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On April 23, Beijing time, the Lakers continued the second game of the series, challenging the defending champion Nuggets away, in the first half, Park Mei and Russell felt hot, helping the Lakers lead by 15 points at halftime, and the Lakers once opened up to 20 points in the second half, and the Nuggets began to fight back at the end of the third quarter.
01 Player performance
: Thick eyebrows scored 32 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 steal on 14-of-19 shooting, James 26 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 2 steals, Russell 23 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.
: Reaves 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Prince 6 points and 3 rebounds, Vincent 1 rebound and 1 assist.
: Dinwiddie had 1 assist, Hachimura had 3 points and 5 rebounds on 1-of-7 shooting.
02 Match Recap
In the first quarter of the game, Porter hit three points in the opening game, Russell hit 3 three-pointers in a row, James counterattacked and broke through to help the Lakers play a wave of 10-2 to take the lead, thick eyebrows scored under the basket in a row, the Lakers took a double-digit lead, Jokic made a force at the end, and scored 10 points inside and outside to narrow the difference, and the Lakers 28-24 Nuggets in the first quarter, thick eyebrows and Jokic scored 10 points each.
Back in the second quarter, the two sides scored alternately, and then the Lakers made consecutive mistakes, the Nuggets approached 1 point, Russell hit three more points in color, and the thick eyebrows burst out to score 8 points in a row, the Lakers played 11-2 to open the gap again, Porter hit three points to stabilize the situation, after the thick eyebrows scored continuously, James scored a magical 2+1 lead to 12 points, and with Russell hitting another three points, the Lakers beat the Nuggets 59-44 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, after the thick eyebrows made a continuous basket to 2+1, Reaves hit three points, helping the Lakers to play a wave of 9-4 lead to 20 points, Porter hit three points after the two sides alternated scores, the Lakers relied on thick eyebrows to stabilize the situation, the Lakers had a 4-minute scoring drought in the middle of the game, the Nuggets played a wave of 13-0 to narrow to within 10 points, Russell hit three points to stabilize the situation, and the Lakers ended the third quarter 79-69 Nuggets.
In the final quarter, Gordon scored a layup to continue to narrow the difference, Prince scored three points, the Nuggets relied on Murray and Jokic to play a wave of 10-1 to close to 2 points, James hit two three-pointers in a row to stabilize the situation, Gordon hit two free throws, Jokic scored 5 points in a row to close to only 1 point, the game entered a critical moment, James steals and counterattacks, Porter hit a three-point shot to tie the score, Russell hit the board, Murray hit both free throws, James broke through, Murray hit a shot, and finally the Lakers were killed by Murray.
03 Post-match analysis
Today, Ham continued to adjust the tactics of the game, from the thick eyebrows directly opposite Jokic at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Park Eyebrow announced his return, slashed 24 points in the first half to beat Jokic, and Russell found his offensive touch, 7 three-pointers in the whole game, and created a new career playoff single-game three-point high, James not only successfully sorted out the team, and insisted on playing until the last moment in the final quarter, but the thick eyebrows were invisible in the final quarter and were scored by Jokic in a row, which became the failure of the Nuggets' reversal.