On April 21, the NBA playoffs, the Lakers visited the Denver Plateau to challenge the Nuggets, and the Lakers have faced the Nuggets in 8 consecutive games without a win since the two teams met in the West.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Nuggets took the lead, Jokic received Murray's pass and flew to the basket to score, seeing that the team was off to an uncertain start, James watched the six-way assist and responded strongly, and then personally killed Murray to score two points, Russell also felt good, hitting two points on the front throwing board, and three points from the outside. In the first timeout, the Lakers took a 13-8 advantage and came back from the timeout, Watson scored a three-pointer on the left side to stop the bleeding for the Nuggets in time, but James immediately hit a three-pointer from the outside to fight back, and the Lakers ended the first quarter with a 33-25 lead over the Nuggets.
Back in the second quarter, Murray fired head-on and chased down the three-point shot to start chasing points, but Russell immediately threw a two-point shot and also colored, Jordan Jr. took off and dunked again, Murray connected with Huang Zhong and forced a shot to attack the outside again, but the Lakers also refused to back down, the thick eyebrows threw the basket and made a shot, and then scored two points at the free throw line, James broke the ball and counterattacked a dragon gliding layup easily, fortunately, the Nuggets found their state in time, Porter Jr. found the crosshair on the outside, and the three-point force pulled to narrow the contrast, Gordon counterattacked and assisted Reggie in the bottom corner to hit the bull's-eye, and then borrowed Jokic to feed the cake, folding and flying dunks in the air, and the Nuggets played a wave of 10 : 0, although the thick eyebrows responded to the second offensive dunk under the basket in a timely manner, James carried the offense alone, scored a three-strong layup on the front, and then scored a three-point shot from the outside beyond the long pressure whistle, and at halftime, the Lakers led the Nuggets by 3 points 60-57.
At the beginning of the second half, Pope continued to fire, receiving the ball with three points and hitting the bull's-eye to erase the difference, Porter Jr. hit the shot steadily, Murray broke through the cover and threw it into the middle of the march, although James hung the basket under the thick eyebrows to stabilize the army's heart, but the Nuggets are shining stars, Murray still feels the same, chasing three points and scoring strongly, Jokic is not afraid of thick eyebrows and high rubbing the board, Porter Jr. receives the ball on the outside line and decisively pulls out the shot, Gordon receives Jokic on the bottom line and assists in the empty catch and smashes the dunk, fortunately, James decisively impacts Jokic 2+1 arrived in time to stop the bleeding, but the Nuggets' offense did not decrease, Pope fired three consecutive three-point shots, Jokic took what he wanted inside, turned over and shot steadily to score, although Prince stepped forward and made a three-point hole through the net, the Lakers ended the third quarter with 78-89 behind the Nuggets by 11 points.
In the fourth quarter of the decisive battle, Murray scored a layup inside, Russell found his state and scored three points in the air, seeing that the situation was not right, Murray grabbed three points and hit steadily, Braun scored easily under the basket, but the Lakers still worked hard, thick eyebrows threw themselves and grabbed themselves, and scored two plus one with a strong basket, Prince scored two points and scored two points quickly, and the Lakers pulled back the suspense of the game again, and then the two sides started a tug-of-war, Jokic hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc, Rivers immediately blocked and broke through the horse archery to win two plus one, Porter Jr. made a three-point shot through Yang, Rivers received the ball at the top of the arc and shot three points in response, but the Lakers missed the opportunity in a row in the key round, and the Nuggets continued to fight back, James accidentally slipped and almost injured when he broke through, shocking the Lakers in a cold sweat, and finally the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 103-114.
The Nuggets reversed the Lakers to win their first win, leading their opponents 1-0, although the Lakers failed to break the curse, but James will definitely make adjustments in the next game, and it will be interesting to see if the Lakers can equalize the score!
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