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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 30 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 93 |
 Lakers | 27 | 19 | 37 | 31 | 114 |
DENTeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 36-9239.1% | 8-2828.6% | 13-1586.7% | 42 | 19 | 15 |
| LAL | 46-8156.8% | 8-2433.3% | 14-2263.6% | 40 | 29 | 16 |
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 Lakers114| 35 | 27 | 12-19 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +21 | +9.7 | ||||||
| 33 | 13 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 3-6 | +21 | +2.2 | ||||||||
| 30 | 21 | 7-9 | 2-2 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.4 | |||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −3.3 | |||||
| 20 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | −5.3 | ||||||
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| 25 | 11 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-3 | +12 | +3.4 | |||||||
| 24 | 13 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −1.4 | |||||
| 22 | 17 | 8-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +17 | +6.5 | |||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −7.2 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +1.5 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.8 | ||
| Team | 114 | 46-8156.8% | 8-2433.3% | 40 | 29 | 16 | 19 | 14-2263.6% | 8 | 10 | 7 | |||
Bench 41 points on 18 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Markieff Morris and Wesley Matthews (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets93| 37 | 20 | 7-17 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0 | −17 | −3.8 | |||||||
| 36 | 9 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | −8 | −4.4 | |||||||
| 35 | 13 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −8 | −4.0 | |||||||
| 32 | 6 | 3-13 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −6.7 | |||||||
| 28 | 14 | 5-10 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −12 | +1.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 16 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +2.6 | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.3 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −9 | +0.7 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +1.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.9 | ||
| Team | 93 | 36-9239.1% | 8-2828.6% | 42 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 13-1586.7% | 16 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 31 points on 12 for 28 shooting
Lakers114Nuggets93ClickTap 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.
LeBron James had 27 points (18 in the paint), 10 rebounds and 10 assists, his second triple-double of the season, and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 114-93.
The Lakers led by as many as 25, pulling away with a 22-4 run bridging the third and fourth quarters.
Dennis Schröder scored 21 points (9 in the third quarter) on 7 for 9 shooting. The Lakers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Nuggets, Jamal Murray scored 20 points.
The Lakers shot 56.8% from the field and 33.3% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 39.1% and 28.6%. They outscored the Nuggets 66-34 in the paint. The Lakers outscored the Nuggets 13-0 in 4 minutes with James, Davis, Harrell, Kuzma and Horton-Tucker on the floor together.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
100 points from the field on 81 shots: 8.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 30-39 | 76.9% | 64% |
| In the paint | 3-7 | 42.9% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-11 | 45.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-14 | 35.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JaMychal Green | 27 | 7 | 3-6 | −3 |
| Paul Millsap | 8 | 6 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 8 | 4-6 | +5 |
| Will Barton | 6 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 4 | 2-6 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | 25 | 0 | 0-1 | −6 |
| Will Barton | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Monte Morris | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 6 | 9 | 4-5 | +8 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 5 | 1-1 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Morris | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Will Barton | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jamal Murray | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| R.J. Hampton | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 12 | 6-9 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 40 possessions. He usually scores about 9 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
Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
Q4 10:22
12.9%
92→79
James 27' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 9:14
11.5%
82→93
Horton-Tucker 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS)
Q1 3:50
10.1%
45→55
Horton-Tucker 2' Driving Reverse Layup (11 PTS)
Q4 11:12
9.8%
82→92
Morris 3' Floating Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
Q4 10:55
9.8%
92→82
