On April 23, Beijing time, the Lakers G2 was defeated by the Nuggets, and after the game, James was rudely dissatisfied with the penalty, and bluntly said: What is TMD going to visit the center for?
In the last 1 minute of the game, James broke through to the basket, Murray faced the old Zhan emergency stop shot to equalize, James shook down Pope and missed the winning three points, Murray advanced and hit the whistle against the thick eyebrows, the Nuggets team celebrated wildly, the thick eyebrows fell on the Nuggets bench, Russell took the initiative to pull up the thick eyebrows, James was very frustrated, and left the court with lonely eyes.
The Lakers once led by 20 points but were reversed and killed by Murray, the referee blew the penalty at the critical moment and caused a big controversy, after the game, it was said that Russell was hit in the head by Porter Jr. but the foul was canceled after the Nuggets challenge, James said rudely: I don't know what the replay center is doing, what do we want the replay center to do? This doesn't make sense at all, what are we doing?
At that time, the referee said after watching the video that the first shot was recognized as "marginal contact", so the challenge was successful!
NBA reporter Jason Timp questioned Murray's last-minute foul on James: Still can't believe Darvin Ham didn't challenge Murray's last-ditch contact. Considering how often the word 'slight contact' was used tonight, there was a good chance that the ball would be reversed. Also, hopefully don't talk about the 'referees are trying to favor the Lakers'. Anyone who says that kind of thing with his real name should be ashamed. ”
Regarding the referee's decision, Ham said: There are some difficult blows, and some are not blown. But you can't use that as an excuse. Whether the whistle blows or not, you have to be ready to play. It's really tricky. You've been through a season where the game is all about blowing penalties one way. And then you get into the playoffs, and I guess it depends on the understanding of the three referees on the field, and that's what they do.
At the end of the game, Ham did not use the coach's challenge for the whole game, and in the end, the Lakers had 2 timeouts left to use, and Malone succeeded in both challenges and won the ball.
Speaking about the comeback, Russell said: "I like the state of the team and I like the chances we have created to win. Some controversial blows really changed the course of the game. So that's the way it is, we've all seen it.
Speaking about the loss, James said: "It's not safe to lead by 20 points in this league, especially against the defending champions, we have to do better, I had a chance to win.
Thick eyebrows said: We have proven our ability, but we don't know what to do at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends for a while.
Thick eyebrows scored 32 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 14-of-19 shooting, 0 points in the final quarter and the last defense became the background of Murray's stunner.
The Lakers fell behind 0-2 and fell into a desperate situation, according to statistics, when one side fell behind 0-2 in the history of the NBA playoffs, the final series was 33-416, with a probability of 7.3%, and when the Lakers fell behind 0-2 in seven series, their final series record was 2-20, with a probability of 9.1%.