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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 40 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 126 |
 Nuggets | 32 | 39 | 31 | 29 | 131 |
LALTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 49-10546.7% | 15-4037.5% | 13-1681.3% | 47 | 32 | 8 |
| DEN | 44-8551.8% | 13-3141.9% | 30-3878.9% | 39 | 30 | 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 Nuggets131| 39 | 26 | 9-16 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 38 | 28 | 8-16 | 0-4 | 12-17 | +2 | +3.1 | ||||||||
| 35 | 22 | 9-10 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | +10.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 13 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −4.7 | |||||
| 31 | 17 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 9-10 | 0 | +16 | +6.4 | ||||||
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| 28 | 17 | 7-16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | +0.7 | ||||
| 16 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −8 | −1.6 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.9 | ||
| Team | 131 | 44-8551.8% | 13-3141.9% | 39 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 30-3878.9% | 9 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 25 points on 10 for 26 shooting
Did not play: PJ Hall, DeAndre Jordan, Vlatko Čančar, Dario Saric and Hunter Tyson (coach’s decision).
Los Angeles Lakers126| 39 | 37 | 13-26 | 4-10 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13.6 | ||||||
| 37 | 32 | 13-27 | 5-13 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.2 | |||||
| 34 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | −8 | +1.1 | |||||||
| 24 | 9 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0 | −13 | +6.5 | |||||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.7 | |||||
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| 28 | 16 | 7-11 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | +10 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 24 | 7 | 3-11 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.0 | |||||
| 20 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 16 | 5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | −0.8 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −3.3 | |
| Team | 126 | 49-10546.7% | 15-4037.5% | 47 | 32 | 8 | 25 | 13-1681.3% | 19 | 10 | 2 | |||
Bench 36 points on 15 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Gabe Vincent and Dorian Finney-Smith (injury/illness).
Nuggets131Lakers126ClickTap 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.
Christian Braun scored 22 points (14 in the paint), and the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 131-126.
The Nuggets trailed 126-123 with 52 seconds left and scored the last 8 points, going ahead for good on Jamal Murray’s pull-up 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds left.
The Lakers had the ball down 3 with 5.6 seconds left, but Russell Westbrook stole the ball from Shake Milton. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Lakers 22-13. Murray (No. 6 in clutch wins added, 2024-25) scored 8 of the Nuggets’ 22 on 3 for 3 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Austin Reaves had 2 of his 4 steals in 17 seconds, the first leading to his own driving layup that put the Lakers ahead 124-123 and the second to Dalton Knecht’s driving dunk.
Nikola Jokić had 28 points (14 in the paint) and 3 steals, and Murray added 26 points with 5 3-pointers. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Lakers, Reaves had 37 points, 8 rebounds, 13 assists and a career-high 4 steals, and Knecht added 32 points with 5 3-pointers. The Lakers had 2 30-point scorers.
The Nuggets shot 51.8% from the field and 41.9% from 3 to the Lakers’ 46.7% and 37.5%. They outscored the Lakers 27-15 on the fast break. They scored the last 8 points of the game.
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. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 14% (4th quarter, 52s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
101 points from the field on 84 shots: 4.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-37 | 70.3% | 66% |
| In the paint | 3-8 | 37.5% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-9 | 22.2% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-8 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-23 | 39.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 25 | 4 | 1-3 | −6 |
| Markieff Morris | 16 | 3 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Christian Koloko | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Austin Reaves | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 19 | 5-6 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Goodwin | 24 | 7 | 3-4 | 0 |
| Shake Milton | 13 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Dalton Knecht | 10 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Austin Reaves | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 10 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Knecht | 29 | 6 | 3-3 | −1 |
| Austin Reaves | 17 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Jordan Goodwin | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Shake Milton | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 9 | 3-3 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 16 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.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAL
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Murray 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q4 0:06
44.3%
53→97
Jokić 1' Driving Layup (27 PTS) (Gordon 4 AST)
Q4 0:48
26.0%
14→40
Reaves 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (37 PTS)
Q4 1:04
24.9%
62→37
Knecht 1' Running Dunk (32 PTS) (Reaves 13 AST)
Q4 0:52
23.0%
37→14
Goodwin 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Koloko 2 AST)
Q4 1:36
21.0%
85→64
