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On April 26, Beijing time, the Lakers and the Nuggets launched a fierce competition in the third game of the first round of the playoffs. In the first quarter, the Lakers performed quite well, however, it was not easy to beat the powerful Nuggets in one fell swoop. Heading into the second quarter, the Nuggets' Joshua and Murray began to show their dominance. Murray's importance to the Nuggets is self-evident, and his role in the team's perimeter defense is crucial. As can be seen from today's game, Russell looked at a loss under Murray's tight defense and fell into a slump again, shooting 0 of 4, which is undoubtedly a reflection of Murray's role in the outside line.
In this ball, Murray received a one-on-one split from Jokic and hit a mid-range jumper.
This ball James gave the ball to Russell, Russell hurriedly shot, Lao Zhan was stunned for a second, why did he shoot?
The Lakers led the Nuggets by 4 points at halftime 53-49, although they played well in the first quarter, but due to Murray's outburst and Russell's slump, the Nuggets once again pressed the score closer, Zhan Mei and Xiaoli have contributed, but Russell has now become an important part of the Lakers, if he doesn't play, it will be difficult for the Lakers to win the game, Russell is still sluggish and slashed 0 points in the final quarter, and the whole game shot 0, and finally the Lakers collapsed in the third quarter, and the final quarter was unable to open the score gap, and finally the Lakers were overturned by the Nuggets.
Lakers starters: Russell, Reaves, Hachimura, James, Davis
Nuggets starters: Murray, Pope, Porter, Gordon, Jokic