On April 30, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Lakers challenged the Nuggets away, and the score between the two sides was 1-3 before the game. Nuggets starters: Murray + Pope + Porter + Gordon + Jokic, Lakers starters: Russell + Reaves + Hachimura + James + thick eyebrows.
Murray threw the first to score, Hachimura hit a three-point shot, Russell and James hit a three-point iron, Murray scored three points again, and then Murray made a three-point foul, but the Lakers challenged successfully, Reaves and thick eyebrows took turns to score, the Lakers stopped the Nuggets in waves, and after coming back, Hachimura and Pope missed three points, and the Nuggets made more mistakes, Jokic threw +Brown scored 4 points in a row, thick eyebrows responded with a mid-range shot, Pope returned to the locker room with his feet, Murray hit two three-pointers in a row to help the Nuggets overtake, Reaves made fouls, thick eyebrows made a basket, Gordon dunked with both hands, Dinwiddie responded with three points, James jumped, and the Lakers gradually widened the difference, but Porter and Reggie hit three consecutive three-pointers, Braun made two free throws, Reggie scored a jumper, and the Lakers fell behind by 4 points at 24-28 in a single quarter.
As far as the first quarter is concerned, it was clear that the Nuggets had a strong desire to finish the series. In the second quarter, Russell, Hayes and James kept scoring, and Porter and Reggie on the Nuggets side responded with three-pointers, and James was 2+1, the Lakers overtook again, the thick eyebrows inside turned over the river and scored continuously, on the other hand, the Nuggets lost power, with James assisting the thick eyebrows empty, the Lakers led by 7 points, Porter scored three free throws, Reaves jumper, Murray layup, Hachimura layup, Jokic hooked hands, Russell jumper, the difference was still 7 points, Zhan Mei frequently blocked and dismantled, Jokic throws, James three-point blast, Porter layup, Murray jumper, James assists thick eyebrows to eat cake response, Gordon three-point soaring, Hachimura didn't have time to shoot the last attack, halftime Lakers 53-50 Nuggets.
Halftime statistics, James 10 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, thick eyebrows 16 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals, Hachimura 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Reaves 8 points and 3 steals, Russell 7 points and 2 assists, Dinwiddie 3 points and 2 assists, Hayes 1 point and 4 rebounds. On the Nuggets side, Porter had 11 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, Gordon had 5 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Jokic had 8 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Murray had 16 points and 2 assists, Reggie had 8 points and 1 steal, and Braun had 2 points.
Yibian fought again, Hachimura hit a three-point shot at the beginning, thick eyebrows were injured by Porter and were on the ground, fortunately he could continue to play, James dunked vigorously, Porter jumped, then Gordon dunked, Reaves made free throws, Russell fired outside, the difference was 8 points, Murray made a step-back jumper, Russell and Pope missed three points, Mr. Yoo walked, James made a foul, Jokic jumped, Reaves made two of three free throws, James hit a three-point shot, Jokic tossed, the Nuggets fought back tenaciously, Jokic, Pope and Porter played a wave, the Nuggets actually overtook him, James 2+1 stopped the bleeding, Jokic made a layup, Porter fired outside, James made a layup again to stop the bleeding, Dinwiddie also hit a three-pointer, James' pass was broken, Porter's pass was wrong, and the Lakers ended the third quarter 79-81 Nuggets.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Watson and Murray made three-point shots, Prince and thick eyebrows made fouls, James hit a three-point shot, Hachimura dunked to chase 87 draws, and James 2+1 overtake, the two sides began to tug of war, the score alternately leads, Murray dunked with one hand across James, Reaves jumped in response, at this time the Lakers fell behind by 2 points, Russell made a layup and tied it, the Lakers did not pause when there were 3 minutes left in the game, Reeves did not score three points, Jokic tossed, Reeves continued to soar three points This time, Jokic made a basket, James threw at the critical moment, Murray made a triple clip, the Nuggets led by 2 points, Reaves missed the jumper, the Lakers lost rebounds in a row, James hit both free throws, Murray made a fatal jumper, Prince failed to kill a three-point shot, and finally the Lakers lost 106-108 to the Nuggets and suffered a reversal.
I have to say that the Lakers lost too much, after this battle they were out 1-4, looking at the whole game, the Lakers have been pressing the Nuggets in the first half, but Zhan Mei is too early, and the second half is a familiar rhythm, the Lakers can't withstand the wave of the Nuggets in the third quarter, plus because of the shoulder injury, Brother Thick Mei is a little afraid to exert force, and finally the Lakers have no choice but to lose, of course, compared to the Sun being swept, it is not easy for the Lakers to win a game.
In terms of data, Brother Thick Eyebrows scored 17 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks in 8 of 11, beating Jokic in the first half, the Nuggets have no way to take Brother Thick Eyebrows, to be honest, if Thick Eyebrows don't hurt their shoulders in the third quarter, the Lakers really may not lose, because Brother Thick Eyebrows didn't dare to exert force, and after being replaced, Ham once let Hayes play, but was blown up by Jokic, and Thick Eyebrows didn't dare to stay on the court for a long time, the Lakers really couldn't help it.
James was 11 of 21, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 5 of 7 free throws and got 30 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals, Lao Zhan also did his best, scored 11 points in the third quarter, and rushed desperately to the inside many times in the final quarter, the fighting spirit was moving, according to statistics after the game, in the life-and-death battle in the playoffs, James averaged 33.6 points per game, with 19 games of 30+, both of which are the first in history. Russell had 14 points, 6 assists and 2 turnovers, playing decently, and Hachimura had a poor performance of 15 points and 5 rebounds, and the two combined for 4 of 15 from the field.
Reaves had 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, Dinwiddie had 6 points and 3 assists, Prince had 4 points, and Hayes had 1 point, 5 rebounds and 2 turnovers. As mentioned earlier, the shoulder injury in the third quarter became the turning point of the game, although the end of the game continued to play, but the state was seriously affected, 1-4 out, this round of the series we saw the efforts of the Lakers, they deserve applause from the outside world.
Nuggets stats: Jokic scored 25 points, 20 rebounds, 9 assists and 7 turnovers on 12-of-21 shooting, Murray scored 32 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 turnovers, and killed the Lakers at critical moments, Porter also broke out with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, Pope 5 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Gordon 7 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block and 3 turnovers, Reggie 8 points. Congratulations to the Nuggets, they will face a tough opponent in the second round, against the Timberwolves who swept the Suns, and this series is sure to be very exciting.