On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs were in full swing. The Lakers returned to their home court after two consecutive games, G3 for the Lakers, it can be described as a desperate bet, the game began, Zhan Mei blocked and dismantled, Davis took the lead, and once again became the starting style of the Los Angeles people, and also let the Lakers continue to turn the clouds and rain under such a wave of attacks, and lay a solid foundation for the team's lead in the first half.
Zhan Mei's performance is still convincing, but Russell, who played bravely in the last game, completely lost his competitiveness after returning to Los Angeles, and lost his crosshairs on the outside one after another, making him lost again, and the slump on the offensive end also made Russell completely targeted on the defensive end.
At the last moment, when there were 4 minutes left in the game, Russell was attacking again, but the Lakers had not yet settled, and a three-point shot from nine meters away became the fuse for the Lakers to sound the death knell. After that, Ham pressed him to the bench, but his unreasonable choice made the Lakers have no heart.
Although James is still struggling, the entire Lakers have lost their fighting spirit, and Rivers turned on the crazy mode at the last moment, but it was too late, so that the Lakers could only accept the same script, and once again let the Nuggets achieve a comeback on the spot in the second half, and closed the game three times in a row, the series has been 3-0 Lakers, not only the record of shooting the Lakers in a row is still continuing, but also the Lakers are completely uncompetitive, leaving only James and Davis to support them.
In this game, the Nuggets' performance is still steady, although the three-point shot is still not ideal, but Jokic and Murray's blocking and dismantling once made the Nuggets continue to dilute the game, and also let more people come forward.
On the Lakers side, Zhan Meihe scored 59 points, 21 rebounds and 12 assists, completely playing the style of a superstar, but in addition, the Lakers can be described as all dumb, Reaves performed at the last moment, but it was too late, Reaves cut 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, but the score of garbage time is insignificant, but Reaves is still the last fig leaf for the Lakers.
Hachimura 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, missed two free throws at the last moment, which became an important factor for the team to lose suspense, Hachimura did not have a strong sense of picture on the defensive end, and the offensive end was also unable to bring great help to the team, completely lost competitiveness, and even did not have last year's amazing performance, becoming a vulnerable young star.
Russell shot 0 of 7 in the whole game, 0 of 6 three-point shots, and the attributes of the water pull were exposed again, and there was no performance without any hands, and there was no chance to kill, create free throws, and in the final stage, it was blind confidence, burying the team's last hope and becoming the culprit of the team's loss.
The magic of G2 Russell once gave the Lakers hope, but G3 Russell was lost again, with such a performance, replicating the fact that he was pressed on the bench last year, it is getting closer and closer, and I believe that G4 Ham is very likely to abandon it, after all, in addition to the poor hand, Russell's unreasonable way has become the initiator of the team's loss, and his last-minute choice has become the most well-known executioner who sounded the team's death knell.
Such fluctuations and mindless performances will also doom Russell to the end of the season, and the attributes of being traded by the team will make the young star very likely to pay a terrible price for his actions again, after all, his unreasonable way completely ruined Zhan Mei's efforts throughout the game, as well as the team's struggle and hard work throughout the season.
Although, after Zhan Mei, the young people's performance is not good enough, which has become an important factor in the team's loss, but Hachimura and Russell have undoubtedly become the culprits, and the performance of the two is not worthy of the name, but also an important factor for the team to lose competitiveness at the last moment, and the team continues to counterattack, after losing this game, the big score has been rewritten to 3-0, the Lakers will have no chance at all, James may not have to manipulate public opinion in advance, after all, the series is now, James's performance is still undisputed, and Russell has undoubtedly become the backstabber, and will once again bear a large wave of doubts and heated discussions, making him pay the price and hurt for his irrational behavior.
Regardless of whether the G4 Lakers can fight for dignity and win the final honor, the series is over, Zhan Mei has gone all out, but the Lakers are indeed not on the same channel as the Nuggets, not so much the collapse of the Lakers, but the downturn in addition to Zhan Mei, how to adjust the lineup at the end of the season will be a new problem for the Lakers, and the Lakers need to rebuild the team around Zhan Mei, whether it is Russell, Hachimura and even Reaves may become victims of the Lakers' ruin, but this is also the only choice and redemption for the Lakers' rise, after all, after Davis goes all out, Zhan Mei's deterrence is still not to be underestimated, and there will be new expectations and miracles around Zhan Mei fighting again.