On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the third game of the series between the Lakers and the Nuggets returned to the Lakers' home court today. But the outcome and process of this game were similar to the first two games: the Lakers led in the first quarter, then collapsed from the second half of the second quarter until the third quarter, and instantly went from leading by 12 points to trailing by 12 points, and finally the Lakers lost the game 105-112, trailing 0-3. Here are a few statistics to tell you how miserable the Lakers were in this game.
Data 1:27 in 5 three-pointers. The Lakers in this game are really iron dogs outside the three-point line, how to shoot and how not, once it was 1 of 18, but at the last moment of the game, there was no suspense, Reaves only threw a few inconsequential three-pointers, and finally the Lakers' three-point shot was fixed at 5 of 27, including Russell 6 of 0, James 6 of 1, Dinwiddie 3 of 0, Prince 4 of 1.
Data 2: Others outside Zhan Mei collectively pulled their hips. In this game, James scored 26 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists on 12-of-20 shooting, and Thick Eyebrows scored 33 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists on 14-of-23 shooting. Zhan Mei and the others combined 26 of 43, and the others combined 18 of 47.Although Reeves' final stat was 8 of 17 and scored 22 points, many of the points were scored when there was no suspense about the outcome of the game.
Stat 3: Rebounds are blown up. In the whole game, the Lakers only had 38 rebounds, including 8 frontcourt rebounds, while the opposite Nuggets grabbed 51 rebounds, including 14 frontcourt rebounds.
Data 4: Nuggets 4 20+. The Nuggets' game was really outrageous, in the first quarter, Murray and Jokic didn't attack much, it was Gordon who stood up to keep the point difference from being pulled apart; in the second quarter, Murray and Porter Jr. stood up; then in the third quarter, Jokic and Murray began to exert their strength; in the fourth quarter, Jokic played, coupled with Porter Jr.'s unsolvable mid-range, the Nuggets took away the game in waves. In the whole game, Gordon had 29 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists, Jokic had 24 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists, Murray had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, and Porter Jr. had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.
Stat 5: The Lakers just lost on the free throws. One of the interesting things about this game is that both the Lakers and the Nuggets hit 44 field goals, and more coincidentally, both teams hit 39 field game 2-point points and 5 three-pointers. The Lakers lost on free throws: the Nuggets made 19 of 22 free throws, the Lakers made 12 of 17 free throws, and the free throws were exactly 7 points.
Stat 6: After losing this game, the Lakers have suffered an 11-game losing streak against the Nuggets.
Stat 7: The Lakers have led by double digits in four straight games against the Nuggets, only to be reversed.