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The Lakers, who fell behind 1-3, challenged the Nuggets away today, the two teams played inextricably in the first half, and the score was never opened, and the Lakers led the Nuggets by 5 points at the end of the first half, and the Lakers were able to maintain the lead in the first half in 5 games in this series. Although the Nuggets began to overtake the score in the third quarter, as in the previous games, the Lakers did not collapse in the Lake, but were able to bite the score steadily. The suspense of the game was kept until the last minute, when James and Murray began to face off at the decisive moment of the final quarter, and Murray's final horseback archery sealed his throat with a sword, contributing to the second stunner of the series, which also sent the Lakers home.
Murray contributed two kills in this round series
Who did the Lakers do their best in this game, and who is the culprit of the loss?
James tried his best, played 44 minutes, and scored 30 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals. James gave everything he had, and he didn't bring this victory to the team, this game is the epitome of the Lakers' entire season, the 39-year-old veteran lost to time after all, James lost standing up, and can only sigh the twilight of the hero.
Thick eyebrows tried his best, played 40 minutes, shot 8 of 11, and efficiently cut down 17 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists. The injury to the thick eyebrows in the third quarter became the turning point of the game, allowing the Nuggets to play an offensive climax to overtake the score. Thick eyebrows can be said to have proved themselves in this series, playing back and forth with Jokic, not falling behind, Jokic has more influence on the offensive end, thick eyebrows are offensive and defensive, he is the Lakers' interior pillar and basic plate.
Rivers played 33 minutes, shooting 6-of-11 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range to finish with 19 points, three rebounds and four assists. Rivers stood up at the end of the quarter and scored 9 points, the key ball was really tough, and the forcible life of the Lakers continued, Xiaoli is really a big-hearted player, he has a heart and attitude, and he dares to stand up and solve it in the last quarter, but he is trapped in physical fitness, his defense is still a weakness, and his physical talent limits his defensive ability.
Russell played 39 minutes, shooting 6-of-15 from the field and 2-of-10 from three-point range for 14 points and six assists. Russell's three-point hand was cold today, and he tried his best to help the team connect when he couldn't shoot three-point shots, and his performance was relatively calm, with a few key layups in the fourth quarter, and Russell's performance has improved a lot from last season's playoffs.
Prince was decent, played 19 minutes, got 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 block, Prince did not feel good in this game, 5 shots and 0 shots, but he was very active on the defensive end, he was the only reliable player on the Lakers bench in this series, a good puzzle, but unfortunately Ham will not use it.
Dinwiddie played 13 minutes, shooting 2-of-4 from the field and finishing with six points and three assists. Dinwiddie had limited playing time and his overall performance was okay, but missing two free throws hurt too much, and perhaps this was Dinwiddie's last game with the Lakers.
Hayes was decent, played 6 minutes, got 1 point and 5 rebounds, Hayes fought aggressively, and his physical fitness was really good, but his technique was still too rough and too easy to shake, and he couldn't play this kind of high-end game at all.
Hachimura played 34 minutes, shooting 6-of-15 from the field and finishing with 15 points and five rebounds. Hachimura's efficiency in this game is not good, the old problem of rebounding is not stuck still exists, and the defense is even more difficult to explain, the last ball should go to help defend, Prince pushed him up to defend him, he didn't go up to defend, there was no defensive enthusiasm, and he was in a daze when he encountered a change of defense, and the ball quotient was too bad.
It's hard to put into words Hamm's coaching ability. Ham saved a season's timeout, and there was no pause when he finally wanted to use it, what a ghost coach, if there was a timeout in the last 3 seconds, the result might be really different, there was no on-the-spot command ability, and the adaptability was zero, the biggest gap between the Lakers and the Nuggets was not the player, but the coach, and Ham should have coached his last game with the Lakers.