Today, the Lakers lost 105-112 to the Nuggets at home, and the first round of the playoffs has fallen behind 0-3 against the Nuggets, which is the Lakers' 11th consecutive loss against the Nuggets. If nothing else, the Lakers will also be swept 4-0 by defending champions the Nuggets this season and suffer a playoff round.
There have been 151 0-3 first-round playoff games in NBA history, and only four times the teams that trailed by the big score chased the score to 3-3, but they all lost in the tiebreaker, and there was no precedent for a comeback. The 39-year-old James and the Lakers will hardly have any more miracles, being swept by the same team in the playoffs for two consecutive seasons, the Lakers are still meeting for the first time, and James has also met his biggest sufferer after joining the Western team, that is, Jokic and the Nuggets he leads.
Although Davis has repeatedly played the level of the most powerful forward in the league, and the 39-year-old man has frequently exerted strength, it is difficult to beat four hands with two fists, and the gap in comprehensive strength between the Lakers and the Nuggets is too great, and it is only a matter of time before the Lakers are defeated. In the series, the G2 Lakers once led by 20 points at the Nuggets' home court, and they had the hope of winning that game, but they were gradually tied by the Nuggets in the second half of the game, even if James dreamed of returning to the 29-year-old and becoming full Zhan, it didn't help, with Murray's mid-range shot hitting the whistle, the Lakers were killed, which was also the only game that the Lakers could win in this series, and the Lakers had no chance of winning after missing the opportunity.
Since the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs last season, the Lakers were swept 0-4 by the Nuggets, and then the Lakers lost all four games against the Nuggets in the regular season this season, and the first round of the playoffs against the Nuggets was 0-3, and the Lakers are now on an 11-game losing streak against the Nuggets. In the three games of the playoffs this season, James averaged 26.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 9.7 assists per game, and Davis averaged 32.3 points, 13.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, and the two of them combined for 49 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assists in a game, accounting for almost half of the team's data. Not to mention the bench players.
When James first entered the NBA and was in the Cavaliers, the biggest sufferers should be the "Green Army" Celtics, as well as the Spurs and Duncan; after going to the Heat, he entered the Finals for four consecutive years and won two championships, and lost to Nowitzki's Mavericks and Duncan's Spurs in the two years without winning the championship; and then returned to the Cavaliers Finals against the Warriors and Curry/Durant, and then went to the Lakers, the biggest obstacle to him so far is the Nuggets and Jokic.
As a rising star, Jokic's skills are very comprehensive, as a center in the organization has height, passing, and three-point shooting ability, is an amplified version of Doncic, such a player is very difficult to limit, and there are few players like this in NBA history. Tall and strong, with strength, skill and shooting, Jokic should be the first. Previously, Jokic won two consecutive MVPs and 1 championship and Finals FMVP, and the current MVP vote this season is also likely to be Jokic's, such a player is also rare in the NBA for ten years, James can play against such a player at the end of his career and win each other (James defeated the Nuggets in the 2020 Western Conference Finals, and defeated the Heat in the Finals to win the championship), which should be a very happy thing.
James is likely to be a playoff runner this season, but it is certain that he will not retire and will continue to fight and continue to write his own legend.