The Los Angeles club at home 105:112 (33:23, 20:26, 22:34, 30:29) recognized the superiority of the Denver Nuggets.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers had a 12-point lead when they led 37-25. However, Darvin Ham’s students could not keep the advantage and the visitors started the fourth quarter with a lead of 83:75.
During the decisive quarter, the basketball players of the defending champion Nuggets confidently controlled the situation and celebrated the victory.
The Nuggets have a 3-0 lead in the 4-game series.
It is interesting that in all the matches of this series, the Lakers basketball players had double-digit advantages, but they were never able to take advantage of it.
Aaron Gordon was the most productive player in the Denver team, who scored 29 points (12/17 doubles, 0/1 triples, 5/6 penalties), 15 rebounds and 3 assists.
Nikola Jokicius scored 24 points (9/12 doubles, 0/1 triples, 6/7 penalties), 15 rebounds and 9 assists for the winners.
Anthony Davis stood out in the Lakers team. The tall man scored 33 points (14/23 doubles, 5/7 penalties), had 15 rebounds and 3 assists.
LeBron James finished the game with 26 points (11/14 doubles, 1/6 triples, 1/2 penalty), 6 rebounds and 9 assists.
Lakers: Anthony Davis 33, LeBron James 26, Austin Reaves 22.
Nuggets: Aaron Gordon 29, Nikola Jokic 24, Jamal Murray 22.
