On April 26, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs G3 started, the Lakers sat at home to face the Nuggets, the first two Lakers suffered two consecutive defeats away games, and the current series is 0-2 behind, especially in the last game in the case of a 20-point lead by the Nuggets reversal and whistle kill, which is a big blow to the Lakers' morale. In this game, the Lakers must go all out, otherwise they will be in a very passive situation in the face of 0-3 down, so the two sides must play very intensely in this game.
In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers at home took the lead, under the joint leadership of James and Davis, the Lakers started 8-0, the Nuggets paused to adjust, and the Nuggets scored immediately after the pause, and the two sides played back and forth, and in the second half of the first quarter, Gordon made a basket and always bit the score, and then James broke through to a layup, stretching the score to 23-17 and leading the Nuggets by 6 points, and then Rivers scored on the board, Dinwiddie made a foul and made a free throw, and the Lakers stretched the score to 10 points, with Pope hitting a three-point shot, Rivers made a foul, and Jokic scored 2+1, the Lakers ended the first quarter at 33:23 Nuggets.
In the second quarter, Murray took the lead in hitting a jump shot, and then Dinwiddie picked it up, and the two sides played 35-25 The Lakers maintained a 10-point lead, and then the two sides scored points back and forth, and then the Nuggets scored a second time to score the Nuggets to chase the score to 30-37, followed by James, Gordon scored one after another, and the two sides always maintained a point difference of about 10 points, and then the Nuggets entered a timeout, and after the timeout came back, the Nuggets significantly strengthened their ability to attack and defend at both ends, with Murray Murray's jump shot, once chased the score to 45-59, only 4 points behind the Lakers, and as James counterattacked and made a layup, Docus was fouled, and the Lakers 53:49 Nuggets, leading to end the first half.
In the third quarter of the game, the Nuggets came up to play 6-2, with Murray's layup, Porter Jr. hit a three-point shot to directly overtake the Lakers by 3 points, and the score came to 58-55 to stop the Lakers directly, and the two sides alternately pressed after the pause, and then the Nuggets played a wave of climax and directly pulled the score to 67-61, Davis threw and hit in time to stop the bleeding for the Lakers, and the Nuggets always maintained a lead of about 8 points. In the end, it was also a 112-105 victory over the Lakers.
Who is the biggest tough guy in this game and who is the soft egg, the data is clear at a glance
Lakers
Davis: 33 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal
James: 26 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 1 block
Russell: 0 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists
Rivers: 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
Hachimura: 5 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist
Vincent: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists
Prince: 7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists
Dinwiddie: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists
Nuggets
Gordon: 29 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists
Porter: 20 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists
Jokic: 24 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists
Murray: 22 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists
Pope: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist
Watson: 2 points, 1 rebound, 0 assists
Braun: 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist
Reggie: 5 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assist