Today!NBA 3 games, Lakers VS Nuggets, can they lose 3 in a row? James + thick eyebrows PK Jokic
On the morning of April 26 (Friday, today), Beijing time, the first round of the 2023-2024 NBA (American Professional Basketball League) playoffs (Eastern and Western quarterfinals) continued, and the third round (G3) will stage 3 matchups, according to the format, the series is a best-of-seven series. Because it is not the NBA broadcast day of China Central Radio and Television, there are no live broadcast plans on major CCTV sports platforms, including CCTV5, and local stations such as Shanghai Five Star Sports will not broadcast live on TV. Two of the two platforms will be broadcast live on the web and on mobile!
At 10 o'clock in the morning, a key matchup in the third round of the Western Conference quarterfinals was staged at the famous Staples Center Arena, and the Purple and Gold Los Angeles Lakers returned to their home court to defeat the defending champion Denver Nuggets. In the Western Conference regular season, the Nuggets were second and tied with the championship-winning Oklahoma City Thunder at 57-25, and the Lakers were originally eighth in the West, but defeated the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round of the play-offs and staged a series matchup with the Nuggets. Last season, the two teams met in the Western Conference Finals, and the Lakers were swept 4-0 by the Nuggets.
In the previous two matchups, the Lakers both lost on the road, losing the first leg 103-114. In the second round, the Lakers started strongly, leading by 15 points at 59-44 in the first half, and the Nuggets launched a counterattack in the second half, achieving a comeback in the final quarter and finally winning by two points 101-99.
The Lakers only had three double-doubles, Anthony Davis got a double-double, scoring a game-high 32 points, plus 11 rebounds and 2 assists, the 40-year-old LeBron James got 26 points, 12 assists and 8 rebounds with a quasi-triple-double data, Russell got 23 points and 6 assists, and the little Japanese mixed-race player Hachimura only scored 3 points in the start.
The Nuggets scored in double figures, Serbian center Jokic, nicknamed by Chinese fans, had a triple-double of 27 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists, and Porter and Murray scored 22 and 20 points, respectively.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, in the third round of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, the Cleveland Cavaliers led by Mitchell played away against the Orlando Magic, which focuses on young players, and the Cavaliers led 2-0 in the overall score and will hit the match point for advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
At 7:30 a.m., in the first round of the Eastern Conference in the playoffs, G3, the Philadelphia 76ers hosted the New York Knicks, and it was broadcast live across the United States. The 76ers led by Embiid and Maxey fell behind 0-2 on aggregate, and the situation is not optimistic, and they will go all out in this game.
What are the results of today's three NBA playoffs?