Despite the excellent performances of Anthony Davis, LeBron James and D'Angelo Russell, the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a comeback in Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs on Wednesday, losing 2-0 to the Denver Nuggets.
Coincidentally, Jamal Murray's killer shot was right in front of the Nuggets' bench, so when the shot was hit, the Nuggets' bench players rushed into the court to celebrate, which made Lakers center Anthony Davis, who was close to Murray, unlucky, and the Nuggets celebrating actually knocked him off the bench and put him at risk of accidental injury.
However, at the most critical moment, a familiar face appeared in front of Brother Thick Eyebrows, that is, Nuggets guard Caldwell Pope, the former Lakers player immediately noticed Brother Thick Eyebrows' dangerous situation, rushed up and pushed away his teammate Justin Holiday next to him, so as not to step on Brother Thick Eyebrows' feet, and stretched out his arms to protect Brother Thick Eyebrows and let him leave.
Pope was a key member of the Lakers' 2020 championship and was teammates with Bushy for a while. The fact that he was able to realize the unexpected that his former teammates might face while his teammates were celebrating like crazy shows who he is and what kind of person he is.
In fact, Pope didn't have a good time in Game 2, scoring just six points in the game, but it was his dunk against Torrion Prince that ignited the emotions of the crowd as the Nuggets closed the difference. And the thick eyebrows, who almost suffered an accident, even though he took on the heavy task of defending Nicola Jokic, the star of the Nuggets, and also suffered a serious foul problem, he still did his best to score 32 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers.
Obviously, the big guy wants the Lakers to win and not go back to Los Angeles with a 0-2 deficit, but no one will blame him for this game, he has given his all, and it is still nice to see Pope take care of his former teammates like this.
Bushy was in a bad mood after Game 2, where the Lakers were beaten by 20 points at one point, and he said in his post-game press conference: "Now we just need to focus on Game 3." We've proven what we're capable of, but we've also had difficult times when we didn't know what we were doing on both ends of the pitch and that's the price we paid. We have two days to get ready and win the third game on Friday. ”
The two teams will move to the Lakers' home court this Friday for Game 3, and if the Lakers can't win this game, then their season is basically over.