Today's NBA regular season, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets again 106-114, the process of ups and downs, the Nuggets led by 6 points in the first quarter, the difference in the second quarter came to double digits, and the Nuggets led by up to 15 points in the third quarter, and then the Lakers launched a counterattack, and the difference could not be opened for most of the final quarter, and the Lakers tied many times, but at the critical moment Murray cut 5 points in a row, and then Porter also hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers could only accept the fate of losing. In terms of statistics, Brother Bush had 32 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks and 3 steals, James 25 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 turnovers, Reaves 15 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals, and Prince 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
I didn't expect the Lakers to lose again, the Nuggets really became a nemesis, and they couldn't beat it, in fact, looking at the whole game, the Lakers played very tenacious, and they forced the score many times in the final quarter, but in the last two minutes, the Nuggets suddenly made a force, and the Lakers collapsed instantly, giving us the feeling that the Nuggets were playing casually, and in the end, a little serious, the Lakers couldn't stand it, and the situation was very similar to last year's Western Finals. After losing this game, although the Lakers are still ranked 9th in the West, the Warriors have been quite good recently, and have won 3 consecutive victories, and there is currently only 1With a 0-game gap, it's clear that the Warriors have threatened the Lakers.
You have to find out the reason for losing, the Lakers mainly have four points that are not doing well, first of all, the old problem, the outside line is seriously inaccurate, the whole team only 8 of 25 shots, as a comparison of the Nuggets is 32 shots 14, the gap is obvious, when the Nuggets opened up the difference by constantly hitting three points in the final quarter, the Lakers' outside firepower cannot match. The second reason for the loss is that the Lakers lost a lot of rebounds, the Nuggets' Jokic, Porter and Gordon are all very good at grabbing, and on the Lakers' side, only Zhan Mei can grab rebounds. The third reason for the loss, James must be to blame, it can be seen from the first quarter, James is not strong desire to attack, all kinds of hesitation, although he can revitalize his teammates, but in the face of a mortal enemy like the Nuggets, the Lakers need James to be full of firepower.
In the entire first half, James's data was only 6 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and in the third quarter, James finally began to score, first scoring two three-pointers in a row, and then breaking through the layup in the next round, the Lakers narrowed the gap in waves, but in the most critical fourth quarter, James did not score again, only hit a meaningless layup in the final stage, in fact, from another point of view, the Lakers were able to bite the point difference in the final quarter, if James stood up and scored more, then the Lakers must have hope of winning. In addition to the abnormal play on the offensive end, James is also accompanied by a large number of mistakes, and then on defense, James will often miss people.
The final reason for the loss, the Lakers' tactics were problematic, Reaves shot too much, played a little lonely in the final quarter, and didn't pass the ball to Zhan Mei, if you can shoot, it's okay, but in fact, Reaves feels very average in 6 of 16. Moreover, the Lakers always leak people on the defensive end, Porter was almost all big empty in the first quarter, Porter scored 11 points in a single quarter, and from the second quarter, Murray began to break out again, hitting three points in a row, difficult jump shots, including 5 points in a row in the final stage of the final quarter, the Lakers have always had no way to take Murray, the guard line is Reaves and Christie, and they can't prevent it at all.
James was interviewed after the game, and when talking about the loss, he said: "Sometimes we have the energy to play, sometimes we don't, and our record shows that, we can beat any team on any night, and we can be beaten by any team," which is easy to understand, and James thinks the Lakers are too inconsistent. When talking about the Lakers' defense, James reluctantly said: "We have to keep communicating, we need more people to step up and score, to participate in the defense, we are very poor in Murray's defense, we are blown up," James means very well understood, he believes that the Lakers' guard line defense has a problem, obviously hinting at Pelinka, when the trade deadline came, the Lakers did not seek any trade.
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The Hawks' Murray has strong scoring ability, and there is defense, if he can join, it means that the Lakers will be greatly upgraded after the outside, and Murray will be a very suitable person to limit the Nuggets, but unfortunately the Lakers regard Reaves as a treasure and only want to play out Russell, the Hawks disagree, Lao Zhan dares to say that he is venting his dissatisfaction. In addition to Murray, Jokic is also a headache for the Lakers, and the thick eyebrows can only explode each other on the offensive end, and the defense cannot be prevented, so every time the Nuggets and the Lakers play, Jokic and Murray will play good data, and the Lakers have never been able to find a way to deal with the two, keep the existing lineup unchanged, no matter how they play, the Lakers are not the opponents of the Nuggets.