In the NBA playoffs that ended today, the Nuggets, who returned to their home court, narrowly defeated the Lakers 108-106 after a hard battle, thus eliminating the Lakers with a big score of 4-1 and advancing to the second round. The Lakers, on the other hand, were eliminated by the Nuggets in the playoffs for two consecutive seasons and ended in the first round.
Compared with the previous three losses, the biggest difference in this game is that the Nuggets took the lead in the first quarter.
In the first 4 games, the Lakers won 8 points, 4 points, 10 points, and 5 points respectively in the first quarter, but in today's game, the Nuggets led the Lakers by 4 points, which is really rare.
However, after halftime, this accident was no surprise, the Lakers led the Nuggets at halftime in five consecutive games, and in five games, the Lakers won by 3 points, 15 points, 4 points, 13 points, and 3 points at halftime.
It can be said that if only the first quarter is played, the Lakers have eliminated the Nuggets 4-1, and if they only play half time, the Lakers have already swept the Nuggets 5-0.
But that's what the game is, it has four quarters!
Throughout the series, the Nuggets won in the third quarter, and even a lot of the time it was critical. In the first game, the Nuggets won by 14 points in the third quarter, in the second game, the Nuggets won by 5 points in the third quarter, in the third game, the Nuggets won by 12 points in the third quarter, and even in the fourth game of the loss, the Nuggets won by 2 points in the third quarter, and today the Nuggets won by 5 points in the third quarter.
And the Nuggets can win the first, third, and fifth games in the end, and the lead in the third quarter is crucial. Only the key to the second game was in the fourth quarter, which was won by 12 points in a single quarter.
A brief review of this round of the series, the basic trend is that the Lakers took the lead at the beginning, the Nuggets began to chase points, and finally completed the overtake, either until the end of the game, or completed the stunner at the critical moment!
In the second and fifth games, the Nuggets harvested juice at just the right time and heat, and finally completed the stunner.
In the first and third games, the Nuggets closed a little early, so they maintained their lead in the second half of the fourth quarter.
The fourth scene of the juice was not enough, and it was not returned, and it was mushy!
It can be said that the Nuggets are the king of control, and in front of them, the Lakers are more like sparring partners. The five games in the series totaled 240 minutes, and the Nuggets' lead was only 55 minutes and 10 seconds!
In the fourth game, the Nuggets didn't lead the whole game and eventually lost.
In the second game, the Nuggets only led by 36 seconds in the whole game, which was in the opening 36 seconds, and even when the final whistle blew, the Nuggets were not ahead, and when the time was up, Murray's killer shot fell into the basket.
In today's game, the Nuggets led by 13 minutes and 37 seconds, and this game was rare in the final moments to lead and tie each other, full of suspense.
In the other first and third games, the Lakers took the lead at the beginning, and the Nuggets only briefly rebounded for a short period of time, but in the third or fourth quarter, the Nuggets overtook the score and maintained it until the end of the game. In the first game, the Nuggets led by 19 minutes and 50 seconds, and with 6 minutes and 15 seconds left in the third quarter, the Nuggets led by one point at 72-71, and then led until the end of the game, leading for 18 minutes and 15 seconds in a row, and in the first 30 minutes, the Nuggets only led by 1 minute and 35 seconds.
In the third game, the Nuggets led by 21 minutes and 7 seconds, and with 8 minutes and 16 seconds left in the third quarter, the Nuggets took a one-point lead at 62-61, and then maintained the lead until the end of the game, leading for 20 minutes and 16 seconds in a row, and the Nuggets only led by 51 seconds in the first 28 minutes.
It can't be said that the Lakers don't have a chance, because it's actually them who lead most of the time.
But it can't be said that the series is very suspenseful, because once the Nuggets get the rhythm, the Lakers are powerless.
Overall, this round of the series is quite distinctive.