On April 30, 2024, Beijing time, in today's NBA playoffs, the Nuggets ushered in the G5 battle with the Lakers at home, and the Nuggets are currently leading 3-1 in the series, although the Nuggets are leading by a big score, but they cannot afford to lose today's battle, because the Nuggets lost G4, if they lose again today, then the momentum will come to the Lakers' side, so the Nuggets will definitely go all out to win today, can the Nuggets end the series today? Nuggets starters: Murray + Pope + Porter + Gordon + Jokic, Lakers starters: Russell + Reaves +Hachimura + James + thick eyebrows.
In the first quarter of the game, Murray tossed, Hachimura responded with three points, Murray scored 4 points in a row, the Nuggets 6-3, Reaves and thick eyebrows played 8-0, the Lakers overtook 5 points, and after a pause, Jokic scored 4 points in a row, thick eyebrows shot, Murray hit 2 three-pointers, Nuggets overtook 3 points, Reaves, thick eyebrows, Prince overtook 3 points, Gordon dunked, Dinwiddie and James scored 5 points in a row, the Lakers led by 6 points, Porter, Reggie and Braun scored 10-0 and overtook 4 points, and the Nuggets led 28-24 in the first quarter. Murray scored 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting (3-of-4 from three-point range) in the first quarter, finishing with eight points and four rebounds on 4-of-5 shooting.
In the second quarter of the game, Russell and James scored, Porter and Reggie scored three points, the Nuggets led by 5 points, Russell, James, and thick eyebrows scored 12-0 to overtake 7 points, Porter and Murray scored, Reaves and Hachimura responded, and the difference was still 7 points, Jokic and Porter scored, Russell and James responded, and the difference was 8 points, Porter and Murray chased the difference to 4 points, thick eyebrows made a layup, Gordon scored three points, and the Lakers led 53-50 at halftime.
Thick eyebrows scored 16 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists on 8-of-10 in the half, James got 10 points, 4 boards, 7 assists and 3 steals on 4-of-8 in 8, Reaves got 8 points and 3 steals on 2-of-3 shooting, Murray scored 16 points, 1 board and 2 assists on 6-of-15 from the field, Jokic scored 8 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists on 4-of-7 shooting, Porter scored 11 points and 2 boards on 3-of-5 shooting, and Reggie scored 8 points on 3-of-3 (2-of-2 three-pointers).
In the third quarter of the game, Hachimura scored three points, James dunked, the Lakers led by 8 points, Porter and Gordon scored, Reaves and Russell responded, the difference was still 8 points, Murray shot, thick eyebrows fell to the ground with a shoulder injury, he continued to play with an injury, Jokic shot, James and Reaves responded, the Lakers led by 9 points, Jokic, Pope, Porter, Murray overtook 3 points, and came back from a pause James 2+1, Jokic, Porter scored five points in a row, the Nuggets led by five points, James made a layup, Porter made two free throws, Dinwiddie made three points, and the Nuggets led 81-79 in the third quarter, and Porter scored 12 points in the quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Watson scored three points, the Nuggets led by 5 points, Prince made 2 of 2 free throws, Murray made 3 points, the difference was 6 points, thick eyebrows made 1 of 2 free throws, James scored three points, Hachimura dunked, the Lakers tied the difference, James made a layup after a timeout, the Lakers overtook 2 points, Jokic made a layup, Russell responded with a layup, the Lakers led by 2 points, Pope scored 1 point with three points, Reaves made a layup, Porter scored 3 points, the Nuggets led by 2 points, Reaves scored 4 points in a row, Murray scored 4 points in a row in response, the difference was still 2 points, Russell made a layup after a timeout, Jokic threw a throw, Reaves scored 1 point with a three-point lead, Jokic made a layup with 1 point, Murray scored 2 points with a three-point lead, 1 minute left in the game, James made 2 free throws and 2 shots, with 26 seconds left in the game, Murray made a shot, with 4 seconds left in the game, Prince missed a three-point shot, and the game was overThe Nuggets defeated the Lakers 108-106 to come back from behind in the first half to eliminate their opponents 4-1 in the series.
Jokic scored 25 points, 20 rebounds and 9 assists on 12-of-21 shooting, but had 7 turnovers, and Murray scored 32 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists on 13-of-28 shooting (5-of-10 from three-point range). Porter finished with 26 points and four boards on 8-of-12 shooting (5-of-7 from three-point range), Gordon had seven points, 13 boards and six assists, and Reggie had eight points and two boards.
James was 11-of-21 (3-of-7 from three-point range) for 30 points, 9 boards, 11 assists and 4 steals, Bush Eyebrow had 17 points, 15 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks on 8-of-11 shooting, Reaves had 19 points, 3 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks on 6-of-11 shooting, Russell had 14 points, 1 board and 6 assists on 6-of-15 shooting, and Hachimura had 15 points and 5 boards.
The Nuggets will face the Timberwolves next, and the industry expects the winner of this matchup to be the championship of the season. In addition, the Thunder swept the Pelicans 4-0 today to advance to the second round, this season the Warriors missed the playoffs, the Suns were swept by the Timberwolves 4-0, and now the Lakers were eliminated by the Nuggets 1-4, the Thunder, Timberwolves and other young teams have risen rapidly, and the NBA pattern has changed.