On April 23, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Los Angeles Lakers continued to challenge the Denver Nuggets. In the last game, Zhan Mei's physical strength was completely overdrawn, and the Lakers unfortunately lost. This time, Hamm finally adjusted.
Shortly after the start of the first quarter, Murray broke through to the inside and jumped high to prepare for a flying dunk, and James copied the scene of Split, a bloody cap in the Finals, and rose into the air with a one-armed hat Murray.
Next, Pope made three three-point shots, and James didn't make any adjustments after getting the ball under the basket, twisting his body to send a rainbow long pass across the court, and assisted the thick eyebrows to dunk easily.
In the first quarter of the game, James hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc and scored 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 2-of-5 shooting. It is worth noting that James played the first quarter in the last game, and today the thick eyebrows played the first quarter.
In the second quarter, thick eyebrows and Russell "You sing and I will appear", and James can "recharge" on the court with peace of mind.
In the second half of the second quarter, James, who re-entered the game, quickly got into the groove, and on the defensive end, Lao Zhan gave Murray a bloody cap on a mid-range jumper.
After that, Lao Zhan sprinted quickly, and after receiving a wonderful pass from thick eyebrows, he forcibly scored the ball when Pope was fouled by his waist, and also got the opportunity to add a penalty.
Thick eyebrows showed the characteristics of the offensive kaleidoscope, against Jokic all kinds of easy completion, back-to-back heads-up, turnover jumpers, strong hooks, omnipotent, half-time, thick eyebrows 11 of 12 got 24 points and 6 rebounds, Russell 10 of 6, including 6 of 7 three-pointers, got 18 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.
James saved his physical strength, easily scoring 10 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists on 3-of-6 shooting, a proper triple-double prelude. At the end of the half, the Lakers went on a 21-7 run to take a 59-44 lead.
After the start of the third quarter, Zhan Mei connected three times in a row, and the thick eyebrows hit the basket to complete 2+1, and less than two minutes after the start of the third quarter, the score of the thick eyebrows came to 30 points.
In the middle of the quarter, James singled out Jokic on the left side, suddenly jumped, and faced Jokic with a jumper, and the ball hollowed into the net. During the rest of the game, the Lakers did not score for 5 minutes, and seeing the Nuggets close to single digits, James returned to the court and immediately assisted Russell in the bottom corner to stop the bleeding with a three-point shot.
In the next round, James made a successful foul under the basket against the two defenders, and hit both free throws. At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led 79-69.
Halfway through the final quarter, the Nuggets had chased the difference to 2 points, and James stepped up and hit key three-pointers for two consecutive rounds to stabilize the situation. With 4 minutes left in the final quarter, James faced the bag and leaned his hand to make it 2+0 before 24 seconds.
When James made a steal in the air and countered with a flying glide dunk, Porter Jr. hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 95 with 1:15 left in the final quarter. With 47 seconds left in the final quarter, Lao Zhan's breakthrough once again gave the Lakers a two-point lead, but Murray equalized again. At the last moment, Murray faced the thick eyebrows and pressed the whistle in the middle distance of the ultra-high arc to complete the stunner.
In the end, the Lakers led by up to 20 points, but were reversed by the Nuggets 99-101 and fell behind 0-2. In terms of statistics, James was 9-of-19, including 3-of-6 three-pointers, and scored 26 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.