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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