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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 22 | 25 | 35 | 21 | 103 |
 Lakers | 35 | 13 | 29 | 35 | 112 |
DENTeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 38-8644.2% | 13-4032.5% | 14-1973.7% | 44 | 26 | 19 |
| LAL | 40-9044.4% | 15-4037.5% | 17-2568.0% | 52 | 20 | 15 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Los Angeles Lakers112| 41 | 5 | 2-11 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0 | +18 | −5.9 | |||||||
| 39 | 26 | 10-20 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +4.7 | ||||||
| 39 | 26 | 11-17 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +4.1 | ||||||
| 36 | 10 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +3 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 26 | 17 | 6-13 | 3-6 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −4 | −0.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 23 | 7-19 | 4-9 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −4.6 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.2 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.1 | |||
| Team | 112 | 40-9044.4% | 15-4037.5% | 52 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 17-2568.0% | 12 | 6 | 3 | |||
Bench 28 points on 8 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Derrick Williams, Thomas Bryant and Tyler Ennis (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets103| 41 | 26 | 11-16 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0 | +4 | +9.0 | |||||||
| 35 | 14 | 6-17 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.9 | ||||||
| 34 | 18 | 5-11 | 3-7 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 27 | 15 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 0 | +5 | +3.7 | |||||||
| 26 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | +7 | −4.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 8 | 3-14 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −8.4 | ||||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | −12 | +1.2 | ||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.1 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.4 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 103 | 38-8644.2% | 13-4032.5% | 44 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 14-1973.7% | 5 | 12 | 4 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Richard Jefferson, Malik Beasley and Kenneth Faried (coach’s decision).
Lakers112Nuggets103ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Kyle Kuzma had 26 points (16 in the third quarter) and 13 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers went on a 27-9 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters to beat the Denver Nuggets 112-103.
The Nuggets led 80-67 with 2:21 left in the third quarter. Lonzo Ball’s 3-pointer put the Lakers ahead for good with 7:40 left in the fourth quarter. Isaiah Thomas scored 10 points and Kuzma added 7 during the run. The Lakers led 94-89 with 6:23 left.
The Nuggets got within 102-99 on Wilson Chandler’s pull-up 3-pointer with 2:38 to play, but Julius Randle answered with a cutting layup, and the Nuggets got no closer.
During clutch time, the Lakers outscored the Nuggets 9-0. Thomas scored 4 of the Lakers’ 9 on 2 for 3 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 2 steals in 23 seconds, and the Lakers scored 2 points off them.
Randle had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Thomas added 23 points off the bench. The Lakers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Nuggets, Chandler had 26 points and 10 rebounds on 11 for 16 shooting.
The Nuggets got 5 offensive rebounds, about 7 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Lakers outscored the Nuggets 20-7 on the fast break.
Los Angeles LakersDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Lakers’ chance bottomed out at 13% (3rd quarter, 2:06 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
95 points from the field on 90 shots: 1.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-27 | 55.6% | 63% |
| In the paint | 7-16 | 43.8% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-8 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-32 | 34.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Chandler | 50 | 6 | 2-3 | −6 |
| Paul Millsap | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Nikola Jokić | 6 | 0 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Trey Lyles | 6 | 5 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 3-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Millsap | 36 | 8 | 4-7 | −2 |
| Nikola Jokić | 14 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Mason Plumlee | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Trey Lyles | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 7 | 3-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 87 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Harris | 18 | 3 | 1-5 | −2 |
| Will Barton | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Jamal Murray | 12 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Gary Harris | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 25 | 8-14 | +21 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
LAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
LAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Ball 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Caldwell-Pope 4 AST)
Q4 7:40
17.6%
40→58
Chandler 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Barton 3 AST)
Q4 2:38
16.1%
93→77
Kuzma 25' 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Randle 2 AST)
Q4 5:00
15.6%
73→88
Thomas 25' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 9:45
15.3%
34→49
Randle 3' Cutting Layup Shot (22 PTS) (Ball 7 AST)
Q4 2:19
13.3%
77→91
