LeBron’s Lakers on verge of 10-year first
Опубликованно 28.09.2020 23:35
James finished with 26 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists and Davis managed 34 points as Lakers held on to defeat the Nuggets and take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series in the NBA’s quarantine bubble in Orlando, Florida.
The Lakers have not reached the NBA Finals since 2010, and are now just one victory away.
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Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 32 points and eight assists, while Jerami Grant finished with 17 for Denver. As revealed by NBA.com, Murray has now recorded 20+ points in 7 consecutive playoff games within a single post-season. The last Nuggets player to do this was Carmelo Anthony in 12 straight games in 2009.
Jamal Murray is playing at such a ridiculous level. As a guard, he just shot 12-for-17 from inside the arc during the Conference Finals. Just bonkers! He isn’t gonna look back from here. Nightmare out West for years to come.— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) September 25, 2020
Serbia’s Nikola Jokic was held in check most of the game and finished with a disappointing 16 points.
James took it upon himself to guard Murray.
“He’s is one of the hottest guys in the bubble,” James said.
“He’s very shifty to guard. I just use my length and athleticism, high hand him and meet him at the basket.”
Denver has dug another big hole in these playoffs and if they are going to advance to the NBA finals they will have to come back from a 3-1 deficit for the third consecutive series.
The Nuggets lost Game 4 in each of their first two series against Utah and the Los Angeles Clippers before making a pair of historic comebacks.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 13 points and Rajon Rondo tallied 11 points for the Lakers, who bounced back from a loss in game three in which they rebounded poorly by outscoring the Nuggets 25-6 in second chance points on Thursday. Rondo also had seven assists.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
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The Lakers took the lead 10-9 on a five-metre basket by Davis with 8:16 left in the first quarter and led the close contest the rest of the way.
As revealed by SportsCenter, the Lakers are 52-0 this season when leading going into the 4th quarter, which is best record ever in the shot clock era.
Game 5 of the series will take place on Sunday morning AEST. The Lakers have wrapped up both their previous series in five games.
Lakers pull out a 114-108 win over Nuggets to take a 3-1 lead in series. Lakers are one win away from reaching the NBA Finals for first time in 10 years, 2010.— Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) September 25, 2020
— AFP
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