On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs G3 continued to unfold, and the Lakers returned to their home court to play against the Nuggets. In this game, the Lakers still started strongly, taking an 8-0 lead when they came up, and then they have been suppressing the defending champions, taking a maximum of 12 points ahead, but unfortunately the three-point hand is not good, and the halftime difference is only 4 points. In the second half, the Nuggets fought back wildly, and the Lakers were powerless to resist. In the end, the Nuggets defeated the Lakers 112-105 and took a 3-0 lead.
The two teams did not make any adjustments in the starting lineup in this game, and the Lakers made adjustments to Jokic's defense, and James continued to help defend successfully, and as he counterattacked and dunked, he made an 8-0 start. Then Jokic got 2 fouls early, and the Lakers began to take the initiative on the court, but unfortunately the outside felt poorly and could not further open the difference, and took a 10-point lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Nuggets recovered and began to close the point difference, on the other hand, the Lakers could only score points by impacting the inside, and the outside just couldn't shoot, and the Nuggets fell behind 49-53 after the half.
Yibian fought again, the Lakers' offense still did not improve, on the other hand, the Nuggets found their touch on the outside, Murray and Reggie hit three points one after another, directly overtaking the score and taking the initiative, fortunately, James and Davis scored points to stabilize the situation, but after the third quarter, they were already 8 points behind. In the final quarter, the Nuggets still took the initiative, Prince hit a three-pointer, James finally opened a three-pointer, but the defense still couldn't limit the Nuggets' offense, and the point difference was in double digits, and finally the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 105-112, and the series fell behind 0-3.
In this game, the Lakers still drove high and low, and Zhan Mei still played well, scoring 59 points together, but he still couldn't lead the team to victory. This time, James got 26 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, and Davis got 33 points and 15 rebounds, but unfortunately all his teammates around him were lost, including Russell who didn't score a point in 7 of 0, and the last three points kept hitting iron, and he was booed by the audience, and he really couldn't stand it.
The Nuggets blossomed more, with 4 players on the team scoring 20+, of which Gordon was full of firepower, scoring 29 points and 15 rebounds. Jokic, on the other hand, didn't shoot too much on the offensive end, scoring 24 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists on 9-of-13 shooting, Murray scoring 22 points and 9 assists, and Porter Jr. scoring 20 points and 10 rebounds.