The Nuggets reversed by 20 points, losing 23 + 20 + 10, James 26 + 12, the Lakers are desperate!
Text: Lao Kan Kanqiu
Editor|Lao Kan Kanqiu
On April 23, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs continued, and the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers ushered in a rematch. In the last game, the Lakers once established a double-digit lead in the first half, however, it was also because of the large consumption in the first half, there was a collapse in the third quarter, and the Nuggets successfully overtook and completed a 15-point lead, and finally the Lakers fell under the iron hooves of the Nuggets again, and have suffered 9 consecutive defeats (regular season + playoffs). Before the game, the American media ESPN gave a prediction for the winning rate of this game: the Lakers' winning rate is still as low as 33.1%, while the Nuggets' winning rate is 66.9%, and the American media is optimistic that the Nuggets will complete a 9-0 victory.
If the Lakers want to win, the most important thing is to find a way to limit Jokic, the last game with James, thick eyebrows and Hachimura have tried, almost no effect, the Lakers let Jokic play too easily, there was not a single mistake in the whole game, the shooting is 15 of 23, and he reversed the Lakers by himself, I don't know, what is Ham's strategy in the G2 game, G1 After the game, thick eyebrows once released a bold statement: "If the coach asks me to defend Jokic, I am very willing!"
In terms of injuries, the Lakers' Wood, Reddish, Vanderbilt, and Schifino are still absent, and the good news is that Vanderbilt and Wood are about to return, and the starting five are: James, Davis, Russell, Reaves, and Hachimura;
At the beginning of the first quarter, Porter Jr. scored a three-pointer to take the lead for the Nuggets, Russell responded with a three-point shot at the top of the arc, Murray broke through and wanted to split with one arm, and James sent a big hat to cover the sky. Russell hit a three-pointer with an assist and went 3-of-3 from three-point range in the opening game. James Tank broke into 2+1, the Lakers had a 6-point lead, and then there were three points at the top of the arc, and then grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed directly to the front court without looking at people, and the thick eyebrows received the ball and scored an easy dunk. However, when grabbing the ball, he accidentally poked his finger, and James broke himself to continue the game, and after the first quarter, the Lakers led the Nuggets 28-24.
Russell was in great shape today, opening the three-point game accurately, and scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter. Back in the second quarter, James broke through for a layup and caused Braun to foul, and the fans at the scene booed loudly. Russell hit a three-pointer from the wing, and Gordon faked a fax past Hayes and went inside to blow up the basket with both hands. Thick eyebrows singled Jokic, horseback archery shot also scored, thick eyebrows then hit Jokic three times in a row, James was quickly stopped by Pope and withdrawn, and it was still 2+1, with Russell's three-point re-hit, the Lakers have led the Nuggets by as many as 15 points at halftime.
In the first half, thick eyebrows and Russell's play was simply superb, thick eyebrows shot 11 of 12, 24 points and 6 rebounds, Russell made 6 of 7 three-pointers, cut 18 points, 3 boards and 5 assists, James got 10 points, 6 boards and 7 assists, Jokic shot 3 of 5, got 12 points, 12 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals, Porter Jr. got 14 points and 2 boards, and Murray only got 4 points and 4 assists.
Yibian fought again, the Lakers continued their strong offensive firepower, Zhan Mei blocked and dismantled, thick eyebrows scored and added penalties, Reaves faced Murray at the top of the arc and hit a three-point shot, the Lakers have led to 20 points, and directly stopped the Nuggets. After the pause, after the Nuggets successfully defended, the three-line fast attack, Murray assisted Porter Jr. to receive a violent dunk in the air, Jokic made a quick break and a slow three-step layup and then hit it, the Nuggets scored 7-0 to chase 13 points, Jokic then made a long pass to Pope to complete the violent dunk, and the Lakers had not scored for four minutes. James broke through the ball Russell, who broke the team's scoring drought, Jokic dreamed of a layup, and after the third quarter, the Nuggets had chased 5 points.
The Lakers habitually lost power in the third quarter and were counterattacked by the Nuggets. In the fourth quarter, Gordon hit the board against Hayes, Prince hit a difficult three-point shot, and the Lakers stabilized the 11-point difference. Jokic assisted Watson for a layup, and Murray scored two straight goals as the Nuggets closed the gap to two points again. At the critical moment, James hit two three-pointers in succession to open up the 8-point gap again. Jokic grabbed the frontcourt rebound and threw a shot, James played two people, and there was a penalty in the air drift, and then steal Murray directly to complete the one-handed split, Porter Jr. scored the 6th three-pointer against the defense, Russell hit the board high, Murray caused James to foul, James also had 2 points, the last attack, James missed three points, Murray counted the seconds, the Nuggets completed a 20-point reversal, the big score was 2-0 ahead, the Lakers were really desperate!
In terms of statistics, on the Lakers' side, James scored 26 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, thick eyebrows scored 32 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, Russell contributed 23 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists to Zhan Meikong 59 points and 20 rebounds, Hachimura 3 points, Reaves 9 points, and on the Nuggets side, Jokic blasted 27 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists, Murray 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Porter Jr. 22 points, Pope 6 points, and Gordon 14 points.