“Nuggets Take 2-0 Lead in Western Conference Championship Game with Fierce Fourth-Quarter Comeback Against Lakers”

The sudden violent offensive instantly reversed the Lakers’ good ball for most of the game, and the cheers of the ball arena full of fans finally sounded.

In the second game of the Western Conference Championship Game, the Denver Nuggets continued to face the Los Angeles Lakers at home. The Lakers head coach Darvin Ham put away the three-guard formation that he wanted to attack in the first game. Anthony Davis is paired with the frontcourt and has received good results. It has given a lot of interference to the Nuggets’ elbow area, allowing the Nuggets to concentrate their attacks in the penalty area and outside the three-point line. Going forward, Vanderbilt can also make the Nuggets go smoothly even if they actively attack the penalty area. Although the Lakers did not gain a huge advantage, they tied the Nuggets 27:27, but it has improved compared to the first game.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Michael Porter Jr. each swallowed two fouls in the first quarter, allowing the Nuggets to be replaced early, which also disrupted Michael Malone’s original scheduling model. In the second quarter, the two teams actually maintained a certain level , the two teams combined only had 3 turnovers, but the Lakers continued the unexpected effect of defending Nikola Jokić at the end of the first game from Rui Hachimura, who played at the end of the first quarter, allowing the Nuggets to score only 21 points in a single quarter. In addition to defense, Rui Hachimura scored 17 points on all seven shots in the first half, including a slam dunk with LBJ in the last 26.5 seconds before halftime, helping the Lakers take a 5-point lead in the first half.

The Lakers took turns in the third quarter. Austin Reaves started with two goals in a row. The most in a single quarter was LBJ’s 6 points, but a total of six players in the team scored and scored in the third quarter. They took a double-digit lead, and the Nuggets came back to their senses at this moment. Jokić was double-teamed twice in a row and found an outside teammate to hit. The Nuggets tied with a wave of 10:0 offensive. The previous tip-up was blocked by AD to maintain the lead, but Jamal Murray, who only scored three goals in the first 15 shots, made two slightly difficult shots at the end of the third quarter, which also foretells the changing situation in the fourth quarter .

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, MPJ tied the score with a three-pointer. Although the Lakers took the lead again, Murray’s sharp shot started from then on. From the last 9 minutes and 21 seconds of the fourth quarter, the Nuggets hit five consecutive three-pointers During this period, the Lakers only made one of two free throws from AD, and the Nuggets opened up a 12-point lead in one fell swoop. The cheers from the home fans of the Nuggets finally detonated, and the rhythm was completely reversed. Hit the difficult three-pointer, and once caught up to only 2 points, but in the last minute and a half, AD made a dribbling error and missed a three-pointer. Although LBJ copied the backcourt of the Nuggets in the last 30 seconds Passed the ball, but “shot” for a layup, and another missed ball in the last 8.4 seconds. The Lakers’ chasing points at the end of the fourth quarter could not match the fierce offensive of the Nuggets in the first half of the fourth quarter. They lost 103:108 at the end and the Nuggets kept After two home games, the first three rounds of this year’s playoffs took a 2-0 lead in the first two games. So far, they have not lost at home in the playoffs.

Murray only scored 3 goals in the first 15 shots, only 14 points in the first three quarters, but hit 8 goals in the last 9 shots, including 6 of 7 shots and 23 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter. The team’s 24 points are almost the same. Murray scored 37 points in the game. The Western Conference Championship scored more than 30 points in two consecutive games. Assists, won the first two games of the Western Conference Championship, plus the two games after the second round, it is the fourth consecutive triple-double, which is also the seventh time in the playoffs this season and the 13th time in the playoffs of his career. , continued to bomb the Lakers penalty area, MPJ also had 16 points in this battle, Bruce Brown and Aaron Gordon also scored double digits, the Lakers had the most points with 22 points from Reaves and LBJ, Rui Hachimura also had 21 points, although AD had 18 points and 14 rebounds , 4 hot pots, but only scored 4 goals in 15 shots, which is completely incomparable with the 60% hit rate in the previous battle.

The Nuggets played against the Lakers seven times in the playoffs, and the Lakers won all seven times. Only in the first round in 1979, the Nuggets won the first round. After that, the Nuggets have never led the Lakers by a large margin in the playoffs. Today they won After the next victory and 2:0, it was the first time in the history of the Nuggets that they took a 2:0 lead against the Lakers, and the Nuggets kept their home victory again, which also confirmed their 34 wins and 7 losses at home in the regular season this season, and the best home record in the Western District , The strength of the entire league is second only to the Bucks and Celtics. The third game was transferred to the Lakers’ home court. In order not to fall into an absolute disadvantage of 0:3, it will be the Lakers’ last stand that is equivalent to no retreat.

Further reading:

“2023 Playoffs” NBA Western Conference Championship Nuggets vs. Lakers Sports Vision Prediction Summit

“Analysis of the 2023 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Championship Game” Los Angeles Lakers-2020 re-enactment!

“Analysis of the 2023 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Championship Game” Denver Nuggets-The moment to crush the fate of the loser

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[Editor Zhang Zhengbang]