The streak of 11 consecutive defeats against Denver was finally ended by the Lakers in the fourth game of the first round of the playoffs in the West - 119:108.
The stellar tandem of the "lakeman" played well, Anthony Davis had 27 rebounds and 11 rebounds, and LeBron James had 30 points, five rebounds and four assists.
Reeves and Russell played well with 21 points each.
In Dever's team, Nikola Jokić had a triple-double (33 points, 14 rebounds and an assist each), and he only had help from Michael Porter Jr. with 27 points and 11 rebounds. Jamal Mari did throw in 22 points, but with only nine shots out of 23, he also missed all four three-pointers.
And the Lakers bench was incomparably better with 13 points compared to only five Nuggets, so it is now 3:1 in the series for Denver.
And in the replay of the East final from last year, Boston returned the break on Miami's floor - 104:84.
Brown and Tatum scored 22 points for the Celts, Adebayo scored 20 on the other side. "Vrelina" had four players out of the game, among them the first star Butler, while Boston had the entire team to lead the series 2:1.
Earlier, Oklahoma again won New Orleans (106:85), for a 3:0 lead in the series.
Nikola Vučević cheered on his former club with his son in the colors of Orlando, and the Magic beat Cleveland 112:89, for 2:2 in the quarterfinal series.
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