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| Anthony Davis' helps his team to get the win with a buzzer-beater. Image Credit:@twitter/@Lakers |
Anthony Davis makes some huge plays in the second game of the Western Conference Finals. He hits a buzzer-beater 3-pointer to give a win to the Lakers. He scored 31 points with 9 rebounds and 2 blocks as the Lakers take 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals.
Nikola Jokic was superb in the last quarter, He scored the last 11 points for the Nuggets which nearly gave a win to the Nuggets but it was Anthony Davis who stopped them. LeBron James played very well in the first half but he was unable to continue his performance in the second half. He scored 20 points in the first half with 70+% shooting from the field and behind the arc but in the second half, he scored only 6 points.
Crunch-time, step-back trey to beat the shot clock.That’s big-time,@AntDavis23 .(📺: TNT) pic.twitter.com/w2jKCAIm98— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) September 21, 2020
ANTHONY DAVIS. FOR THE WIN.(📺: TNT) pic.twitter.com/qolqy9DHMY— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) September 21, 2020
Quarter 1
LeBron James started a quarter with a 3-pointer. 4 minutes passed in the quarter both teams scored only 11 points combined. 6:05 to go, Denver Nuggets got 5 points lead when Nikola Jokic made 2 points shot. LeBron James 5 point run tied a game at 12-12. Lakers took a lead with Danny Green's shot. 3:08 to go, Kyle Kuzma made 2 points shot which gave 4 points lead to the Lakers. The Lakers made an 18-3 run to take 10 points to lead in a quarter. After the first quarter of play, the Lakers got 8 points lead.
Quarter 2
Kyle Kuzma started scoring in a second quarter with a layup. Nuggets was able to cut the Lakers 10 points lead to only 2 points lead when 8:42 left in a quarter and Porter Jr made a tip shot but once again Lakers made a run of 17-3 to take a lead of 16 points in a game. Denver's 9-3 run was able to cut the Lakers 17 points lead to 10 points. After 2nd quarter of play, the Lakers were able to take the lead of 10 points in a game.
Quarter 3
9:49 to go, Lakers got 13 points lead with Anthony Davis making a pull-up jump shot. 8:12 to go, Danny Green made a 3-point jumper, and before this LeBron James made 2 points shot which gave 16 points lead to the Lakers. 4:17 to go, Once again Denver cut the Lakers lead to 6 points. 2:06 to go, With Monte Morris' 2 free throws made Nuggets reach within 3 points. After 3 quarters of play, Nuggets was able to cut a Lakers' lead to 4 points.
Quarter 4
LeBron James missed a 3-pointer for the first shot of the Lakers in the quarter. Porter Jr scored a bucket on a miss of a Murray to cut a lead to only 2 points. 9:58 to go, Murray drew a foul and headed to the free-throw line. 9:42 to go, LeBron James scored a bucket and drew a foul. LeBron missed a free throw but grabbed his rebound. Danny Green missed a shot but Kuzma was there to take a rebound. Lakers scored for 4 points lead. LeBron James missed a 3-pointer before Dozier made one of his two free throws. 7:26 to go, Denver Nuggets took a lead with Murray's bucket but the Lakers replied with Danny Green's 3-pointer. 6:40 to go, Rondo made 3-pointer for 5 points lead to the Lakers.
6:20 to go, PJ Dozier made a driving layup to score a bucket and drew a foul on Anthony Davis. 5:40 to go, KCP made a huge bucket for 6 points lead. Anthony Davis made the biggest 3-pointer of the game to gave 8 points lead to the Lakers. 2:12 to go, LeBron James missed another 3-pointer. 1:16 to go, LeBron James made another turnover. 1:04 to go, Nikola Jokic made a huge 3-pointer for Nuggets which cut a lead to 1 point. Jokic scored a bucket to gave 1 point lead to Nuggets. Anthony Davis made a driving floating jump shot for 1 point lead to the Lakers but Jokic made another 2 points shot and the Nuggets took a lead in a game when 20.8 seconds to go in a quarter. 2.1 second to go, Rajon Rondo passed a ball to Anthony Davis and Anthony Davis made a shot at the last moment of a game.
Lakers' Scorers
Anthony Davis scored 31 points with 9 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. LeBron James scored 26 points with 11 boards, 4 assists, and 2 blocks in a game. Green scored 11 points, 5 boards, 3 steals, and a block. KCP scored 11 points.
Bench Players
Kuzma scored 8 points, Caruso scored 9 points with 2 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and a block. Rajon Rondo added 3 points with 4 rebounds, 9 assists, and 1 steal. Howard made 3 points in a game.
Nuggets' Scorers
Another great game by Nikola Jokic as he scored 30 points with 6 boards, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Jamal Murray scored 25 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Grant scored only 7 points but he made 3 steals in a game.
Bench Players
Porter Jr. scored 15 points with 4 rebounds. Morris scored 9 points in a game.
“We never want to lose in these jerseys. We never want to lose at all.” - @AntDavis23 pic.twitter.com/KYlr1jJNeU
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) September 21, 2020
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