The NBA playoffs continued, and today the Lakers continued to challenge the Nuggets on the road, and they ended up losing to the Nuggets 99-101. Murray of the Nuggets hit a last-minute shot. After the Lakers lost this game, the score between the two sides came to 0:2.
Today's game was still a full game between James and Davis, James had 26 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists, and Davis had 32 points and 11 rebounds. The Lakers performed very well throughout the game, leading the Nuggets by 20 points at most, but the Nuggets' ability to close the game at the last moment was really too strong, and although Jamal Murray did not perform well in the first three quarters, he turned the tide at the last moment. His mentality may not be something that many players on the Lakers team don't have.
In today's game, Lakers outside player Russell performed well in the first three quarters, but his performance in the fourth quarter was relatively mediocre. And Reaves' performance today did not satisfy many fans, because he shot 1 of 5 from beyond the three-point line today, and his personal scoring did not go into a double-double. What's more, Reaves didn't play the defensive role he should have on the court. Any player on the Nuggets team played very resolutely against his defense. Reaves took up a lot of playing time as a Lakers starter, but while the offensive end didn't work too well on the court, the defensive end became the focus of the opponent, which may be the next place for the Lakers to adjust.
A lot of people have always thought that the Lakers overestimated Reaves' abilities. Reaves played well in the previous two seasons because opponents didn't know much about his characteristics and he was particularly good at making fouls. However, this season, after the league became lenient on blowing penalties, Reaves has had a hard time getting fouls, and after losing the skill of making fouls, Reaves seems to have become very difficult on the scoring end, and he is not a particularly accurate player. On the defensive end, he is very inconfrontational and does not move fast, so he is destined to become a defensive point for the opponent. If he can't open up the situation on the offensive end, he will be reduced to a point point on the court.
In fact, many people have always thought that Reaves should not play as a starter, he went to be the starting point of the Lakers, and the Lakers' backcourt defense was too weak. In fact, the Lakers have a lot of good options, such as Dinwiddie and Vincent on the bench, Dinwiddie and Vincent didn't get too many opportunities in the Lakers, and their shots were really too few. Maybe many people look at the data after the game and think that the data of the two of them is very ugly, but you have to consider that the two of them have no right to shoot, and their role in the Lakers is too much reduced. If they are given more shots and more self-confidence, the two of them will be completely better than Reeves. I wonder what the fans think?