When James tried to become a hero in the city, once again stretching his bow and arrows from the outside, hoping to hit the third three-pointer of the fourth quarter, the basketball did not go as he wanted, perhaps because of physical exertion, maybe it was the exhaustion of luck, and the basketball smashed out of the frame. After the Nuggets collected the rebound in the backcourt, Malone did not call a timeout, trusting Jokic and Murray's ability to handle the ball. Murray advanced with the ball, facing Davis's defense, after Murray staggered, he chose to throw a difficult two-point shot from his back, and the ball crossed the Denver Plateau, drawing a perfect arc and pressing the whistle. Murray, who fell to the ground, cried with joy and was extremely excited, while on the other side, Davis, who was struggling to defend, also fell to the ground, but he looked so lonely and sad.
This is basketball, this is competitive sports, some people cheer, some people are sad. But the protagonist of the story is never achieved overnight, it seems to be a blockbuster performance, but in fact, it is ten years of sharpening a sword, although before throwing this killer shot, Jamal Murray was in a slump throughout the game, and even in the last round, he was once stolen by James because of hesitation, and almost became the team's sinner, but looking back, Porter Jr.'s unreasonable three-point shot once made James who struggled to defend helpless, at this time, the balance of victory has begun to tilt.
Lakers As two rival teams in the West, the Nuggets have been destined to have grievances and hatreds between the two teams since the 2019-20 season, when the two teams fought in the divisional finals of the park, and the Lakers also advanced to the finals stage by defeating the Nuggets, and defeated the dark horse Heat, winning the first championship trophy after the combination of Zhan Mei, in the 2022-23 season, the Nuggets defeated the Lakers in the divisional finals to achieve revenge, and the finals stage also faced the dark horse team Heat, relying on the Heat who defeated the Black Eight Miracle, won the first championship trophy in team history, Jokic was also a god and became the MVP of the regular season, the championship trophy, and the finals FMVP are all in one, and he is also another superstar who has achieved such a great and legendary moment after Zhan Dukuzi.
A similar fate has made the two teams have inexplicable and unexplained grievances and hatreds. But since entering 2023, counting this loss, the Nuggets have achieved an embarrassing record of ten consecutive kills for the Lakers, although every time the Lakers are close to breaking the curse, in the G2 series, the Lakers are leading by up to 20 points, especially when Murray has almost fallen to the bottom, Davis is the god of the park, completely playing an unstoppable situation, and even in the face of Jokic, he once had the upper hand, which also allowed the Lakers to firmly control the rhythm of the game.
Not only that, Russell, who became a sinner in the last game, also woke up in time, and the successive three-point shots helped the team to establish an early lead, a reasonable way to shoot, and a performance that did not overstep his authority, all of which made the young star play extremely sophisticated and perfect, and in the half game, the Lakers relied on the magical play of Davis and Russell, leading the opponent by as many as 13 points, completely pressing Denver to the floor and rubbing it.
In the second half, the situation changed abruptly, and the Nuggets gradually recovered, during this time, Ham left Vincent and Dinwiddie on the court, which once gave the Nuggets a chance to recover, and at the critical moment, Murray hit two points or broke through the restricted area to score in the early stages of the fourth quarter, so that the player who felt cold throughout the game once gave Murray a chance to warm up because of Ham's relaxation of vigilance in the connecting section, and it also became the fuse to complete the lore at the last moment.
As a scoring maniac, once Murray's hand is raised, this big-hearted player can shoot the performance of a superstar, which is also an important factor for the Nuggets to win the championship last season, the trust of Mr. Yo, and Murray's own personality allow him to stand up at critical moments, even if the first 20 shots are 0, Murray is still not soft, which also shapes the city hero and completes the moment of self-redemption. This is what Murray can bring to the Nuggets, and it will also be the value and strength of the most outstanding assistant around Mr. Yoo, Murray's glimpse of the performance can also be described as worth a thousand gold, making James's previous two amazing three-pointers seem so white, and it has also become a fatal blow to destroy the Lakers' giants.
Perhaps, the laxity of Murray in the last moment will be Ham's only mistake, and it will also be a big mistake, so that the Lakers' entire efforts will come to naught. Both games seem to have gone through the same script, the Lakers led into the second half in the first half, although the G2 advantage is more obvious, but the tenacity of the Nuggets, as well as Davis, James's sudden loss in the second half, have become an important factor for the team to be chased closer.
In the G1 series, James suddenly lost fire in the second half, and after G2 Davis also played a supernatural performance in the first half, Ham suddenly did not arrange more tactical cooperation for him in the second half, but at the critical moment, he successively let Reeves, Russell, these role players, decided the game, precisely because the performance of the two in the final moments became an important factor in the team's loss, although the two still gave some responses, but compared to Davis's influence after the goal, the two obviously could not achieve such a murderous sense of sight, so Ham's two games, the performance of the tiger and the tail of the tiger, also became an important factor for the Lakers to swallow two consecutive defeats.
Although swallowing two defeats away from home does not mean the end of the world, but in two consecutive games, the Lakers are taking the initiative in the second half, after he adjusted, suddenly dumb fire, which undoubtedly shows that Ham's on-the-spot command has a great error, obviously, Zhan Mei's deterrence will be an important factor in being able to lead the two games, but Ham wants to activate the energy of role players after occupying the initiative, and defeat the powerful Nuggets with team strength, such an idea not only makes Zhan Mei's hand feel cool, but also makes the Nuggets smell the opportunity to chase the score, as a championship team, a season in the face of the Lakers, no defeat team on the trial lineupHamm's bold attempt is helpless.
Compared with the loss of two games, the fact of returning to Los Angeles 0-2, Hamchi's wonderful tactics are the facts that the Lakers are most worried about. When Zhan Mei played superstar performances in both games, and even almost exhausted, the Lakers still failed because of Ham's unacceptable tactics in the second half, which made it difficult for people to calm down. In the two games, James scored 53 points, Davis scored 64 points, so hard to win, but the Lakers are hard to win, such an embarrassing moment, even if you return to Los Angeles, it is difficult to have a more miraculous thing.
Especially in the case of such a desperate effort, still did not win any results, and after being killed by Murray, the lonely expression of the Lakers team has explained everything, although this round of the series is still continuing, but for the Lakers, losing the game in this way twice in a row, especially in the face of the haze of ten consecutive defeats, the Lakers want to get out of such a predicament, it is almost difficult to climb to the sky, especially in the case that Zhan Mei has been tired to the point of collapse, the Lakers still can't shake the field of the Nuggets, the Lakers have reached the end of the road, especially Ham's knife-like coaching performance, but all the efforts to destroy the Lakers with their own hands。
Russell and Reaves are not impossible to be the team's top soldiers, but at the critical moment, when the Nuggets all revolve around Jokic and Murray, the Lakers completely handed over the ball to two role players. Russellling's smashing performance, the decisive moment, should have been a superstar to decide the trend of the game, even if it loses, the team will have no regrets, but the Lakers let the two stunned young people decide the life and death of the Lakers, such a decision is obviously extremely unreasonable, and it will also make the team fall into a more chaotic situation and become the culprit of the team's loss.
The big score of 0-2, after Zhan Mei tried his best, the fact that the Lakers are still hard to win, these objective factors have become a mountain that prevents Los Angeles from winning the series, although the Lakers are still in the game, but they have experienced the fact that they have fallen from the altar twice, which has made the Lakers tired and mentally fluctuating, especially after Davis played a superstar performance, Ham suddenly changed his tactics and no longer attacked around Davis, so that Davis's hot hand was completely lost, and Davis could only be tired of running and becoming an invisible man who turned back and forth.
Although James's performance at the last moment of the game was shocking, but the tired play at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends did make the 39-year-old man haggard, even if James has never been defeated by time, he does not seem to belong to the star of this dimension, but the physical fatigue is still visible to the naked eye, after all, the ten-year-old Jokic has been gasping for breath, not to mention the aging James, facing a more dangerous test, and the fact that the team is more dependent on James, which makes his physical consumption more intense, and also makes James's physical fitness drop suddenly, but even so, he can still complete the dunk in the air after stealing Murray。
But the tenacious Denver people never admit defeat, Porter's chasing three-pointer and Murray's stunner completely became the life-saving straw that overwhelmed James, so that the little emperor who never bowed to fate could only choose to accept the fact of defeat. In the next game, for the Lakers, they have been forced into Liangshan, but Ham's wonderful tactical combination punches, as well as the physical and psychological fatigue of the two giants, will become an important factor in whether the team can break the ice and even get rid of the Nuggets for the Lakers' undefeated golden body.
If the team's previous loss Davis's poor performance became the initiator of the team's defeat to the opponent, this time Davis, who went all out, will be impeccable, and James is also playing the most desperate game of his career, Zhan Mei's best efforts, as well as the efforts of role players, will not be ignored, only Hamm's grandstanding coaching performance has made it an important factor in the polarization of the team, if Ham continues to operate so strangely, he will personally destroy Zhan Mei's efforts, and will also hand over the victory to others, so that Denver can easily advance to the division semifinals。