On April 26, Beijing time, in the first round of the NBA playoffs in the West, the Los Angeles Lakers played away against the Denver Nuggets. Before the game, the Nuggets had a 2-0 lead, and today they will definitely want to go further and get the match point directly, while the Lakers, on the other hand, have no way back, and they must do their best to win the home game to make the score 1-2, otherwise the team will have little chance of falling behind 0-3 in the face of the defending champions. After a fierce competition, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 105-112 at home. A roundup of the halftime and Lakers player reviews are below.
Both starters
Lakers: James, Davis, Russell, Rivers, Hachimura
Nuggets: Jokic, Murray, Porter Jr., Gordon, Pope
The whole process of the competition
At the beginning of the game, the thick eyebrows made a layup, Hachimura hit a violent dunk, the thick eyebrows dunked again, James counterattacked and hit a violent dunk, and the Lakers got off to a dream start with 8-0. Pope made a three-point shot from a distance to stop the bleeding, Gordon scored a dunk in the air, and thick eyebrows and James hit layups one after another, and the Lakers made it 14-5 Nuggets. Jokic scored 4 points in a row, James, Gordon, and Jokic each scored 2 points, the Nuggets chased the score to 13-18 with a wave of 8-4 offense, Hachimura hit a three-point shot, Gordon scored 4 points in a row inside, James hit a basket, Rivers made a jumper, and the Lakers led the Nuggets 25-17. Pope hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc, Jokic scored 2+1 inside, thick eyebrows strongly blocked Watson, Rivers threw a shot, and the first quarter ended, and the Lakers led the Nuggets by 10 points at 33-23.
In the second quarter, Murray hit a shot as soon as he came up, Dinwiddie and Rivers broke through to shoot back, Gordon hit a hook shot, Murray threw himself and grabbed a basket, and the Nuggets chased the score to 30-37. James and Gordon each made layups, Prince and Reggie hit shots one after another, thick eyebrows hit baskets, Braun made a layup to make it 2+1, James singled Pope to score, Vincent and Murray each hit shots, and with Porter Jr. throwing a shot, the Nuggets chased the score to 41-47. Jokic dunked, James hit a strong layup, and as Gordon hit a layup, the Lakers led the Nuggets by four points at halftime 53-49.
In the second half, it was a familiar plot again, and the Nuggets suddenly made a force in the third quarter, beating the Lakers 34-22 in a single quarter. The Lakers failed to close the gap in the final quarter, and finally lost to the Nuggets 105-112, and the series fell into a 0-3 desperate situation.
The Lakers' comments after the game are as follows↓
James (full score)
James, who started the game, scored 8 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 4-of-4 shooting in a single quarter in the first quarter, and was on the line at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. At the end of the half, James shot 7 of 9, got 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 1 block, with a plus/minus of +5 at halftime. At the end of the game, James made 12 of 20 shots, scored 26 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals, 3 turnovers and 1 block, with a plus-minus of -8 in the whole game, and the overall performance can be rated as a perfect score!
Davis (full score)
Davis, who started the game, was in good form in the first quarter, scoring 12 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal on 4-of-7 shooting, and 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal on 6-of-11 shooting at halftime, with a plus/minus of +7 at halftime. At the end of the game, Davis made 14 of 23 shots, scored 33 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 0 blocks, with a plus/minus of -4 in the whole game, and the overall performance can be rated as a perfect score!
Russell (Crash)
Russell, who started the game, played poorly in the first half. At the end of the half, he missed all 4 shots, only got 0 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover, and the offensive end was too iron, with a plus/minus of +7 at halftime. At the end of the game, Russell made 0 of 7 shots, got 0 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 1 block, with a plus-minus of -6 in the whole game, and the overall performance has collapsed!
Hachimura (Pass)
Hachimura, who started the game, performed well in the first half, and at the end of the half, Hachimura shot 2 of 3, got 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 turnover, and the halftime plus/minus was +2. At the end of the game, Hachimura shot 2 of 4, scored 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 0 steals, 1 turnover and 0 blocks, with a plus/minus of -12 in the whole game, and the overall performance can be rated as passing!
Rivers (Crash)
Rivers, who started the game, was in acceptable offensive form in the half, shooting 3 of 8, getting 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, with a half-time plus-minus of +4, and the full-court game was over, Rivers shot 8 of 17, got 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, 0 turnovers and 0 blocks, and the plus-minus value of the whole game was -4.
Prince (Crash)
Prince, who came off the bench, had a mediocre half, scoring two points on 1-of-3 shooting at halftime, with a halftime plus/minus of -8. At the end of the game, Prince shot 3 of 7, got 7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 0 steals, 0 turnovers and 0 blocks, and the plus/minus value of the whole game was -4.
Vincent (Pass)
Vincent, who came off the bench, had a mediocre performance in the first half, shooting 1 of 2 in the half, scoring 2 points and 4 rebounds, and a plus/minus of +3 in the half. At the end of the game, Vincent made 2 of 4 shots, got 4 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 turnovers and 0 blocks, with a plus/minus of 0 in the whole game, and his overall performance was barely rated as passing!
Dinwiddie (Crash)
Dinwiddie, who came off the bench, did not perform well in the half, shooting only 1 of 4 in the half, scoring 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, with a plus/minus of 0 in the half. At the end of the game, Dinwiddie made 3 of 8 shots, got 8 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 steals, 0 turnovers and 0 blocks, and the plus/minus value of the whole game was +3, and the overall performance was rated as a collapse!
Conclusion and next steps:
At this point, we redefine the performance of the Lakers players in this game: James and thick eyebrows 2 performed with perfect marks, Hachimura and Rivers 2 performed passing, and the performance of the other 4 collapsed. After this game, I hope that the Lakers can successfully win a home game, so that the suspense of the series is rekindled, and the four games between the two sides will continue to be played at the Lakers' home court on April 28, Beijing time. In a word: believe in James, support thick eyebrows, come on Lakers!
One point of the statement is that the rating of the core players of the Lakers team this time is based on the objective performance on the court, and there is no intention to praise or maliciously belittle a player.