The Lakers were able to eliminate the Nuggets 4-1 four years ago, why are they powerless now?

The NBA first round of the regular season continues, and the most attention-grabbing is of course the Lakers and the Nuggets, on the one hand, the Nuggets are the defending champions, and everyone wants to see how strong they are this year, on the other hand, the Lakers are also the most popular team, with James and thick eyebrows, and I also hope that the Lakers have the possibility of creating miracles, so every game is full, and there is a jam when watching the live webcast.

In the first half of G2, the Lakers have always been in the lead, and even widened the difference to 20 points in the third quarter, who would have thought that it really responded to Du Feng's sentence "20 points is a fart", the Nuggets chased points frantically in the fourth quarter, Murray scored 6 points in the last 1 minute or so, and also shot a killer shot in front of Zhan Mei, the Lakers lost by 2 points, and the series has fallen behind 0-2. Many fans wonder why the Lakers won the championship in 2020, four years ago, with a comfortable 4-1 win over the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals.

In 2020, the Nuggets had just risen and were not a strong team, they only began to return to the playoffs in 2018, stopped in the semifinals in 2019, and unexpectedly reached the Western Conference finals in 2020, when the Nuggets were 1-3 behind the Clippers, and it was the Clippers' internal problems and the internal suppression by the Nuggets that led to the reversal. After the tie-break, facing the Lakers who were waiting for work, the Nuggets looked a little tired, and the Lakers' interior reserves were too strong, not only thick eyebrows, but also McGee and Howard, taking turns to consume Jokic.

At that time, Jokic was not as inexplicable as he is now, although he was selected for a while, there was still a gap from the MVP level, and even the strength of the thick eyebrows was stronger than Jokic at that time, not to mention that Howard also caused him a lot of pressure. And now Jokic is already recognized as the first person in the league, basically has no weaknesses, can directly dominate the interior line against any opponent, and is at his peak, and the thick eyebrows can only fight with him for three quarters at most, and he doesn't have enough physical strength in the fourth quarter. Like today's game, Jokic had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the final quarter, and 0 points in thick eyebrows, which was a stark contrast.

The current James is not as good as himself back then, 35 years old is like a watershed, and his state has been declining since then, even if Lao Zhan can maintain decent data, but in fact, on the court, he is careless of the head and tail, and he can't control the defense if he can manage the offense, like today's score is good, but in the end, he was named by Murray in a row, and he overtook the score.

Several of the Nuggets' core players are still very immature in 2020, and some are even in their rookie contracts, and Pope and Gordon have not come. After the Nuggets experienced several painful losses in the playoffs, they finally understood the gap between themselves and the top teams, and made targeted reinforcements.

In 2020, the playoffs were held in the park, and all the teams did not have a home stadium and did not have to fly to other stadiums frequently, which was good for veterans, so thick eyebrows and James took advantage. And now the Nuggets have a home-court advantage, they are located on the plateau, and they are usually used to playing at such an altitude, but the Lakers are not, and they will consume the physical energy of James and thick eyebrows more quickly, so you can see these two games, Zhan Mei's performance in the fourth quarter is not very good.

Now that the Lakers are 2-0 down and on the edge of a cliff, Coach Ham's adjustments don't look too good, and the only hope is to see if they can have a better feel when they return to their home court, suppressing the Nuggets on the offensive end, so that they can win.