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NBA Western Conference Finals: It looks like Los Angeles Lakers have no chance of Denver Nuggets' duo Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic. They are doing what are they want to do in a game. In this Game Lakers look like a G-league team until they made a run in the 4th quarter. Nuggets beat the Lakers with 114-106 to get back in series with 2-1.
The Denver Nuggets defense led a Nuggets to win over the Lakers in this game. One again Jamal Murray hit some big shots in a game. Once the Lakers cut 20 points Nuggets' lead to 3 points and they also have some chances to tie a game but they missed it and Jamal Murray made some important play to seal a deal for them.
Shake N' Bake pic.twitter.com/xWR8EPqZBY
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) September 23, 2020
Now, the Lakers will feel that the Nuggets are not an easy team to beat. If they will not play at their highest level they will eventually not able to win against Denver Nuggets which already make comeback from a 3-1 deficit. Grant was the key factor in Denver Nuggets' win over Los Angeles Lakers.
LeBron James registered 26th triple-double in playoff career. Rajon Rondo passes Laker legend Kobe Bryant for 9th on the all-time playoff assist rank.
Quarter 1
Lakers took 6 points lead early in the quarter with LeBron James making a pull-up jump shot. 7:40 to go, Jerami Grant made 3 points shot to tie a game at 12-12. 2:50 to go, Michael Porter Jr. made an alley-oop layup on Murray's assist. Millsap made his both free-throws to get the first lead in the quarter. Nuggets were able to take a lead of 2 points in the first quarter.
Quarter 2
Michael Porter James made a 3-pointer in the second quarter which gave 7 points lead in the game to the Nuggets. In the next play, Michael Porter Jr made a tip shot for the 9 points lead over the Lakers. Murray's knocked down 3-pointer which give 10 points led to Nuggets. 8:53 to go, Morris banged open three-pointer to take the lead of 17 points. Denver Nuggets made a 15-2 run at the starting of a second quarter. 5:45 to go, Nuggets took 16 points lead. 4:31 to go, Monte Morris made 3 points jumper to take a lead of 18 points with 55-37. Lakers was able to cut these 18 points deficit to 10 points after the first half of the play.
Quarter 3
KCP's 3-pointer cut a lead to 7 points and in the next play, KCP stole a ball, finished a play with a 2 point shot to cut a lead to 5 points. Jokic's 3-point shot gave 13 points lead to the Lakers. 6:52 to go, LeBron shot cut a lead to 9 points. 5:37 to go, Harris made 3-pointer to gave 14 points lead over the Lakers. 3:53 to go, Murray made 2 free throws for 16 points lead to the quarter. 3:16 remaining in a quarter, Denver took 18 points to lead in the quarter. 1:30 to go, Jamal Murray made 2 point shot which gave the Lakers the biggest deficit of 20 points in the game and this year's playoff series. Denver outscored the Lakers in the third quarter and took 18 points to lead after the 3rd quarter.
Quarter 4
10:36 to go, Murray hammered a rim with his dunk to give 20 points lead to the Nuggets over the Lakers in the game. LeBron made a 3-pointer that cut a lead to 14 points for the Lakers in a game. 8:43 to go, Lakers were able to cut 20 points lead of the Nuggets to 12 points. 8:20 to go, Lakers cut a lead to 10 points with LeBron James' dunk which was started by Rondo's defense. 7:38 to go, Lakers cut a lead to 8 points with Anthony Davis making a 10 foot shot on LeBron James dime.7:12 to go, Another great defensive play by Rondo and finished by LeBron James with the dunk. 6:31 to go, LeBron James' driving lay up shot cut a lead to 4 points. Kuzma made one of his 2 free-throws to cut a lead to 3 points. Lakers have a chance to tie a game when KCP tried to score on an open 3-pointer but he missed it. Jamal Murray made a very important 3-pointer to give 7 points lead to Nuggets which put them in winning momentum. Jamal Murray made a 30 footer 3-pointer to get a lead of 12 points in a game.
Lakers' Scorers
LeBron James led the Lakers with 30 points, 10 boards, 11 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Anthony Davis dropped 27 points with only 2 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. KCP scored 12 points in a game.
Bench players
Rajon Rondo scored 9 points with 8 assists, 2 boards, and 3 steals which turn around a game in the fourth quarter. Kuzma scored 11 points.
Denver's Scorers
Murray was superb in this game with 28 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, and 2 steals. Grant scored 26 points with 3 boards, 1 assist, and 2 steals which is the highest score for him in his playoff career against the Lakers. Jokic added 22 points with 10 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.
Bench Players
Morris scored a very important 14 points in a game. Porter Jr scored 9 points with 6 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.
26 points on 63.6% shooting...
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) September 23, 2020
Talk about steppin' up for the squad! #MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/jWTppz6ggc
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