The NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Lakers who won 2 consecutive games sat at home, ushered in the challenge of the Nuggets who won 5 consecutive games, and the total score of James' career officially exceeded 40,000 points in this game, but the Nuggets Michael Porter Jr. shot all 10 shots without missing a shot, and finally the Nuggets defeated the Lakers 124-114 away from home, the Nuggets won 6 consecutive victories on this trip, and the Lakers' 2 consecutive wins were ended James milestone night ended in defeat!
In the first quarter of the battle, the Lakers were like a rainbow, Reaves incarnated as an assist to the little prince and sent 7 assists in a single quarter, Hachimura and Brother Thick Mei continuously attacked the Nuggets inside, the Lakers gradually took the initiative, and the Nuggets relied on Jokic to score 12 points in a single quarter and Justin Holiday three-point biting the score, and the Lakers led the Nuggets 33-27 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the competition, the Lakers took advantage of the victory to chase, James broke through the left hand layup career total score officially exceeded 40,000 points, Russell, Reddish hit three points in a row to add icing on the cake, Jamal Murray scored 7 points in a row to stop the bleeding for the Nuggets, Michael Porter Jr. 4 shots to help the Nuggets stabilize the situation, and the Nuggets trailed the Lakers by 8 points at halftime 58-66.
Yibian fought again, the Nuggets launched a counterattack, Jokic outside ** sounded the horn of counterattack, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. teamed up to play a wave of small climaxes, the Nuggets erased the point difference in one fell swoop, Reaves and Hachimura stepped forward to lead the Lakers to withstand the Nuggets' scoring frenzy, and the Lakers drew 89-89 with the Nuggets in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Nuggets offense continued unabated, Jokic scored 6 points in a row, Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr. and Gordon hit three points in a row, the Nuggets blasted out a wave of 16-4 offensive climax to open the point difference, James scored 2+1 to help the Lakers retain the suspense of chasing points, Gordon completed 2+1 to completely kill the game, and finally the Nuggets beat the Lakers with a 10-point advantage on the road!
In this game, the Nuggets started low and went high, and when they were pressed and beaten by the Lakers in the first half, the Nuggets completed the reversal in the second half.
At the end of the game, all five Nuggets scored double-doubles, Gordon scored 18 points, Justin Holiday contributed 13 points, and Jokic, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. ushered in a big explosion at the same time.
In this game, Jokic scored a double-double, shooting 16 of 25 from the field, with a shooting rate of more than 60%, scoring a game-high 35 points, and 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block.
Jamal Murray had a good offensive and defensive game, scoring 24 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal on 11-of-23 shooting, and Jamal Murray scored 17 points in the second half to affect the trend of the game.
Michael Porter Jr. was very efficient in this game, shooting 10 of 10 (5 three-pointers), shooting rate as high as 100%, cutting 25 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Michael Porter Jr. became the first player in the history of the Nuggets to score 25+ points and 5+ three-pointers in a single game and hit 100% of the players.
More importantly, after defeating the Lakers in this game and winning six in a row, the Nuggets' current regular season record has reached 42-19, tying the Thunder, who are second in the West.
In addition, statistics show that the Nuggets have won 8 consecutive games against the Lakers (including last season's 4-0 sweep of the Lakers in the Western Conference), and the Nuggets have become the Lakers' nemesis!
In contrast, on the Lakers' side, after losing to the Nuggets in this game, the Lakers' regular season record came to 33-29, and the Warriors accepted a big gift to stabilize the ninth place in the West, and the Lakers are currently 05 wins temporarily in 10th place in the West.
In this game, the Lakers collapsed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the second half, and all 5 members of the team scored double-doubles, Brother Thick Mei scored 17+11 double-doubles, Russell scored 17 points, Reaves contributed 19 points and 14 assists, Hachimura scored 23 points, and James broke the record.
In this game, James was extremely efficient, shooting 12 of 20 from the field, with a shooting rate of up to 60%, 2 of 5 three-point shots, 26 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, and his personal career total score officially exceeded 40,000 points, and he was also the first Mr. 40,000 points in NBA history.