakers relax and relax. Lakers Davis, Reaves and James also scored inside. Neither side opened from the outside, James and Russell missed three points, and the Nuggets' Porter and Pope missed three points. The Lakers' lineup was caused by a lot of misalignment and had to be fouled. In the end, it was James who took the lead in making a three-point shot to help the Lakers lead the Nuggets.
After the first timeout, James began to take over the game, continued to shoot three-pointers, and also scored on a rebound layup, the Nuggets relied on Murray to shoot three-pointers, Watson and Murray converted offense to score four points in a row to help the Nuggets narrow the gap. Davis completed a dunk under the basket, Watson also hit a three-pointer, Hachimura was released, and a three-pointer was also thrown, and the two sides began a battle of offense. Davis scored from mid-range, and Prince scored four straight points to help the Lakers stabilize the situation. The Nuggets relied on Jokic to score four points in a row, and James converted offense and was fouled and scored on a free throw, and the Lakers led the Nuggets 33-25 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers changed the regular rotation and let James play the first quarter, Davis went first, and in the second quarter, he and Hayes formed a two-tower lineup! Lakers Russell and Davis scored on mid-range shots, and the basket also caused Jordan Jr. to foul, and Davis scored on a free throw. Then Murray continued to shoot three points, Prince broke through the inside and threw it, Davis staggered Jokic's alignment, and Jordan Jr. continued to score singlely!
Then the two sides gradually returned to the starting lineup, Nuggets Porter and Pope continued to play iron with three points, Davis broke through to complete a layup, Reggie made a pass error, James converted a layup and scored, and the Lakers led by 12 points. After the Nuggets timeout again, Porter scored three points, James fouled on offense, and Reggie's single Dinwiddie throw was interfered with! In the next round, Reggie threw a three-point shot in the bottom corner, James made another mistake, Jokic made a steal and assisted Gordon to complete a folding dunk, and in just 1 minute and 10 seconds, the Nuggets played a wave of 8-0 to stop the Lakers.
After the Lakers timeout, they continued to play iron, Jokic scored on a layup, Russell missed a shot, Davis completed a dunk! Murray missed a three-point shot, Porter completed a rebound, Russell continued to play iron, Murray still missed a three-point shot, this time Gordon scored a layup! Hachimura hit a single shot, Pope missed a three-point shot, the Lakers continued to lose rebounds, Jokic completed the rebound! Then James made a force, first broke through to score a layup, and then made a long-range three-pointer, and the Lakers led the Nuggets 60-57 at halftime.
In the second half, Pope made the first three-pointer of the game, Reaves continued to hit the iron with three points, Russell scored on a mid-range shot, Porter singled Reeves to score a jumper, Reeves grabbed a long-range three-pointer, and also made the first three-pointer of the game! Gordon was let go of a three-point miss, and James assisted Davis to complete the aerial relay. Jokic and Murray continued to block and dismantle, Davis completed the block, Russell missed the layup, and Murray was released to the bottom corner for a three-pointer to tie the score again.
Then Jokic and Davis had a confrontation, one hit the other side, James broke through the basket to score, James grabbed a long-range three-point miss, Porter was unrelenting, and made his first three-pointer! The Nuggets overtook the score! Russell threw and continued to hit the iron, and Jokic assisted Gordon to complete the dunk. The Lakers' defense was misplaced in these few rounds, and Davis went to defend Porter, so James played against Gordon!
Pope also hit three points, Jokic scored in consecutive singles Hachimura, James missed, Prince broke through and was blocked by Porter, Pope converted three points and shot! The Nuggets overtook by 9 points! Lakers Russell and Davis continued to hit iron with three points, Pope continued to hit three-point shots, Jokic singled James and shot a shot, and the Nuggets hit a wave of 13-0. In the end, Hachimura didn't have a three-pointer, but Prince made a three-point shot, and at the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets overtook the Lakers by 11 points 89-78, while the Lakers only scored 18 points in this quarter, and Pope made four three-pointers in a single quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, Reaves, Russell and Davis were on the court at the same time, plus Prince and Vincent, Nuggets' Murray and Porter were on the court, Russell broke through with the ball and was blocked, Murray singled Reaves to score a basket, from the second quarter, Russell was in such a poor state, why not use Dinwiddie! Davis continued to play iron with three points, Russell made his seventh three-point shot, and finally made a shot, but immediately let Murray return a shot. The Lakers' lineup is not good on defense, not good on offense! Davis still has a mistake in holding the ball! The Lakers began to play randomly, Davis went to block Reaves, and before it arrived, Reaves shot a super long three-pointer! Not to mention that he couldn't shoot, he didn't have a rebound yet, Braun converted to complete a layup, and the Nuggets led the Lakers by 15 points.
After the timeout, James returned to the court and used his personal ability to score a foul free throw. Ham also put Russell and Reeves on the court at the same time, plus Prince, why not replace Hachimura! Replace Russell and Reaves, so there is both defense and offense. Davis didn't play Watson alone, he looked bored, and basically didn't go inside in the fourth quarter. Fortunately, Murray finally scored two plus one in the singles, and the Lakers chased 10 points. In the last 7 minutes and 46 seconds, Jokic returned to the court, James went around to defend Jokic, Gordon missed three points, Prince switched offense and hit Jokic to complete a layup, and the Lakers chased 8 points.
After this timeout, Davis recovered and began to work on both ends of the court. Pope returned to the court, and Murray scored on a breakaway layup and directly hit Reaves. Davis singled Jokic twice to score on a throw-in, and the timeout regained some strength. Pope missed a three-point shot, the Lakers lost two defensive rebounds, Jokic scored a layup, and then Jokic was released to the top of the arc to shoot a three-pointer, Reaves singled Reggie to score two plus one, and the difference returned to 7 points. Defensive round, Davis made a block on Jokic. Russell continued to play iron with three points, Porter made a conversion three-pointer, James didn't touch the ball during this time, and the pass was wrong as soon as he touched the ball, and Jokic made a steal to complete the layup. Then James didn't attack, Russell continued to hit the iron with three points, Gordon singled Prince to shoot and steal, scored a rebound, and in the last 2 minutes and 37 seconds, the Nuggets led by 12 points.
Reaves made a three-pointer, and then he was replaced by Hachimura! The Nuggets began to control the time, Jokic completed a dunk to seal the victory, James broke through to the layup, slid directly to the ground, and hit an elbow! The game was out of suspense, and finally the Nuggets beat the Lakers 114-103.
Full-time player stats
Nuggets: Pato had 32 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals on 15-of-23 shooting and 1-of-3 three-pointers, Murray had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists on 9-of-24 shooting and 4-of-9 three-pointers, Porter had 19 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 assists, Pope had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 steals, Gordon had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, Watson had 8 points and Jordan Jr. had 4 points.
Lakers: Davis shot 12-of-23 from the field and 0-of-4 from three-point range with 32 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks, James shot 10-of-16 from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Russell shot 6-of-20 from the field and 1-of-9 from three-point range with 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Reaves shot 5-of-9 from the field and 2-of-6 from three-point range with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Hachimura had 7 points and 3 rebounds, Prince had 11 points and 4 rebounds, and Dinwiddie and Vincent didn't make a single shot.
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