The Lakers led by 20 points and suffered a big reversal, Murray completed the redemption, and Jokic 27+20+10

On April 23rd, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs G2 matchup, with the outstanding performance of Brother Thick Eyebrows, Russell, and James, the Lakers led the Nuggets by up to 20 points, but the Nuggets were very resilient, and continued to exert pressure in the final quarter, tying the score many times, and finally Murray completed the whistle kill!99-101, the Lakers led by 20 points but suffered a big reversal! James scored 26 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and thick eyebrows scored 32 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Last season, the Nuggets swept the Lakers 4-0 to advance to the Finals and eventually win the championship. This season, due to the Lakers' poor regular season record, after winning the play-off game with the Pelicans, the Lakers entered the playoffs as seventh in the West, and the Nuggets were second in the West in the regular season, so the two teams met again in the Western Conference finals last season, and the Lakers played the Nuggets again. In the first game of the series, although James and Thick Eyebrows performed well, the Nuggets still took the lead at home, and Jokic scored 32 points and 12 rebounds. In the second game of the series, it was still the home court of the Nuggets, after the opening, Porter received the ball and scored three points first, Russell responded with a three-pointer, Porter broke through the layup and scored two more points, James covered Murray's attempt to dunk, Russell hit two consecutive three-pointers, Reaves broke through the jumper and scored, Russell scored another three points, with Russell's excellent performance, the Lakers established a lead at the beginning. Subsequently, the thick eyebrows were dunked, James made an empty three-point shot, the Lakers blossomed more, and the Nuggets relied on Jokic's outstanding performance of 10 points and 10 rebounds in the first quarter to bite the score, and the Lakers led the Nuggets 28-24 to end the first quarter.

The Lakers continued to firepower in the second quarter, especially Brother Thick Eyebrows and Russell, who almost missed the shots! The Lakers played a scoring climax and gradually opened the score, leading the Nuggets by 15 points at halftime 59-44! Brother Thick Eyebrows made 11 of 12 in the half, with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists; Russell was accurate from the outside, shooting 6 of 7 three-pointers, and got 18 points and 5 assists in the half; James scored 10 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks in a decent manner, and performed comprehensively. On the Nuggets' side, Jokic's performance in the second quarter declined, with 12 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in the half; Porter made 4 three-pointers to form a rivalry with Russell, scoring 14 points in the half; Gordon appeared more inside, fighting for 8 points and 3 rebounds; Jamal Murray felt cold, playing 19 minutes and only 2 of 10 shots, and 0 of 2 three-pointers scored 4 points. The Lakers haven't won against the Nuggets in 493 days, are on a nine-game losing streak, and the Lakers, who hold a 15-point lead, need to withstand the pressure in the second half.

In the third quarter, James and thick eyebrows tried and failed, thick eyebrows played two 2+1 in a row, plus Reaves received the ball and hit a three-point shot, the Lakers led the Nuggets 68-48 to reach 20 points! Porter pulled out a three-point shot, Hachimura received James's pass and scored two points, Jokic made a foul and scored two free throws, Porter missed two consecutive three-point shots from the outside, and Brother Thick Mei threw and scored, and the Lakers firmly controlled the situation 74-55. James crossed the bottom corner, and the thick eyebrows missed the three-point shot, which was the second shot of the thick eyebrows in this game, after the thick eyebrows had missed the first shot in the first quarter, they had hit 14 in a row! Then, the Nuggets seized the opportunity of the Lakers' brief slump to chase consecutive points, Jokic hit a three-step layup, and the Nuggets chased it to 61-74, forcing the Lakers to call a timeout. After the timeout, the Nuggets continued to chase points, Jokic scored on an inside layup, 65-74, and the margin narrowed to single digits! At the critical moment, James assisted, Russell hit a three-point shot, and the Lakers stopped the bleeding and entered the final quarter with a 10-point advantage of 79-69.

In the final quarter, Gordon broke through to score two points on a layup, Prince stepped back and made a three-point shot, Murray, who was in a sluggish state, finally scored a layup through a breakaway pull-up shot, Jokic pushed Watson, who was about to assist, and put a two-point basket, and the Nuggets chased 77-82, only 5 points behind the Lakers. Murray finally broke out, scoring four points in a row, and the Nuggets chased it to 81-83! James hit two three-pointers in a row, and the Lakers maintained their lead. The Nuggets continued to press, and James hit a mid-range shot. Jokic singled the thick eyebrows 2+1, the Nuggets chased it to 92-93!James dunked, Porter three points, 95 draws, the competition was white-hot!Russell flew to the left hand and hit a layup, Murray broke through to make two fouls and made two free throws, James made a layup and quickly scored two points, Murray continued to shake the top of the arc and shook the thick eyebrows to the free throw arc to hit a jump shot, James's empty three-point did not score, Murray made an emergency stop to the mid-range whistle to kill, the Nuggets 101-99, 20 points behind the Lakers!