At ten o'clock in the morning on April 30, Beijing time, in the first round of the 23-24 NBA playoffs in the Western Conference G5, the Nuggets played the Lakers again at home, after the Nuggets got the match point 3-1.
At the beginning of the game, the Lakers felt a little better, and the Nuggets were slow to heat up, so the teacher organized the tandem team to not attack first, so the tactic was that the Lakers were physically exhausted in the second half, and the Nuggets counterattacked in waves. This is called simmering over low heat, and reducing the juice over high heat.
At the end of the first half, the Lakers led the Nuggets by three points at 53-50, and the Lakers scored inside by 26-16.
At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets took a two-point lead at 81:79, and the thick eyebrows came back in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers immediately improved, but Murray and Porter Jr. scored consecutive points to stabilize the situation, and finally the Nuggets defeated the Lakers at home and advanced to the second round of the playoffs 4:1, and the next round opponent was the Timberwolves.
Lakers player stats
Anthony Davis: 8-of-11 two-pointers and 1-of-2 free throws, finished with 17 points, 15 rebounds and four assists
LeBron James: 8-of-14 from two-point range, 3-of-7 from three-point range, 5-of-7 from the free-throw line, 30 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals
D'Angelo Russell: 4-of-5 from two-point range and 2-of-10 from three-point range for 14 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists
Austin Reaves: 5-of-6 from two-point range, 1-of-4 from three-point range, 6-of-8 from the free-throw line, with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
Hachimura: 4-of-10 on two-pointers, 2-of-5 on three-pointers, 1-of-2 on free throws, 15 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist
Nuggets player stats
Jamal Murray: 8-of-17 two-pointers, 5-of-10 three-pointers, 1-of-1 free throws, 32 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal
Nikola Jokic: 11-of-14 two-pointers, 1-of-5 three-pointers, 25 points, 19 rebounds, 9 assists and 7 turnovers
Michael Porter Jr.: 3-of-5 two-pointers, 5-of-7 three-pointers, 5-of-6 free throws, 26 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals
Aaron Gordon: 2-of-5 from two-point range and 1-of-2 from three-point range, finishing with seven points, 12 rebounds and five assists