Nuggets and Lakers G5, in the first half, the referee was controversial again. Fortunately, the Lakers blossomed more, Hachimura had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, James 10 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Davis 16 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals, Reaves 8 points and 3 steals, Russell 7 points and 2 assists, helping the team lead away.
Before the game, James emphasized that this game was the most important game of the season, with a single elimination and no way back. In such a life-and-death battle, the referee is naturally the focus of attention.
The three referees for this match were James Williams at No. 60, Kevin Scott at No. 24 and Jediminas Petradis at No. 50. It is worth mentioning that the cumulative number of games in which the three of them blew the Lakers is 9-8.
At the beginning of the game, the Lakers launched a fast attack, and when Lao Zhan started, he obviously took a step with the ball, and the referee ignored this walk, at that time, the Nuggets bench was expressing dissatisfaction and signaling the referee to walk.
After that, the two sides went back and forth, Murray played with an injury, still had a good performance, Reggie came off the bench as a surprise soldier, and at the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets overtook the Lakers 28-24.
In the second quarter, Reggie hit another three-pointer to give the Nuggets a five-point lead. James stepped up and broke through to the layup 2 plus 1, and the thick eyebrows also stepped forward.
However, the referee caused controversy again, once James made a layup, Jokic was suspected of a foul, Lao Zhan fell to the ground and raised his hand to express his dissatisfaction, but the referee ignored it. At halftime, the Lakers led 53-50.