On April 28, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs in the Western Conference G4, the Lakers continued to face the Nuggets at home today, after the Nuggets had a 3-0 lead, and the Lakers had no way back.
So at the beginning of the game, the two teams played very closely, and there were many deuces on the court, but in the second half of the first quarter, the Lakers took the lead with the play of James and thick eyebrows, and at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Nuggets by 5 points at 28-23. In the second quarter, the Lakers' offensive performance was still hot, especially Reaves' explosion, scoring seven points in a row, directly stretching the difference to double digits, and the Lakers led the Nuggets by 13 points at halftime 61-48.
At the beginning of the second half, the Nuggets continued to fight back many times like the previous three games, and the Nuggets broke out in this quarter, scoring 15 points in a single quarter, however, the Lakers did not make mistakes in the previous games, and responded in time, so the Lakers only lost two points in this quarter, and entered the final quarter with an 11-point advantage, in the last quarter, Russell broke out, scoring continuously, and the Lakers once stretched the difference to 20 points, although the Nuggets launched a counterattack again, but this time they failed to reverse successfully, and finally the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 119-108 and refused to sweep。
Eight facts that have to be admitted
1. Today, the Lakers thick eyebrows played well, shooting 11 of 17, 3 of 4 free throws, and cutting 25 points and 23 rebounds.
2. It turns out that the Nuggets are the free throw team, and the Lakers are 7 behind the Nuggets at 18:25 in this game today, and the key is that the Lakers have several free throws that are the last tactical fouls to get free throws. Otherwise, the gap is even greater. It is worth mentioning that the Lakers have made fewer free throws than their opponents for the third consecutive game, with the first two games being 13:17 and 17:22 respectively.
3. It turns out that it is still Rivers and Russell who are both 20+ to win the game, the Lakers' bench is too weak, and the Dinwiddie, Vincent, and Wood who have been recruited this season have not made good contributions, relying on last season's rotation, so the Lakers must start to win.
Today, James played 39 minutes, shooting 14 of 23, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 30 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 points, including 14 points in the final quarter, leading the team to resist the Nuggets' counterattack.
5. Jedi rebound, Russell shot 7 of 0 in the last game, today shot 8 of 15, 4 of 8 three-pointers, 1 of 2 free throws and got 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, it turns out that Russell is very emotional when he plays, when he is in a good mood, he goes in three points and goes in all kinds of top people, and when he is in a bad mood, he doesn't hit any empty positions, for this kind of player, you can only encourage him more.
6. Today, Nuggets player Jokic played 41 minutes, shooting 10 of 20, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 11 of 11 free throws, and got a triple-double of 33 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists.
7. When Murray played 38 minutes today, he shot 9-of-23, 0-of-4 three-pointers, and 4-of-5 free throws, and got 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 block. Today, Murray played decently, the games won by the Nuggets were all Murray's outstanding performance, and no matter how good Jokic is, he still needs Murray's contribution.
8. After the Lakers pull back a city today, the next game will go to the home court of the Nuggets, if the Lakers can continue to continue the hot state of this game today, and try to retain physical strength in the first half, then the Lakers have a high probability of winning, however, the Nuggets will definitely change their tactics in the next game, and they will definitely attack as soon as they come up, depending on whether the Lakers can withstand it.