The 20-point lead was reversed, where did the G2 Lakers lose?

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2024-04-23 22:29Published in Fujian

In the first round of G2, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 99-101 away.

Everyone must know that the Lakers started the game and then led all the way, leading by 15 points at halftime and by up to 20 points in the third quarter, which needs to be said to be the biggest lead of the Lakers in the past 10 meetings between the two teams;

Up to this point, many fans must have thought that the Lakers were finally going to win, but as a result, the Nuggets played steadily all the way, spending more than a quarter to slowly smooth out the point difference, and then took away the victory with a whistle strike at the last moment.

Jamal Murray was the main contributor to the Nuggets' victory, as he scored just six points on 3-of-16 shooting in the first three quarters.

But in the crucial fourth quarter, Murray shot 6 of 8 in a single quarter, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 14 points, including the key two free throws in the last 1 minute, a mid-range shot against James, and a back-to-back whistle shot against thick eyebrows.

It needs to be said that Porter Jr., before Murray scored 6 points in the last 1 minute, the Nuggets trailed by 3 points 92-95, and it was Porter Jr. who scored a three-pointer in the confusion, and the importance of this three-point shot was not lost to Murray's stunner.

In this game, Porter Jr. played 38 minutes, shooting 8 of 13, 6 of 10 three-pointers, getting 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals, he made 6 three-pointers alone, Jokic 2, and the others combined 20 0.

Of course, Jokic must be indispensable for the Nuggets to win, he played a total of 41 minutes, shooting 9-of-16, 2-of-4 three-pointers, 7-of-7 free throws, and got a big triple-double of 27 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists;

In the first half, Jokic "only" scored 12 points and 2 assists under the thick eyebrows defense, but in the second half, Jokic had 15 points and 8 assists, and his throws near the rim were almost unsolvable.

The Nuggets vs. Lakers game is like this, you might see Murreira, you might see Portella Jr., you might see Gordon and Popura, but you can barely see Jokicira.

Every time he fights, Jokic has always shown his ability as the active No. 1 - at this point, there should be no fans who will question Jokic's status as the "active No. 1" anymore, right?

After talking about the Nuggets, let's talk about the Lakers.

James scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists, shooting 9 of 19 and 3 of 6 three-pointers, including 12 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter.

In addition to showing the strength of the "King of the Last Quarter" in the fourth quarter, he also faced Murray in the first quarter, and scored a fast break with Pope in the second quarter, as if 18 Zhan was possessed;

However, it was also James at the last moment, before Murray's stunner, he missed a big open three-point that could have guaranteed the team's undefeated, this goal has nothing to say, James missed a great opportunity, and all the highlights in front ended with regret.

Thick eyebrows also played quite well in this game, 14 of 19 in the game, got 32 points and 11 rebounds, even if they were killed by Murray in the end, to be honest, thick eyebrows were also in place, but Murray's personal ability was too strong;

There is also such a data to note, in the first 28 minutes and 45 seconds of this game, thick eyebrows scored 32 points, but in the last 19 minutes and 15 seconds, more than one and a half quarters, thick eyebrows only shot 1 time and did not score.

It's not that the Lakers players don't pass the ball to Thick Eyebrow, but Thick Eyebrow himself is really tired, and he is not only responsible for scoring in this game, but also defending Jokic, and he has to rely on him to help defense;

Thick eyebrows' original physical strength bottomed out in the third quarter, and he couldn't hold it out before he was halfway through the two quarters, and the decline in state at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends was also an important reason why the Lakers were overturned.

It is also worth noting that Russell, who has played the Nuggets in the past five playoffs, made 3 of 24 three-pointers, averaging only 7.6 points per game, and he has been a shame in this game, shooting 8-of-16 from the field and 7-of-11 from three-point range, scoring 23 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

However, Russell's state was also like two in the first half, 6 of 7 three-pointers in the first half, 18 points and 5 assists, and a total of 2 of 6 in the second half, only 5 points and 1 assist.

Reeves and Hachimura became war criminals in this game, and the two combined for 5 of 18 and only scored 12 points, in addition to Dinwiddie and Vincent, they didn't help much, playing 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively, adding up to 3 of 0 and scoring no points.

Lost 10 in a row, the lead of 20 points was reversed, or was ended with a whistle kill, to be honest, such a game is really very desperate, after the game thick eyebrows were interviewed, asked what happened at the last moment, he only simply replied: "Murray scored a goal", and then put down the microphone and turned away, you can also see very frustrated and unwilling.

However, there is a good point, after watching these two games, I can still feel that the Lakers are not without hope of winning, at least much better than the first two games of the Western Conference finals last year, Russell also said on social media after the game: "We will win, don't give up on us." ”

It's just that if the Lakers want to win, they have to do a lot, not only James and thick eyebrows have to play well enough, Russell also has to shoot accurately, and others such as Hachimura, Reaves, Dinwiddie, and Vincent also have to stand up;

This has to be in the case of someone in the Nuggets playing abnormally, in this game Murray, Pope, and Reggie combined for 11 of 36 and 0 of 12 three-pointers, the Lakers really have a great opportunity to "win", but unfortunately they didn't grasp it.

0-2 behind can be said to be a very big dilemma, but it is not a desperate situation, the next game will return to the Lakers' home court, this one won, the Lakers still have a little hope, but as long as they lose, 0-3 behind can almost be directly sentenced to death - the end of the series, to be honest, the probability of the Nuggets advancing is very large, and the Lakers don't think about the "Black Seven", let's win one game first.

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