Menu
  • Home
    •
  • NBA
  • NBA: Los Angeles Lakers make it into the first NBA finals since 2010.

NBA: Los Angeles Lakers make it into the first NBA finals since 2010.

Lakers make into the NBA finals after 10 years and LeBron James makes into his 10th NBA finals.
Image Credit:@twitter/@Lakers

NBA Western Conference Finals: LeBron James makes history with his amazing performance in the 5th game that leads the Lakers to the NBA Finals. LeBron James makes another 30+ points game with triple-double. He scores 15 30+ points triple-double in the NBA playoffs. 


LeBron James joins James Worthy as the only Lakers with 30+ points, 15+ rebounds, and 10 assists in Lakers' playoff history. Los Angeles Lakers back in NBA finals since 2010. LeBron James scores 27th triple-double in his career, Now Magic is the only one who is ahead of him with 30 triple-double. 


Once the Lakers had 16 points lead in the 3rd quarter but the Nuggets able to cut that lead to only 3 points after 3 quarters of play. Jerami Grant made 14 points on that 3rd quarter of the Nuggets run.


Quarter 1


 9:33 to go, With Danny Green's 2-pointer Lakers, took 1 point lead. After this Denver Nuggets made a 7-0 run to take a lead of 5 points in the game. Lakers replied with a 9-2 run to take the lead of 2 points in the game. 2:21 to go, Anthony Davis stole a ball and pass a ball to Alex Caruso who finished with a dunk to give the Lakers 2  points lead. 1:44 remaining, Kuzma scored on a layup and drew a foul. Plumlee drew a foul and scored a bucket. 45.3 seconds to go, Rondo's 3-pointer gave 1 point lead and Alex Caruso's layup on LeBron James' assist gave 3 points lead to the Lakers. 


Quarter 2


Nikola Jokic made a back-to-back bucket at the starting of the quarter to give 1 point lead to Nuggets. 8:17 to go, Markieff Morris dropped an open 3-pointer on LeBron James assist to give 6 points lead to the Lakers. LeBron made 2 points shot for 8 points lead to the Lakers. 6:55 to go, Howard missed both free-throws to give 10 points lead to the Lakers. 


6:22 to go, Alex Caruso made a cut and scored a bucket with making 1 free throw. Lakers got 9 points lead. Lakers got 11 points lead with LeBron's bucket. 3:59 to go, Anthony Davis finished a play with a dunk on Rondo's lob pass. Dozier made a layup on Murray's lob pass. 1:07 to go, Danny Green blocked Plumlee's layup. 38 seconds to go, Dozier made a huge 3 pointer which cut a lead to 8 points. Lakers got 10 points lead after the first half of a play.  


LeBron James scored 16 points with 7 boards and 6 assists. Anthony Davis added 9 points. Alex Caruso had a big first half as he made 11 points. Nikola Jokic scored 9 points but he got foul trouble in the game. Murray added 8 points. Plumlee and Porter Jr dropped 7 points each coming off the bench. 


Quarter 3


LeBron started a quarter with an easy layup. Danny Green made 3-pointer on LeBron James assists for 13 points lead to the Lakers. LeBron's 2 points made gave 15 points lead to the Lakers. 9:13 to go, Millsap made a 3-point jumper. Anthony Davis made a driving floating jump shot on the next possession. 8:02 to go, Anthony Davis' 2 free throws gave 16 points lead to the Lakers. 5:47 to go, Denver made 10 points game with Jerami Grant's 3-pointer.


4:42 to go, Anthony Davis scored on Jokic. 4:11 to go, Porter Jr. made a 3-pointer cut a lead to 7 points. Grant blocked Anthony Davis' shot when 2:27 to go in the quarter. 1:34 to go, Anthony Davis made a huge block on Porter Jr. What an outstanding block by Anthony Davis. Grant's 2 free throws cut a lead to 5 points. 1:01 to go, Murray scored a bucket and drew a foul. 3 points cut a lead to 2 points. Denver made 21-8 run. 11 seconds to go, Murray scored his both free throws to tie a game at 84-84. Anthony Davis made a 3-pointer when 1 second to go in the quarter. Laker got 3 points lead. Denver made a 17-7 run in the last 4:40 minutes of the quarter.


Quarter 4


Kyle Kuzma started a quarter with a 3-pointer. 10:03 to go, LeBron James scored a bucket and drew a foul but he missed the free throw.  LeBron James made  3 points play which gave the Lakers 7 points lead. 6:49 to go, LeBron James made a 2 point shot for 7 points lead before this Howard blocked a shot of Morris. 6:11 to go, Anthony Davis with a 3-pointer on Alex Caruso's assist gave 10 points lead to the Lakers. Paul Millsap made 4 consecutive free-throws to cut a lead to 6 points. 4:50 to go, Howard made one of 2 free throws. Nikola Jokic made 3 points play. Danny Green made a big 3-pointer for the Lakers. 3:40 to go, LeBron James made an open step-back jumper which gave 9 points lead to the Lakers. Nikola made a huge bucket but LeBron replied with his own. LeBron James made another jump shot. 1:57 to go, LeBron James made a three-point jumper for 12 points lead.



Lakers' Scorers


LeBron James: 38 points with 16 boards. 10 assists and a steal, Anthony Davis: 27 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block, Dwight Howard: 9 points, 9 boards, 2 blocks, Green: 11 points, 2 assists, and 2 blocks, KCP: 2 points, 2 steals.  


Bench Players


Alex Caruso:11 points, 2 boards, 4 assists, Rondo: 8 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, Kuzma: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and a block. 


Nuggets' Scorers


Nikola Jokic: 20 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, Jamal Murray: 19 points, 4 boards, 8 assists, and 1 steal. Grant: 20 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. Millsap scored 13 points. 


Bench Players


Porter Jr.: 10 points, Plumlee: 7 points, Morris: 10 points, 2 boards, 7 assists, Dozier: 5 points.    


Also Read:


NBA: Boston Celtics is trying to make a comeback with a win over Miami Heat In the ECF.


0 Comments:

Post a Comment

© sportznt | Designed By - Templatesyard | SEO Plugin By - ABT | Distributed By Blogger Templates20