Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets 113-120 — Mar 5, 2026 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Los Angeles

Lakers

113

–

120

FINAL

Denver

Nuggets

Date

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
LAL	22	32	32	27	113
DEN	32	32	29	27	120

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Bruce Brown

DEN

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Key Contributions

Contested Shots2

Opp FG% When Defending25.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.06

Impact Composite69.8

Hustle: 3.0Defense: 66.5Impact: 0.3

held opponents to 25.0% FGonly 3 pts allowed on 47.4 possessions

Box Score MVP

Nikola Jokić

DEN

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Game Performance

FG10-15 (66.7%)

3PT0-1

FT8-8

TS%75.6%

eFG%66.7%

STL1

BLK1

TOV9

ORTG125

DRTG122

NET+3

Triple-Double66.7% FGonly 18 pts allowed on 73.0 possessions

Box Score

LAL	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Luka Dončić	40:24	27	11	1	7	4	0	3	3	11-24	46%	3-10	30%	2-4	50%	0
Austin Reaves	38:02	16	5	2	7	3	0	0	2	6-11	55%	1-2	50%	3-4	75%	-4
LeBron James	33:42	16	5	0	8	3	1	1	2	7-11	64%	0-2	0%	2-2	100%	-10
Marcus Smart	32:11	9	1	1	2	1	0	4	4	3-9	33%	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	+3
Deandre Ayton	4:30	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-13
BENCH
Rui Hachimura	28:58	16	2	0	3	1	0	1	3	6-9	67%	4-5	80%	0-0	0%	+10
Jaxson Hayes	27:28	19	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	8-10	80%	0-0	0%	3-5	60%	+7
Luke Kennard	20:27	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3-6	50%	2-3	67%	0-0	0%	-7
Jake LaRavia	10:21	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1-6	17%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	-16
Jarred Vanderbilt	3:58	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-5
TOTAL	—	113	32	6	30	12	1	10	21	45-87	52%	13-31	42%	10-15	67%	—

Bronny James —

Adou Thiero —

Dalton Knecht —

Kobe Bufkin —

DEN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Christian Braun	39:53	15	5	0	4	0	0	1	0	6-12	50%	2-6	33%	1-2	50%	+8
Jamal Murray	38:21	28	4	0	7	0	0	2	3	8-17	47%	5-9	56%	7-7	100%	+9
Nikola Jokić	37:45	28	12	3	13	1	1	9	4	10-15	67%	0-1	0%	8-8	100%	+6
Julian Strawther	28:46	18	2	0	0	1	0	2	4	6-10	60%	2-5	40%	4-5	80%	-1
Zeke Nnaji	23:47	5	5	1	1	1	0	1	3	2-4	50%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	0
BENCH
Bruce Brown	29:57	8	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	3-8	38%	2-3	67%	0-0	0%	+3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	25:38	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-7	57%	2-4	50%	4-5	80%	+5
Jonas Valančiūnas	10:10	4	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	4-4	100%	+1
Tyus Jones	5:43	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-2	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	+4
TOTAL	—	120	41	7	27	3	1	18	16	39-75	52%	14-31	45%	28-31	90%	—

David Roddy —

DaRon Holmes II —

Jalen Pickett —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

LAL45/87 (52%)

Paint

27/46 (59%)

Mid

10/22 (45%)

3PT

13/31 (42%)

RA 67%ATB3 46%Paint 48%Corner 3 33%Mid 40%

DEN39/75 (52%)

Paint

21/38 (55%)

Mid

6/13 (46%)

3PT

15/32 (47%)

RA 64%ATB3 50%Paint 47%Corner 3 43%Mid 50%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Christian Braun

defended Luka Dončić

7.0 min • 3 pts • 33%

Best Defender

Julian Strawther

held Austin Reaves

4.2 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Nikola Jokić

vs Austin Reaves

2.1 min • 4 pts • 100%

DEN Defense	Austin Reaves	Deandre Ayton	Jake LaRavia	Jarred Vanderbilt	Jaxson Hayes	LeBron James	Luka Dončić	Luke Kennard	Marcus Smart	Rui Hachimura
Nikola Jokić	2.1m 4pts 100%	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	5.7m 6pts 50%	—	2.0m 0pts 0%	—	1.2m 2pts 50%	3.7m 6pts 100%
Christian Braun	1.5m 4pts 50%	—	—	—	—	1.4m 5pts 100%	7.0m 3pts 33%	1.9m 0pts 0%	2.0m 0pts 0%	1.0m 0pts 0%
Jamal Murray	1.8m 5pts 100%	—	—	—	1.2m 3pts 33%	—	2.1m 2pts 0%	—	6.3m 11pts 67%	1.8m 2pts 100%
Bruce Brown	1.9m 0pts 0%	—	1.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	3.8m 0pts 0%	2.1m 3pts 50%	—	—	2.0m 0pts 0%
Julian Strawther	4.2m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	1.2m 0pts 0%	1.1m 3pts 33%	1.5m 0pts 0%	1.4m 4pts 100%	1.3m 3pts 50%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	3.0m 3pts 50%	—	1.7m 2pts 50%	—	—	—	1.3m 0pts 0%	1.2m 2pts 0%	—	—
Zeke Nnaji	1.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	5.8m 3pts 33%	—	—	—	—
Jonas Valančiūnas	—	—	—	—	2.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—
Other	—	0.6m 3pts 100%	1.8m 2pts 0%	1.7m 5pts 50%	2.5m 3pts 33%	2.2m 7pts 40%	—	3.6m 8pts 33%	2.9m 3pts 50%	2.4m 6pts 67%

Game Flow

Win Probability

DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

LAL

50/50

DEN

Highest Leverage Moments

Jokic 6' Driving Hook Shot (24 PTS)

Q4 1:45

19.5%

62→82

Jokic 9' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (26 PTS)

Q4 0:22

16.1%

82→98

Brown 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Jokic 12 AST)

Q3 2:17

14.4%

77→92

Strawther 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Jokic 13 AST)

Q4 5:36

13.6%

68→82

Hardaway Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Murray 6 AST)

Q4 11:51

12.9%

79→92

Los Angeles Lakers 113 @ Denver Nuggets 120 — March 5, 2026 Box Score