The NBA regular season continues with the Nuggets traveling to Los Angeles to take on the Lakers on the road. As the defending champions, the Nuggets were even stronger, they were in a stalemate with the Lakers throughout the game, and in the final moments, the whole team roared out and finally defeated the Lakers 124-114, showing the championship heritage. Although James played well in this game and reached the great milestone of 40,000 points, Porter Jr. became a wonder soldier and ruined Lao Zhan's 40,000-point night, no wonder you can get a 200 million contract.
First of all, look at Lao Zhan's performance, before the game, he broke through 40,000 points by 9 points, and he was in quite good shape in this game, playing 37 minutes in the game, 12 of 20 shots, and efficiently got 26 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, officially breaking through the 40,000-point mark, creating a historical record. Rivers Jr. is also in good shape, contributing 19 points + 14 assists. Russell scored 17 points, and the thick eyebrows performed averagely, handing over a double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds. Hachimura played well, scoring 23 points and 3 rebounds. However, the team couldn't contain the Nuggets, and they were blown up in the last moment.
For the Nuggets, Jokic Sr. burst into thick eyebrows, he shot 16-of-25 from the field, and scored 35 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, dominating the basket. Guard Murray also performed well, scoring 24 points and six rebounds while also diching out 11 assists. Gordon and Lao Zhan faced each other and handed over 18 points and 9 rebounds, completing their tasks well. Holiday off the bench became a surprise player, with 13 points and three assists in this game.
However, the most efficient team is Michael Porter Jr., as a tall shooter, he broke out as soon as he hit the Lakers. Played 37 minutes today, shooting 10 of 10 from the field, 5 of 5 three-pointers, and all kinds of dry pulls, and hit 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. It's normal for Jokic to be unable to prevent it, but Porter Jr.'s outburst made the Lakers completely lose the chance to win. Every time the score was opened, it was stopped by Porter Jr.
It is worth mentioning that Porter Jr. has previously been angry with fans because of his big contract, because he has behaved decently. He averaged 19 points and 7 rebounds per game in his sophomore year and only played nine games in his junior year due to injury, but the Nuggets provided him with 5 years and 2$0.7 billion in big contracts. At the time, fans said it would be the worst big contract in the NBA. But Porter Jr. quickly slapped fans in the face, averaging 17 per game last season4 points 55 rebounds, 41% three-point shooting, successfully helped the Nuggets win the championship.
This year, Porter Jr. also averaged 17 points and 7 rebounds per game, and his three-point shooting rate remained at 40%, which is still a very good performance. While he's not an All-Star, he's a good piece of the championship puzzle, especially with his top-tier projection ability, which can be used to the fullest time next to Jokic. Today's 10 out of 10, slashing 25+10 ruined James' milestone night, is the best proof, no wonder you can get a big contract of 200 million.