In today's NBA playoffs, the defending champions host the Lakers, with the Nuggets finishing second in the West, while the Lakers beat the Pelicans in the play-offs to advance to the playoffs in seventh place, with a 10-win gap between the two teams. The two sides played each other in the Western Conference finals last season, but the interface was indeed one-sided in favor of the Nuggets, and the Lakers were swept by the Nuggets. This season, they were swept by the Nuggets in the regular season, and the Lakers have lost eight in a row against the Nuggets. In this game, Zhan Mei PK Jokic Murray, whether the Lakers ended the embarrassing situation of 8 games without a win, or the Nuggets continued to win the number of games, the big battle is about to start, and see below.
In the first quarter of the game, Jokic received a pass from Murray, scored a layup, and then Gordon shot again, and the Nuggets started the game 4-0, Davis, Rivers, and James hit one after another, and the two sides tied 6-6. Russell hit consecutive shots, James scored eight points with three points and two consecutive hits, and the old James in the playoffs really didn't blow it! The Lakers established the lead little by little. Porter hit, Watson stopped the bleeding with three points, Jokic turned and shot backwards, Prince and James made kills one after another, James was in excellent shape, scoring 12 points in a single quarter, leading the Lakers to an eight-point lead into the second quarter.
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In the second quarter, Murray came over with the ball and directly chased the three-point shot head-on, Russell rushed to the frame and rolled in, Davis against Jordan Jr., chiseled the ball inside, and stepped back to shoot a two-point shot, and the Lakers led to 9 points. Jordan Jr. made a layup for a foul on Hayes and hit both free throws, and then Jordan Jr. went down to catch the ball and made a layup, and directly chose to end it with a violent dunk. Seeing that the game was being narrowed, Davis stepped forward, made a layup with the ball and made Jordan Jr. foul, and hit both free throws. Murray held the ball, stepped back to the perimeter, and shot a three-pointer to help the Nuggets close the gap to four points.
Prince scored a layup, Davis shook Jordan Jr., turned and hit a throw, and then hit two free throws, and the Lakers went on a 6-0 run to stretch the margin to double digits for the first time. Gordon made a foul on the basket and hit both free throws to help the Nuggets stop the bleeding.
After a timeout, Davis received the ball at the free throw line and scored points on a layup, James made a steal and then scored a layup to give the Lakers a 12-point lead to stop the Nuggets. Porter received the ball at the top of the arc and shot it steadily, the Nuggets blew the horn of counterattack, Reggie left bottom corner, fixed three-point quick shot three-point three-point shot, James made a pass error, Jokic broke the ball and counterattacked, Gordon fast-break dunk, Jokic scored a layup. Davis made up to stop the bleeding. Murray missed a 3-pointer from a drift, but Porter added a penalty under the basket, and then Murray hit a 3-pointer to give the Nuggets a 14-2 run that tied the Lakers (51-51). Hachimura hit a 2-point shot, Jokic scored a rebound in the frontcourt, Rivers scored from mid-range, and Porter hit a hook shot to tie again.
James hit a three-pointer from the box to help the Lakers hold on to their advantage, and at halftime, the Lakers temporarily led by three points at 60-57.
James had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in the half, and Davis had 18 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Jokic had 15 points, six rebounds and two assists, Porter had 11 points and five rebounds, and Murray had eight points, three rebounds and seven assists.