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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 24 | 38 | 33 | 34 | 129 |
 Lakers | 28 | 33 | 33 | 24 | 118 |
DENTeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 47-8257.3% | 12-3138.7% | 23-2979.3% | 38 | 33 | 12 |
| LAL | 49-9253.3% | 6-2030.0% | 14-2166.7% | 40 | 31 | 12 |
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.
Denver Nuggets129| 37 | 24 | 9-14 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +14 | +8.7 | |||||
| 37 | 25 | 8-12 | 6-8 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +6.9 | |||||
| 36 | 6 | 1-9 | 0-4 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +7 | −0.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 38 | 15-22 | 0-3 | 8-11 | +7 | +12.3 | ||||||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −2.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 10 | 4-9 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 0 | +11 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 23 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −5.9 | ||||
| 21 | 10 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +3.8 | |||||
| 15 | 14 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | +4 | +4.3 | |||||||
| Team | 129 | 47-8257.3% | 12-3138.7% | 38 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 23-2979.3% | 6 | 10 | 5 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Bryn Forbes, Facundo Campazzo and Markus Howard (coach’s decision).
Los Angeles Lakers118| 35 | 28 | 11-25 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-6 | −10 | +8.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 27 | 11-15 | 0-1 | 5-10 | +1 | +10.7 | ||||||||
| 33 | 11 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −5.3 | ||||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.7 | ||||
| 23 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.0 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 17 | 8-18 | 1-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.3 | |||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −1.1 | |||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −5.6 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.8 | |||||
| 11 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.2 | |||||
| Team | 118 | 49-9253.3% | 6-2030.0% | 40 | 31 | 12 | 25 | 14-2166.7% | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||
Bench 34 points on 15 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Trevor Ariza, Austin Reaves, Wayne Ellington and Kent Bazemore (coach’s decision).
Nuggets129Lakers118ClickTap 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.
Nikola Jokić had 38 points (24 in the paint) and 18 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets went on a 13-2 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 129-118.
It was tied at 104 when DeMarcus Cousins’ driving layup put the Nuggets ahead for good with 6:53 left. They pulled away to a 117-106 lead with 4:46 left.
In the fourth quarter, Monte Morris had 5 of his 10 assists, 3 of them on baskets by Davon Reed and Cousins that put the Nuggets ahead. In that stretch, Morris had 2 of his 3 steals, and the Nuggets scored 4 points off them.
Will Barton scored 25 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) on 8 for 12 shooting, and Aaron Gordon added 24 points and 8 rebounds. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers. Jokić and Barton set each other up for 6 baskets and 15 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Lakers, Anthony Davis had 28 points, 9 rebounds, a season-high 8 assists and 3 blocks, and Carmelo Anthony went 1 for 7 from 3. Russell Westbrook had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists on 11 for 15 shooting.
The Nuggets shot 57.3% from the field and 38.7% from 3 to the Lakers’ 53.3% and 30.0%. The Nuggets’ starters were outscored 26-16 in 8 minutes together.
Denver NuggetsLos Angeles LakersPS, 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).
106 points from the field on 82 shots: 17.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-28 | 82.1% | 65% |
| In the paint | 7-13 | 53.8% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-10 | 50.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 5-8 | 62.5% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-23 | 30.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Howard | 37 | 13 | 6-10 | −3 |
| Anthony Davis | 17 | 10 | 5-7 | +3 |
| Malik Monk | 5 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Avery Bradley | 4 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 7 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avery Bradley | 26 | 6 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Malik Monk | 13 | 11 | 3-3 | +8 |
| Russell Westbrook | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Stanley Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 8 | 3-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Westbrook | 20 | 2 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Anthony Davis | 19 | 3 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 19 | 6 | 3-5 | +1 |
| Avery Bradley | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 9 | 4-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 21 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
Johnson 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 2 AST)
Q4 7:16
21.3%
34→55
Cousins 5' Driving Layup (14 PTS) (Morris 8 AST)
Q4 6:53
17.6%
55→37
Reed 28' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Morris 6 AST)
Q4 11:11
17.6%
58→40
Anthony 18' Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 1 AST)
Q4 11:38
14.2%
44→58
Reed 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
Q3 3:33
13.7%
62→49
