2-0 was born! James has no reservations, thick eyebrows are Jokic, and the Lakers have looked away
The NBA playoffs continued, and the Lakers' away game against the Nuggets G2 began. After the game started, the Lakers played relatively smoothly, and they were able to comprehensively suppress the Nuggets on both offensive and defensive ends. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led by four points. At the end of the second quarter, the Lakers led by 15 points. Heading into the second half, the Nuggets slowly adapted to the pace of the game. At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets recovered five points. In the final quarter, the Nuggets continued to launch a counterattack, scoring with the ball on the offensive end. In the end, the Nuggets won 101-99 against the Lakers with a brilliant play in the second half, leading the Lakers 2-0 in the series.
Objectively speaking, the Nuggets played inconsistently in this game, especially the three-point shooting performance was very poor. At the end of the game, the Nuggets shot just 25% from three-point range, while the Lakers shot 40% from three-point range. Of course, the Nuggets still won the game in the face of such a poor three-point shooting percentage, and the main reason for this is none other than Jokic's strength. Jokic played 41 minutes in this game, shooting 9 of 16, including 2 of 4 three-pointers and 7 of 7 free throws, and scored 27 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 assists. To borrow a phrase from fans, Jokic beat the Lakers to the point that they had no temper at all.
After talking about the Nuggets, let's talk about the Lakers. As for the trend of the Lakers in this game, I won't give you a lot of words here, and I want to focus on talking about James, Davis, and Vincent. For these three players, I would like to use the phrase "James has no reservations, thick eyebrows and hard Jokic, and the Lakers have chosen people to look away".
Let's start with James. James played 40 minutes in this game, shooting 8 of 17, including 3 of 5 three-pointers and 5 of 7 free throws, and got 24 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. To be honest, although the Lakers lost this game, James really did it without reservation. When the Lakers needed to score, James scored back-to-back points in the final quarter to help the Lakers win. When the Lakers need to organize the tandem, James is the playmaker who directs the running on the court. When the Lakers need to defend, James also leads by example. It's just a pity that James's best efforts failed to get a victory.
After talking about James, let's talk about Davis. Davis played 39 minutes in this game, shooting 14 of 19, including 0 of 1 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 32 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal. I don't know if you have noticed that Davis on the offensive end of the Lakers is the most sure player, and Davis on the defensive end is also the only player who can limit Jokic. To put it bluntly, Davis played at a price in this game, and Jokic didn't lose at all. Jokic had 27 points and 20 rebounds, Davis had 32 points and 11 rebounds, but Jokic had Porter, Pope, Gordon, James and Davis next to him.
I believe that fans here will definitely ask, since James and Davis performed so well, who should be responsible for the Lakers' loss? Actually, the answer to this question is very simple, that is, Mr. 30 million Vincent is too watery. Vincent played 15 minutes in the whole game, made 0 of 2 shots, got 0 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist. On the offensive end, Vincent had no bright spots. Everyone knows that the role of the Lakers in bringing in Vincent in the offseason is to let him shoot three-pointers, hoping that Vincent can make a difference in the playoffs. However, it turns out that the Lakers did look away, and it is clear that Vincent is not the key to helping the Lakers out of their predicament.