NBA = American professional basketball, Rui Hachimura of the Lakers scored 2 points in the second game of the Western Conference Finals, but the team lost and lost two in a row.
The Conference Finals of the playoffs will advance to the NBA Finals, where the team with four wins will determine the champion of the season.
After losing their first game, the Lakers faced the Nuggets in their second game on the 4th in Denver.
Hachimura, who scored 18 points in the first match, came on midway through the first quarter, grabbed an offensive rebound on the first play, and shot from the bottom of the goal.
After that, he scored all seven shots, including difficult shots to dodge opponents' blocks, three-point shots, and "ali-oops" that score dunks while receiving passes in the air, and scored 2 points in the first half, the most for either team.
In defence, following the first match, he was entrusted with the mark of the opposing ace Nikola Jokic, and continued to work hard in the battle for position, showing his strength offensively and defensively without letting him go under the goal.
The first half ended with a five-point lead, 1-17.
After the Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a lead, they couldn't stop the Nuggets' three-point shooting offense and lost 1-7, ending a two-game losing streak.
Hachimura played 17 minutes and 1 seconds and scored 53 points, including two rebounds and one assist.
It was the fourth playoff time in six games that they scored 48 or more.
Game 5 will be played in Los Angeles, home of the Lakers, on the 4th.