On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs G3 continued to unfold, and the Lakers were still unable to win when they returned to their home court, losing 105-112 to the defending champion Nuggets, and falling behind 0-3 in the series. This big score has announced that the Lakers are out of the first round early, and no team in the history of the NBA has been able to complete a big reversal of 0-3 behind, and the probability of winning 4 games in a row is really too low, not to mention that the Lakers are at a disadvantage in the face of the Nuggets.
This game was the same as the previous 2 games, the Lakers quickly entered the state at the beginning, occupying the initiative on the court, and in the first half, the Lakers completely suppressed the Nuggets and did not let the opponent lead 1 time, but the difference did not widen, and the halftime only led by 4 points. In the second half, as the Lakers' physical fitness declined, the situation on the court reversed, and the Nuggets began to take the initiative, and it was very difficult for the Lakers to chase points.
The Lakers still can't change the situation, they are really completely restrained in the face of the Nuggets, they try their best to occupy the initiative on the court, but with the decline of physical fitness, they gradually fall into passivity. James and Davis can step up and score points, but they lack other players, and the Nuggets have Gordon and Porter Jr. around them in addition to Jokic and Murray, and even players on the bench. And the Lakers' loss this time also found out 2 sinners, namely Russell and head coach Ham.
Russell felt hot in the last game, but he didn't expect to return to the home court but was completely lost, completely out of shape, 0 of 7 in the game, 0 of 6 three-pointers, did not score a point, only 3 rebounds and 2 assists. In the final quarter of the game, Ham still chose to believe him, and he made 2 consecutive three-pointers on the court, and once converted the offensive three-point to hit the iron directly, and then the empty three-point hit the iron again, this time directly booed by the fans in the audience, and then was replaced again, and did not come up again.
Coach Ham's ability to adjust on the court is almost zero, it is completely step-by-step, and it is obvious that James can't keep up with his physical fitness in the final quarter, but he doesn't take the initiative to call a timeout, and then James directly made a sluggish mistake and was directly forced to take an official timeout (or count it on the Lakers). In the last quarter, Prince just scored 5 points in a row, and then he was directly replaced, facing Jokic with 2 fouls early, and did not take the initiative to impact the inside, but he fell into passivity, never thinking that Jokic would still have 2 fouls after halftime. The American media also said bluntly: I think everyone can see that this is the gap between the coaches on the two sides is too big.