Los Angeles Lakers lost 1-4 to the Nuggets in the first round, the Lakers have twice challenged the Western Conference hegemons Nuggets in the past two years and failed, once was swept in the Western Conference finals, and once was 4-1 in the first round, this year's series Lakers were also killed twice by Jamal Murray, G2 was hacked, and G5 was a disaster.
Before Jamal Murray's kill, Prince told Hachimura twice that he needed to help defend Murray, and Murray G2 killed him and he wouldn't pass it, but Hachimura didn't listen to Prince's advice, so he guarded Pope, who was 2 out of 10, and watched Murray take advantage of the block and dismantle Reeves to complete the kill.
After Murray's kill, the Lakers used a second challenge 39 seconds before the end, and this challenge was not returned to the timeout, and the Lakers used up the last timeout in advance, and the Lakers could only serve in the backcourt for 4 seconds left to lose the chance to kill/tie the game.
Ham threw the pot to Anthony Davis after the game: AD was unfortunate because I had to call a timeout, waste a timeout, and a challenge and so on. The key to our loss tonight was also free throws, poor protection of backcourt rebounds, etc. (In fact, it was also a side bombardment of Porter Jr.'s left shoulder injury to AD, Porter must have known that Thick Eyebrow had an injury to his left shoulder, and the Lakers not only lost a timeout that round, but also made Thick Eyebrow only 1 point in the second half)
NBA reporter Kenny Smith believes that Lakers fans have influenced Ham's judgment, and has spent the whole season scolding Ham for not having to challenge, but that challenge killed the Lakers.
Malone commented on Hamm after the game: I think Darvin Hamm is an extremely good coach and I think Hamm did a fantastic job. Hopefully he'll be in the league for a long time because he's totally worth it. (Malone pretended to praise Hamm because Hamm did not directly reprimand Potter for his hurtful actions affecting the game)
In Shams's report, it was written: It is difficult for Ham to return next season, and the Lakers stopped in the first round The management has already thought that it is Ham's problem, and he also said that the Lakers G2 once led by 20 points and was reversed, and everyone in the locker room felt that Ham's coaching ability and on-the-spot adjustment, rotation arrangement was problematic, and the management also felt that the Lakers' lineup was definitely more than the ability of the first round.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream