After this season's NBA play-off matchups were released, many fans hoped that the Lakers could give up strategically in the first game, so as to avoid meeting their own bitter Nuggets in the first round, but the Purple and Gold led by Zhan Mei did not deliberately avoid the defending champions, and the Pelicans were killed in the first game of the play-offs, advancing to the playoffs in seventh place in the West, and the first round of the Denver Plateau away, despite the full Zhan time limit return, the Lakers still lost by 11 points, swallowing a 9-game losing streak against the Nuggets, after a day of rest, the two teams ushered in the second game of the seriesUnder the leadership of the troika, the Purple and Gold Army dominated the anti-visitors and established an early double-digit lead, but the defending champions fought hard in the second half, and Murray hit a stunner to help the Nuggets complete a ten-game winning streak against the Lakers 101-99!
The thick eyebrows opened high and walked low, and James couldn't take it
After the end of the first playoff game between the Lakers and the Nuggets, the NBA officially announced the shortlist of the major awards in the regular season, Brother Thick Eyebrows was not shortlisted for the best defensive player candidates, which directly caused his dissatisfaction, in an interview, Brother Thick Eyebrows also directly bombarded the league for not waiting to see him, this campaign faced Jokic who had pinched himself many times, and Brother Thick Eyebrows also broke out directly, facing Jokic under the basket, frequently using mid-range to make the defending champion's defense pay the price, hitting 14 of 19 shots in the game, and scoring 32 points with great efficiency, but the final quarter of the dumb fire caused the Lakers to fall short。
In addition to the thick eyebrows, the Lakers were able to lead the Nuggets for a long time in this campaign, and the much-questioned Russell also contributed to it, as soon as the first quarter came up, Shuila was full of firepower on the outside, three consecutive three-pointers, and it sounded the offensive horn of the Purple and Gold Army, Russell scored 23 points in the fourth quarter, but like the thick eyebrows, he was invisible at the decisive moment, although James carried the offensive banner in the last quarter, it was difficult to support it alone, and 26+8+12 became an empty cut.
Jokic continued his life, and Murray killed
MVP winner Jokic, is still the heart and soul of this Nuggets team, in the face of the purple and gold team's several defensive giants in this game, Mr. Jokic still maintained consistent stability, handed over a double-double of 10 points + 10 rebounds in the first quarter, but his teammates were not strong enough in the first half of this game, and wasted Jokic's wonderful pass after compressing the defense of the Purple and Gold Army, but after the fourth quarter, Jokic still handed over 27+20+10 data.
The Nuggets were able to be crowned champions last season, except for Jokic, who couldn't be five years old, the team's outside firepower also contributed to it, but the backcourt double-shot Murray and Pope who started the game in this game felt cold, and the three-point opportunity in the big open position could not be grasped, but in the final quarter Murray was in good shape, not only scoring 20 points, but also hitting a stunner to complete self-redemption.
This game is very important for the Purple and Gold, if they beat the Nuggets away, they will be able to end the nine-game losing streak against the opponent and completely crush the demons, but the reality is cruel, in the case of a large lead, being killed by the Nuggets, making the Lakers difficult to get rid of, and there is no hope of qualifying!