The NBA playoffs continue today with the Los Angeles Lakers returning home to host the Denver Nuggets.
In this game, the Lakers are fighting with their backs, they lost all of their first two away games, and there is no way back. In Game 2, the Lakers had already prepared for the game to the extreme, with James, Anthony Davis and Russell all giving their all, contributing the vast majority of points, but were still killed by Murray.
In this game, the Lakers were hoping to use their home advantage to overpower the Nuggets, and they did maintain their lead in the first half. But the problem with the Lakers is that the rotation lineup is too weak to stop the Nuggets from fighting back. Entering the second half, the Lakers were physically exhausted, and the bench players could not bring enough points, so the Nuggets overtook as soon as they made a force.
The Nuggets went 34-22 in the third quarter to overtake the Lakers 112-105 and take a 3-0 lead.
In the NBA playoffs, the situation of falling behind 0-3 is basically irretrievable, and it is too difficult to reverse, you need to win 4 games in a row, and you can't make any mistakes. For the current Lakers, it's not a question of whether they can make mistakes, it's that they need to play at a super level, and then the Nuggets keep making mistakes.
James' performance in this game can only be described as average, contributing 26 points and 9 assists, Brother Bush scored 33 points and 15 rebounds, and Reaves scored 22 points, but Russell's performance was poor, playing 24 minutes without scoring and being blown up by the Nuggets on the guard line.
James has little hope left this season, and the time for him is getting less and less. Perhaps the driving force that supports James to continue playing in the NBA is his son Bronny's draft, right?