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On April 23, Beijing time, the second game of the Lakers Nuggets series officially started. With Zhan Meila's outstanding performance, the Lakers finally won 99-101 Nuggets and were defeated by Murray. In the first half, the Lakers played two waves of offensive climaxes in a row, leading by 15 points at halftime at 59-44, and the Lakers led to 20 points at the beginning of the second half, and then the Nuggets began to counterattack, and the Lakers only relied on James's scoring in the final quarter to support them.
Lakers main player performance
Thick eyebrows (full score)
Today, the thick eyebrows directly opposite Jokic at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, with a tough start, excellent basket protection on the defensive end, and a hot hand on the offensive end, scoring 24 points in 11 of 12 in the half, and continuing the feel at the beginning of the second half, helping the team expand the lead, but the feeling declined at the end of the third quarter, and the defensive end was continuously scored by Jokic, especially the stealth in the final quarter, contributing 32 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists in the whole game.
James (full score)
James helped thick eyebrows defend the basket, played steadily on the offensive end, helped the Lakers score 7 points at the beginning of the game, and sorted out the team's offense throughout the game, under the momentum of the Nuggets' counterattack, he scored 12 points in the final quarter and struggled to support, contributing 26 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, steals and blocks in the whole game.
Russell (out of one)
Today's Russell was full of firepower, three consecutive three-pointers in the opening game, and continued the hot hand in the second quarter, with 6 three-pointers in the half of the game raining three points on the road, and played steadily in the second half, scoring 23 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 three-pointers, and 7 three-pointers to create a single-game three-point record in the playoffs.
Reeves (Pass)
Reaves did a good job in guarding Murray, squeezing and covering in various ways, causing Murray to shoot inaccurately in 1 of 6 in the opening game, but his shooting touch was not good, and he failed to play the foul he was good at, and he scored 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in the game.
Prince (Pass)
Prince came up with two fouls, but fortunately, he felt good about three-point shooting, hitting a three-point shot to stop the Nuggets, and scored 6 points and 3 rebounds on 2-of-3 three-pointers.
Vincent (Pass)
Vincent continued to play to his defensive strengths, the chassis was very stable, and the defense of Murray was not out of position, but the offensive end did not contribute, and he did not score a single point in the whole game.
Hachimura Barrier (Collapse)
Hachimura continued to perform poorly, missing many empty baskets under the basket and lackluster defensively, playing 38 minutes throughout the game, shooting 1-of-7 for 3 points and 5 rebounds.
Dinwiddie (Crash)
Today's Dinwiddie performance was hip-pulling, his offensive and defensive performances were sluggish, and he missed the only layup in the game, and finally did not score a point.
Finally, let's summarize the performance of the Lakers' main players: James, thick eyebrows, and Russell performed with perfect marks, Reaves, Prince, and Vincent performed passing, and Hachimura and Dinwiddie performed hip pulling. In this game, the Lakers adjusted their game strategy, the thick eyebrows directly opposed Jokic, James organized the team, and Russell rained three points, but the Lakers only had James online in the last quarter, especially the thick eyebrows were invisible on the offensive end, and the defensive end was continuously scored by Jokic, who was killed by Murray, and finally swallowed the defeat, falling behind 0-2 in the total score, and the next game will return to the Lakers' home court.