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NUGGETS WIN GAME 3 & LEAD THE SERIES 3-0! Denver Nuggets come back from ANOTHER double-digit deficit to defeat the Lakers in Game 3, 112-105! 😳

Basketball — 04/26/2024

Last month, following another regular-season loss to the Denver Nuggets, LeBron James opened up about his unhappiness with playing the defending champions.

“They have our number,” James stated after a 124-114 loss on March 3rd. “We haven’t beaten them in quite a while.”

‘Quite a while’ is quite an understatement. It has been 496 days since the Los Angeles Lakers last defeated the Denver Nuggets on December 16, 2022.Có thể là hình ảnh về 2 người, mọi người đang chơi bóng rổ và văn bản cho biết 'ibotta MLE SUEHION HIG 27 CITY MILE HIGH 20 24 PLAYOFFS KIGH 112 112EWA105 FINAL メマタ 105 LAKERS 1OSANGELES ASKETSALL'

The Nuggets’ losing record surpassed 11 games on Thursday night, when they defeated the Lakers 112-105 in Game 3 of their first-round series at Crypto.com Arena.

For the second consecutive year, the Lakers are down 3-0 and on the verge of being swept by the Nuggets in the NBA Playoffs.

Denver won all four games against the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals last May.

Aaron Gordon led the Nuggets with 27 points, as four different starters scored 20 or more points for the defending champions.

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“There’s a confidence that comes with being a champion,” Nuggets coach Mike Malone explained. “We have trust in our starting five. That founding group has been through many battles. They’ve been through battles before, and they never worry when we fall. They stay the course and find a way back into the game.”

Nikola Jokic, the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Award winner, concluded with 24 points, 15 rebounds, and nine assists.Có thể là hình ảnh về 1 người, đang chơi bóng rổ và văn bản cho biết 'JOKIC SPLAYOFFS HE Google Pixel Pixe 24 PTS 15 REB 9 AST ibotta MILE SILEH 7TH 2ND 金 112 FINAL GAME 105 LOS ANGELE 3 AKERS NUGGETS LEAD SERIES 3-0 NEXT GAME GAME4 SAT. SAT.8:30PMET abc'

Anthony Davis led the Lakers with a game-high 33 points and 15 rebounds. LeBron James scored 26 points in the loss.

D’Angelo Russell did not score a single point after finishing with 23 points and 7 three-pointers in Game 2 on Tuesday.

Austin Reaves scored 22 points in loss.

For the third week in a row, the Lakers jumped out to a 12-point lead early in the second quarter.

However, it is not how you start that matters, but how you finish, and the champions are the greatest in the NBA at finishing games.

Denver outscored the Lakers 34-22 in the third quarter, taking a 12-point lead midway through.Có thể là hình ảnh về 3 người, mọi người đang chơi bóng rổ, đám đông và văn bản cho biết 'ተተማ an Aeige AN @t fotla LAKERS go bitgo bit 23 NO TEAM HAS EVER COME BACK DOWN 0-3 IN NBA PLAYOFF HISTORY --7 SERIES'

Gordon dominated his opponents by running the baseline. At one point in the third quarter, he made a layup or dunk on five of his seven offensive attempts.

When the Nuggets built a double-digit lead, the Lakers crumpled like origami, enabling the unavoidable result to occur.

Denver collected 14 offensive rebounds in Game 3, but the Lakers outscored them in the paint for the first time in the series, 70-60. Both teams shot poorly from beyond the arc, with the Nuggets going 5 for 28 and the Lakers going 5 for 27.