On April 23, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs G2 continued to unfold, and the Lakers challenged the Nuggets away. This time, the Lakers can still take the initiative, and the Nuggets are still slowly catching up, but this time the Lakers are hot on the outside, and Davis is in hot form, with a maximum of 20 points ahead. But the Nuggets then launched a counterattack, and Murray completed the whistle smash, and finally reversed the Lakers 101-99 and led 2-0.
The Lakers did not make adjustments in this game, and Russell came up with a hot hand this time, hitting consecutive three-point shots to help the team take the initiative and once took an 11-point lead. But then the Nuggets scored consecutive points to close the score, and fell behind by 4 points after the first quarter of the game. In the second quarter, the Lakers re-entered the groove, Davis scored consecutive points on the inside, helping the team to open up the gap again, Russell scored three points before halftime, and the Lakers built a 15-point lead after halftime.
The Lakers were still on a hot spot in the second half, with Reaves' three-pointer giving the team a 20-point lead, but the defending champions were not defeated. Then began to launch a counterattack, a wave of 13-0 offensive to close the difference, but fortunately, Russell hit a three-point shot, and the Lakers led by 10 points after the third quarter. In the final quarter, the Nuggets continued to fight back, Murray scored consecutive points, but James hit 2 three-pointers in a row to stabilize the situation, but then Murray took over the game, started a confrontation with James, and finally faced Davis to complete the whistle kill, and the Nuggets defeated the Lakers 101-99.
The Lakers were really sorry, leading the whole game, and then collapsed and lost at the last moment, suffering a 20-point reversal. James and Davis also really tried their best, James scored consecutive points in the final quarter, but unfortunately missed the key three-point attempt, and finally suffered a stunner, scoring 26 points, 12 assists and 8 rebounds in the game. Davis, for his part, failed to contribute on the offensive end in the final quarter, but still contributed 32 points and 11 rebounds in the game. Russell hit seven three-pointers to score 23 points, but the rest of the players couldn't step up and score points.
The Nuggets are really too strong, Murray kept playing iron in the first three quarters, but he could find his touch at the critical moment, and scored consecutive points in the final quarter to help the team narrow the difference, and at the critical moment, he completed the whistle stunner, which directly made the whole court boil, contributing 20 points and 5 assists in the whole game. Jokic is still strong, with 27 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists, and he continued to score points in the final quarter to narrow the gap, and he and Murray really couldn't stop it. In addition, Porter Jr. next to them also scored 22 points and hit six three-pointers.