At 10:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 26, the NBA playoff matchup is in full swing, and the Los Angeles Lakers are at home to face the Denver Nuggets. Before this game, the Nuggets led the Lakers 2-0, and the Nuggets won both games through reversal, and in the last G2, the Nuggets not only completed a 20-point reversal, but also beat the Lakers at the last moment, which broke the mentality of Lakers fans. I have to say that the Nuggets are still a notch better than the Lakers in terms of overall strength, on the one hand, their star Jokic is too incomprehensible, and the second-hand Murray is also a ruthless character who is strong when he is strong, and only exerts his strength at critical moments. On the other hand, the Nuggets' roster depth is quite thick, and all of the role players can shoot suddenly, attack and defend, and their athleticism is too good to be better than the Lakers.
Of course, the Lakers still have a chance to make a big comeback, after all, the Nuggets are not invulnerable, and the Nuggets have trailed the Lakers by a wide margin in the first half in the first two games. Talking about the first two games, when the team collapsed in the second half, Lakers head coach Darvin Ham also said: "Once we rewatch the game, we'll fix that problem again." We played a solid game of basketball, defended well for the first three seasons, that team was very difficult to play, you can't have any free play. The ball was touched everywhere and landed in the hands of Porter Jr., who scored a crucial three-pointer for them. We have to be focused against this team at all times. Regarding the key battle of G3, Lao Zhan also said: "We haven't played a home game for a long time, and I hope the fans are excited." ”
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Lakers are sending, Reaves, Hachimura, James and thick eyebrows, and the Nuggets are sending, Murray, Pope, Porter Jr., Gordon and Jokic. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the thick eyebrows jumped the ball to win, the Lakers took the lead in getting the ball, the thick eyebrows ate cakes in the restricted area and made a layup easily, scoring the first goal of the game, Hachimura cut the basket with one arm and took off to score, the thick eyebrows tore the basket with both hands and continued to win, James steals the fast attack, and the dragon goes straight to the basket to score two points, which is exactly the same as the previous two games, and the Lakers started with a wave of 8-0 offensive. Porter Jr. soared a three-pointer hole at a 45-degree angle on the right side to penetrate the center of the basket, and finally opened for the Nuggets.
The Nuggets' offensive end is getting better, Gordon throws himself and smashes the basket and smashes the dunk, and the thick eyebrows also turn around and make a layup after the confrontation, Jokic plays high under the basket, and scores with a small throw, James hits a single with his back to the basket and forcibly hits, and the Lakers have maintained a 10-point lead. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Nuggets by 10 points at 33-23. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Murray's high-difficulty mid-range turnover jumper helped the Nuggets take the next city, Reaves turned around and made a layup after consecutive crotch, Gordon pushed away James, half-turned hook and hit it easily, James cut the basket and made four strides to the basket to pick out two points, Gordon stepped on the snow without a trace to grab the offensive rebound, and hit a strong rebound, the Lakers reached the second quarter of the game, and the offensive efficiency of the game declined, and the interior attack was blocked continuously.
Fortunately, on the Nuggets side, the outside line was not opened, but the Nuggets also narrowed a little decline, and at halftime, the Lakers led the Nuggets by 4 points at 53-49. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Murray felt it, and hit a difficult turnover jumper, opening the third quarter of the game, Porter Jr. made a decisive three-point shot on the wing to pierce the basket and help the Nuggets overtake the score, and the thick eyebrows scored a goal with a difficult waist twist layup, and Gordon continuously cut the basket to complete the dunk score. Entering the middle of the third quarter, the Lakers completely collapsed, and the three-point shot was still repeatedly hit by iron, on the other hand, the Nuggets bloomed more, the mid-to-long-distance darts must be hit, and the three-point firepower also returned. At the same time, James and Thick Eyebrows made consecutive mistakes and were counterattacked by the Nuggets with multiple waves of fast breaks.
The Nuggets fell behind at the beginning of the third quarter to overtake the Lakers by 12 points at the end of the quarter, and after the third quarter of the game, the Nuggets led the Lakers by 8 points at 83-75. In the final quarter, the Lakers had no morale and were absent-minded, Russell's hand was a big dive compared to the previous game, and he couldn't shoot a three-pointer, the Nuggets firmly took the initiative, grasped the lead and had the last laugh, and in the end, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 105-112 at home, falling behind 0-3, and the Nuggets got the match point and basically advanced in advance. Never before in the history of the NBA has a team come back from 3-0 down in the playoffs.
In terms of statistics, on the Nuggets side, Jokic had 24 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists, Murray had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, Porter Jr. had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, and Gordon had 29 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists. On the Lakers' side, Thick Eyebrows scored 33 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists, James had 26 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, Russell scored 0 points on 0-of-7 shooting, and Reaves had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.