Bombarded 26 points, 12 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals, James officially topped the history, the Lakers suffered a 20-point reversal, and head coach Ham seriously protested the unfair penalty after the game!
Text: Lao Kan Kanqiu
Editor|Lao Kan Kanqiu
The first round of the NBA playoffs continued, the Los Angeles Lakers challenged the Denver Nuggets away, and finally lost to the Nuggets 99-101, suffered a 20-point reversal, and was killed by Murray, against the Nuggets has suffered 10 consecutive defeats (playoffs + regular season), the Lakers have set a shameful record, and the big score is 0-2 completely in a desperate situation, according to the data released by the American media B/R, the probability of the Lakers completing the counterattack in this round of the series is only 9.1%.
It is worth mentioning that the Lakers have suffered two consecutive reversals. In the last G1 game, the Lakers played smoothly in the first two quarters, and once established a 12-point lead, but the offense was powered off in the third quarter, and the Nuggets hit a 32-18 counterattack, although James fought hard for 41 minutes, Zhan Meihe's crazy data of 59 points, 20 rebounds, 13 assists and 5 blocks, still lost the game because of physical exhaustion in the final quarter.
And today's G2 battle is exactly the same as the plot of the previous game, the difference is that the Lakers played better in the first two quarters. In the first quarter, thick eyebrows played the whole quarter, cutting 10 points and 5 rebounds, James was responsible for organization and defense, Russell made 3 three-point shots in the first quarter, and also contributed 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. In the second quarter, thick eyebrows directly opened the matchless mode, and successfully singled Jokic for four consecutive rounds, shooting 7 in a single quarter, slashing 14 points, coupled with James's organizational tandem, it was even more dragged by Pope to score an unreasonable 2+1, the Lakers had a hard lead of as many as 15 points at halftime, and thick eyebrows were 11 of 12 in the half, got 24 points and 6 rebounds, and scored 24 points with a 90%+ shooting rate, tied for fifth place in history with Yao Ming.
In the second half, Zhan Mei continued to block and dismantle, and the Lakers' lead was as high as 20 points, and many people felt that the Lakers should be stable today and could pull back a game at the Nuggets' home court. It's a pity that the same plot as G1 was staged again, at the end of the third quarter, for more than 5 minutes in a row, the Lakers didn't score a point, and the Nuggets played a counterattack climax, chasing a 5-point difference into the final quarter. In the fourth quarter, the thick eyebrows' physical strength couldn't keep up at all, only 1 shot, James chose to take over the game, hit 2 three-pointers in a row to try to save the situation, but missed the final three points, Murray last 0.7 seconds, facing the thick eyebrows to complete the whistle kill, the Lakers missed the victory again, it can be said that it is too regrettable.
According to the data listed by the American media Clutch Points, James at the age of 39 and 115 days became the oldest player in NBA league history to score 25+ points, 5 rebounds and 10+ rebounds and 10+ assists in a single playoff game, officially topping the NBA history!
After the game, Lakers head coach Ham talked about being killed, saying: "It's tough, but we have to remember that feeling, and when we go back to Los Angeles, we'll give it back to them in G3!" What Ham said was indeed uplifting, but his on-court play in this game still became the focus of controversy after the game, and the outside world was criticizing him for not challenging James's foul on Murray at the most critical moment in the fourth quarter, and was therefore tied by Murray with two free throws, which was the regret of being reversed.
When it comes to the free throws in this game, the free throw ratio between the two teams is 17-13, and the Nuggets lead by 4. Talking about the referee's decision in this game, Ham also raised a stern resistance in the post-match interview, Ham said: "Some whistles are really tough for us, there are a lot of moves that the referee didn't blow, I'm proud of my players, they have done everything they can, as for whether the whistle blows, we can only continue to see." ”
And this whole season, we've gotten used to a pattern of blowing penalties, but in the playoffs, that's all changed, and the decision on the game is only based on how the three guys on the court interpret the actions of the two teams, which is a little bit unfair and a little tricky for us. Hamm continued.
Indeed, in this game, James approached referee Foster many times and tried to communicate with the other party, but the results were not satisfactory. And, after the game, the American media NBAMemes tweeted a few unfavorable penalties for the Lakers, writing: "Some NBA referees should indeed have regular vision checks, how could you misjudge such an obvious foul?"
What's more worth mentioning is that the Nuggets used two challenge privileges in this game, and both challenges were successful.
Obviously, such a loss is really a huge morale blow for the Lakers team, however, the big score of 0-2 is not the end of the world, according to the Lakers' all-time record statistics, when the series is 0-2 behind, their final series record is 2-20, and the probability of promotion is still 9.1%. On top of that, the team's two biggest men, Vanderbilt and Wood, are about to make a comeback, and the Lakers' playoff journey may have just begun!