On April 26, Beijing time, in the first round of the 2023-24 NBA playoffs, G3 was in full swing, and the Los Angeles Lakers returned to their home court with a score of 0-2 and ushered in the third game with the Nuggets. In the last game, the Lakers once saw the hope of winning, but at the last moment, Murray was powerful, equalized the score several times, and finally shot a 2-point reversal, the Lakers swallowed a bitter loss, and also suffered a 10-game losing streak against the Nuggets! In terms of starters, the Lakers are still led by Zhan Mei's dual core, and the Nuggets are also the main attackers. Can the Lakers get one city back?
In the first quarter, the Lakers showed a strong desire to win as soon as they came up, scoring 8 points in a row to stop the Nuggets, and James played a key role on both offensive and defensive ends. After the timeout, Porter hit a 3-point shot to break the drought, Gordon made a rebound, and at the critical moment, thick eyebrows and James cut 6 points in a row to open the gap again!Jokic used free throws to open the scoring account, and then cut the air again! James broke through and scored a layup, Gordon and Jokic teamed up to cut another 4 points to narrow the difference, directly stopping the Lakers! After the timeout, the Lakers withstood the Nuggets' counterattack and led by 10 points at 33-23 in the first quarter;
In the second quarter, Murray took the lead in leaning back and hit, Dinwiddie and Reaves teamed up to score 4 points to continue to open up the difference; after that, the Nuggets turned on the counterattack mode, Murray scored 3 points in a row, Gordon made a basket to continue the firepower, and the Lakers shouted to stop again! During this period of time, the Lakers' outside line was dumb, and the Nuggets played very reasonably with Jokic as the axis, eating away at the Lakers' lead step by step; At halftime, the Lakers led by four points at 53-49;
Yibian fought again, the Lakers still felt cold on the outside in this quarter, and Russell was still "water-pulled". The Nuggets continued to simmer slowly, and the point difference gradually overtook them! The battle reached 51-55, Porter made 2 free throws and 2 hits, Murray and Porter burst into and out shots to continue to score 5 points, and the Nuggets completed the overtake in one fell swoop! After that, the Nuggets continued to exert their strength, and the inside and outside firepower were opened, constantly widening the point difference; after the third quarter, the Nuggets led 83-75 to 8 points!
IN THE FINAL QUARTER, JAMES HIT A JUMPER, PORTER ANSWERED BALL! WATSON CONTINUED TO FIRE, PORTER LEANED BACK AND HIT AGAIN, AND THE DIFFERENCE CAME TO DOUBLE DIGITS! THICK EYEBROWS AND JAMES GOT FREE THROWS IN A ROW, BUT THE NUGGETS WERE COMPLETELY SPENT, AND PORTER DUNKED AGAIN! AT THE CRITICAL MOMENT, PRINCE SCORED 5 POINTS IN A ROW TO NARROW THE DIFFERENCE, JOKIC ASSISTED PORTER TO RETREAT AND HIT A JUMPER; AFTER THAT, THE NUGGETS ENTERED THE STAGE OF "FIRE AND JUICE" AND CONTINUED TO OPEN THE DIFFERENCE. In the end, the Lakers were unable to reverse the defeat, and the score was fixed at 112-105. The Lakers lost another game at home, and also swallowed 11 consecutive defeats against the Nuggets, falling behind 0-3 with a big score.
Statistics:
In this game, the Nuggets scored 20+ points, including Gordon 29 points, 15 boards, 3 assists and 1 steal, Murray 22 points, 5 boards, 8 assists and 1 block, Porter 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Jokic 23 points, 15 boards, 9 assists and 1 steal, Pope 5 points, 1 board, 1 assist and 2 steals;
On the Lakers' side, James had 26 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, thick eyebrows 33 points, 15 boards, 3 assists and 1 steal, Reaves 22 points, 4 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals, Hachimura 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Russell scored 0 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 0-of-7 shooting, and Dinwiddie had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.