Los Angeles Lakers beat Denver Nuggets 114-108 in Game 4 and takes 3-1 series lead in Western Conference finals. Game 5 will be on Saturday and it will be an elimination game for Nuggets.
For Nuggets and NBA fans 3-1 might be a familiar margin, as Mike Malone men already overcome 3-1 deficit twice in this year’s playoff. Can they do third time? they are capable of pulling that one but against LeBron and AD it could be a mountain to climb for young Denver team.
Anthony Davis led All scorers with 34 points on 10 of 15 shooting from the floor, he garbed 5 boards,3 assists and 3 steals. LeBron James had a rough shooting night, the four-time league MVP just shot 38.9% from the floor but he managed to contribute in many other ways to help the team to win the ball game.
James scored 26 points on 7 of 18 shooting from the floor and grabs 9 boards & 8 Assists. Dwight Howard had a monster game after starting for Lakers for the first time in the playoffs. The three time Defensive player of the year winner scored 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting and grabbed 11 boards (6 offensive + 5 defensive) in just 22 minutes.
2019-20 NBA Playoffs Lakers vs Nuggets Game 4 Highlights
Kyle Kuzma (10 points) and Rajon Rondo(11 points and 7 assists) provided much needed scoring off the bench.
Jamal Murray hot streak continues inside bubble, The Canadian guard scored led all Nuggets in scoring with 32 points on 12 of 20 shooting along with 8 assists. Nikola Jokic got into early foul trouble, the big-man scored just 16 points on 6 of 13 shooting and grabbed 7 boards in 35 minutes of playing, he didn’t score in the fourth quarter at all.
Michael Porter Jr scored 13 points on 5 of 8 shooting and garbs 8 boards off the bench.Denver as a team shot better than Lakers from the field and from three point range but they are down on rebounds 41 to 33.
