On April 28, Beijing time, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 119-108 at home to avoid being swept in the first round, ending the long 11-game losing streak against the Nuggets, and ending the embarrassment of leading by at least 10 points in three consecutive games in the series. Jokic still scored 33+14+14 luxury data in this game, and the Lakers still couldn't limit him, but fortunately, James, Davis, Reaves, and Russell all played well in the starters.
Davis scored 25 points, 23 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block in the game, James scored 30 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block (14 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal in 6 of 8 in the final quarter, and he dominated all the key balls), Russell had 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, and Reaves had 21 points, 6 assists and 1 rebound.
After the game, the Lakers' starting four all had a rating above 9.5, while head coach Darvin Ham only had a 2.7 rating.
In another forum, Hamm scored only 2.3 points.
After the game, Darwin Ham was still sprayed on the No. 1 hot search in the United States because his on-the-spot scheduling and use of challenges were too nonsense.
Ham listened to Russell's challenge 42 seconds before the end, and then the challenge was successful, and the Lakers media wanted to cry.
With 9 minutes and 10 seconds left in the fourth quarter, James forced Pope to make a mistake, James signaled that Pope was out of bounds, the referee gave the Nuggets the ball, James signaled to the coaching staff to challenge, this ball was Pope's own mistake, but the coaching staff did not react, and Ham ignored it directly.
James jumped to his feet angrily, he kept repeating the challenge, the challenge, I didn't touch the ball, I didn't touch the ball, but Ham ignored it.
Replays showed that James did not touch the ball, which was a forced error by Pope. No wonder James is so angry, what is even more angry is that when James was still applying for a challenge, the Nuggets had already kicked off and went straight to the basket, and then the Lakers were beaten 4-0 Ham was suspended.
After the game, Ham praised Russell's performance, he used his confidence to take his chances, and I just told him to go crazy and shoot. At the same time, he also said that the thick eyebrows were completely in control of the game and maintained 48 minutes of concentration.
The American media wrote: The Lakers defeated Darwin Ham + Denver Nuggets with difficulty (Ham is undercover).
There were also fans who blasted Hamm for being out of class.
Ham teased after the game: "Isn't the challenge only available once a season? Coaches make mistakes, and I did make mistakes in that moment. ”
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream