By statistics and history, the

third and fifth games are usually the most important

of a seven-game tie.

The first because it can mark distance if a team has started 2-0 or if the series goes 1-1 and the one that wins is the team that plays away from home.

And the second because the breakdown of a supposed 2-2 delivers a 'match ball' to the winner.

In turn, and especially the third game, it is usually highly undervalued by the players and the public, not so much by the coaches.

It seems that it is still the beginning of the eliminatory and that it will not have much repercussion, but the

Los Angeles Lakers

could have put a foot and a half in the

NBA Finals

last night.

Anthony Davis'

triple

on the horn gave them 2-0 against the Denver Nuggets that already looked 1-1 to balance the series.

A 2-0 that gave them an incredible distance against a team that had been exposed to extreme physical effort during the two previous qualifiers, forced to overcome a 1-3 in a row.

The California franchise squad, more rested after two comfortable series in the first and second rounds, had the opportunity to sentence the duel.

It was not so.

They let go until they were

20 points

behind

in the game and, despite the final recovery attempt, allowed the Nuggets to continue dreaming of another epic comeback.

Those from Colorado broke the duel between the second and third quarters, opening the second quarter with a 3-15 led by secondary

Monte Morris

.

LeBron James

cut the rent before halftime (53-63), but between

Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and a surprising Jerami Grant

Denver again increased the difference to 20 points.

Vogel, Los Angeles coach, changed the defense to the zone and put one of his favorite quintets on the track:

Rondo, Caruso, LeBron, Kuzma and Davis

.

And the Lakers crushed their rival at times with a 19-2 run to tighten the game to 96-99 for the Nuggets, with no response at the time until Jamal Murray, one of the best players in the

Playoffs, appeared

.

Two scandalous triples and several assists to extend the advantage and close a game (106-114) that his team deserved to win against the late response of the Lakers.

Murray finished with

28 points and twelve assists

, due to Jokic's 22 and ten rebounds and

Grant's 26 points

.

In those in purple and gold,

LeBron James added a triple-double

of 30 points, ten rebounds and eleven assists, while Davis had 27 points and only two sacks.

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