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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 24 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 89 |
 Lakers | 20 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 93 |
DENTeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 36-8243.9% | 6-2425.0% | 11-1668.8% | 41 | 22 | 12 |
| LAL | 32-7343.8% | 13-3043.3% | 16-2369.6% | 43 | 18 | 20 |
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 Lakers93| 33 | 25 | 9-19 | 1-2 | 6-7 | 0 | +3 | −0.9 | |||||||
| 31 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.6 | |||||
| 31 | 10 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 0 | −5 | −4.5 | |||||||
| 28 | 11 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 1-2 | +4 | −1.6 | ||||||||
| 22 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −7.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −6.5 | ||
| 17 | 8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +1.5 | |||||
| 17 | 10 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +4.3 | |||||
| 15 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.4 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −2 | +1.5 | ||||||
| Team | 93 | 32-7343.8% | 13-3043.3% | 43 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 16-2369.6% | 7 | 5 | 8 | |||
Bench 37 points on 13 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Kostas Antetokounmpo, Alfonzo McKinnie and Devontae Cacok (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets89| 40 | 19 | 8-15 | 2-7 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.1 | |||||
| 37 | 8 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 36 | 32 | 12-28 | 1-4 | 7-8 | +3 | +5.4 | ||||||||
| 25 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | +8 | −4.6 | |||||||
| 22 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −6.3 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 23 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −3.6 | |||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.2 | ||||
| 12 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +0.5 | |||||||
| Team | 89 | 36-8243.9% | 6-2425.0% | 41 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 11-1668.8% | 6 | 10 | 7 | |||
Bench 22 points on 10 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Paul Millsap, Markus Howard, Vlatko Čančar and Bol Bol (coach’s decision).
Lakers93Nuggets89ClickTap 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.
The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 93-89.
Kyle Kuzma’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Lakers ahead for good with 5:22 left in the third quarter.
The Nuggets got within 91-89 on Nikola Jokić’s 2 free throws with 38 seconds to play, but Talen Horton-Tucker answered with a reverse layup, and the Nuggets got no closer.
Anthony Davis’ floater with 41.8 seconds left made it 91-87, and Horton-Tucker’s reverse layup with 15.1 seconds left put it away at 93-89.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Lakers 5-4.
Davis had 25 points (14 in the paint) and 3 blocks, and Marc Gasol added 10 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) off the bench.
For the Nuggets, Jokić had 32 points and 9 rebounds. Facundo Campazzo had 8 points, 8 assists and a career-high 5 steals.
The Lakers shot 43.8% from the field and 43.3% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 43.9% and 25.0%. The Nuggets got 6 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Nuggets outscored the Lakers 25-11 in 11 minutes with Rivers, Gordon, Jokić, Porter and Campazzo 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).
77 points from the field on 73 shots: 2.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-23 | 56.5% | 64% |
| In the paint | 4-13 | 30.8% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 2-7 | 28.6% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-23 | 43.5% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 37 | 11 | 4-10 | −2 |
| JaMychal Green | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Nikola Jokić | 7 | 8 | 4-7 | +6 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 2-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facundo Campazzo | 25 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Austin Rivers | 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| PJ Dozier | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 5 | 2-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 10 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facundo Campazzo | 25 | 0 | 0-5 | −4 |
| PJ Dozier | 14 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Austin Rivers | 8 | 1 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 9 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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
Davis 2' Driving Floating Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 3 AST)
Q4 0:42
21.9%
73→95
Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (32 PTS)
Q4 0:39
18.5%
91→73
Porter Jr. 1' Running Layup (19 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
Q4 1:37
17.7%
90→73
Kuzma 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)
Q3 5:22
13.2%
49→62
Gasol 28' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 2 AST)
Q4 10:03
12.9%
79→92
