For L. James and the Lakers, the Denver club has become a nightmare – they do not defeat him for the tenth time in a row

If the Nuggets took the second place in their conference in the championship, the Lakers reached the quarterfinals after successfully overcoming the playoffs.

“Lakers” led the whole match in this duel and even had a very solid lead – 75:55.

However, then the home team began to reduce the gap, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, they reached 91:97, and Michael Porter made a long shot to tie the score at 95:95 with a minute to go.

In the final seconds, the score was 99:99 and L. James missed his shot. Ball with 12 seconds left. receiver Jamal Murray held on until the final second and hit a 2-pointer at the buzzer.

The third match of the series will take place in Los Angeles.

Last season’s best NBA regular season player, Serbian Nikola Jokicius scored a triple double for the winners – he scored 27 points in 41 minutes (7/12 double-pointers, 2/4 three-pointers, 7/7 free throws), rebounded 20 balls and made 10 assists.

In the guest ranks, L. James was close to a triple double – he scored 26 points (6/13 double-pointers, 3/6 three-pointers, 5/7 free throws), rebounded 8 balls and made 12 assists in 38 minutes.

The Nuggets have won their 10th straight matchup against the Lakers, including four in last season’s playoff series.

Nuggets: Nikola Jokic 27 (20 rebounds, 10 assists), Michael Porter 22 (9 rebounds, 6/10 3-pointers), Jamal Murray 20 (0/5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds .trans.), Aaron Gordon 14.

Lakers: Anthony Davis 32 (11 rebounds, 14/18 2-pointers), LeBron James 26 (8 rebounds, 12 assists, 3/6 3-pointers), D’Angelo Russell 23 (7/ 11 three-pointers, 6 assists).