In the NBA playoffs, the Nuggets will fight the Lakers again at home! The Nuggets have a win, if they can win this game, they can complete the most basic tasks, but if they lose, it will be very dangerous, and the home court advantage will be given to the opponent, and the Lakers' home court is very terrifying. If the Lakers lose, it will be difficult for them to turn the tables after falling behind 0-2, so this game must be won, there is no way back, and it will be ruined.
In the first half, the Lakers beat the Nuggets 59-44 and broke out an upset! I really didn't expect it to be such a rhythm, the defending champion, the nemesis of the Lakers, this time it didn't work. In the 24 minutes, the Lakers' Russell and Davis performed perfectly, the former opened the situation for the team with a supernatural three-point shot, and the latter exploded Jokic with a single point, one outside and one inside, dominating the game. There are a lot of undercover agents on the Nuggets' side, except for Jokic, Gordon and Porter, the other players are not in shape, and the three-point shot is 0 of 13, which is outrageous, even more exaggerated than Klay, and wastes a lot of assists on Jokic.
After adjusting in the second half, Davis still had no solution and blew up the Nuggets' interior line. Murray's side is still in bad shape, and Reaves also came with three points, and the difference came to 20 points. Porter stopped the bleeding with three points at the top of the arc, but Murray still couldn't score, and tonight was too stretched. Jokic made free throws and struggled with Porter. Then Porter's three-pointer was also broken, and the two open spots were not shot, and the Lakers gave the ball to Davis to solve the problem, and it was as steady as Tarzan. Murray continued to play iron, but the Lakers' offense also stopped, Davis and Russell also missed consecutive shots, and the Nuggets took the lead in finding their rhythm, or looked at Mr. Yoo, 61-74 to stop Ham.
James still didn't attack, Murray counterattacked with three points or missed, Davis made a pass error, Gordon didn't have three points, Reaves didn't throw, and Pope counterattacked and dunked. Davis didn't have it in the middle distance, Jokic missed back, Davis covered for a foul, Jokic hit Hachimura with his back, and the difference returned to single digits, a wave of 13-0. LaSalle finally hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, Jokic trained Hachimura and James made free throws, and the Lakers entered the final quarter with a 10-point advantage.
In the final 12 minutes, the Nuggets hit the inside, and Gordon and Braun were tough. The Lakers looked at three-pointers, Prince had them, but Russell didn't, and the pass was wrong. Jokic and Davis returned at the same time, James went down to rest, and the Nuggets seized the opportunity to counterattack and convert, further narrowing the point difference. Davis missed, Jokic didn't have mid-range, Hachimura hit one of two free throws, and Murray came from mid-range. Davis forced to attack no, Murray wiped the board to score, a one-goal gap. James hit back-to-back three-pointers, which was invaluable and stabilized the situation. Murray and Pope didn't respond on three-pointers, back to an eight-point gap.
Gordon hit both free throws, and Jokic threw himself in a steal. James hit a difficult three-pointer, but unfortunately missed the free throw, and Jokic hit Davis to score. Reaves is a difficult mid-range, and Murray lays up an empty basket. Hachimura didn't have a three-pointer, and Jokic continued to train Davis, with a one-point difference. Reaves missed a three-pointer, and Murray missed a steal by James, but Porter converted a three-pointer to tie the score.
The two sides returned to the same running line, Russell scored high, Murray made James's foul, James broke through for a layup, Murray was mid-range, James did not have a big empty three-pointer, Murray struck a shot, defeated the Lakers 101-99, and led 2-0.
Du Feng once said: 20 points is nothing! Indeed, this sentence is more applicable in the NBA, although the Lakers played extraordinarily, once leading to 20 points, but still lost to the Nuggets, this is fate. When Murray completed the kill, the Lakers were desperate, James was very frustrated, very depressed, very unwilling, and worked hard for the whole game, but lost at the last moment, which was too uncomfortable. It's basically hard to fall behind 0-2, and as long as you lose one at home, it's over.