West Finals - Game 1
DEN leads series 1-0
43-39, 20-21 away
126
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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LAL | 25 | 29 | 38 | 34 | 126 |
DEN | 37 | 35 | 34 | 26 | 132 |
53-29, 34-7 home
132
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 2-foot tip shot
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Davis blocks Aaron Gordon 's 8-foot driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 15-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 21-foot jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bruce Brown makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James blocks Bruce Brown 's 3-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Rui Hachimura blocks Bruce Brown 's 4-foot two point shot
- Jeff Green misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 15-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Bruce Brown misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jeff Green misses layup
- Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 8-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes driving dunk
- Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot driving dunk (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Bruce Brown makes driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes 17-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray misses 18-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 22-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Bruce Brown makes driving dunk
- Bruce Brown misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Christian Braun misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Jeff Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James misses 11-foot two point shot
- Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Dennis Schroder misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes 26-foot jump bank shot (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope blocks Rui Hachimura 's 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Lonnie Walker IV misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic blocks Anthony Davis 's 4-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Rui Hachimura makes 1-foot dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV makes 23-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Nikola Jokic blocks Anthony Davis 's 5-foot layup
- LeBron James makes 4-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Christian Braun blocks Anthony Davis 's 7-foot driving layup
- Austin Reaves misses three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Rui Hachimura makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 12-foot two point shot
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses 6-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 3-foot layup (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes 19-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Jamal Murray blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 5-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes alley oop layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. blocks Austin Reaves 's 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot layup (Austin Reaves assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell makes 19-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 15-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 14-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 15-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 20-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 16-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes driving layup
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Rui Hachimura makes 3-foot two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Davis assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. blocks Rui Hachimura 's 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 14-foot two point shot
- Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 6-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 30-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses tip shot
- Austin Reaves makes 29-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 32-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 30-foot three point jumper
LAKERS
NUGGETS
TIME | PLAY | LAL | DEN | |
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12:00 | Anthony Davis vs. Nikola Jokic (Austin Reaves gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
11:41 | Austin Reaves misses 24-foot three point jumper | 0 | 0 | |
11:37 | LeBron James offensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
11:36 | LeBron James makes driving layup | 2 | 0 | |
11:15 | Jamal Murray misses two point shot | 2 | 0 | |
11:15 | Jamal Murray offensive rebound | 2 | 0 | |
11:15 | Jamal Murray misses 2-foot tip shot | 2 | 0 | |
11:14 | Aaron Gordon offensive rebound | 2 | 0 | |
11:10 | Aaron Gordon makes two point shot | 2 | 2 | |
11:02 | D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot pullup jump shot | 2 | 2 | |
11:00 | Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound | 2 | 2 | |
10:52 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists) | 2 | 4 | |
10:37 | Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot | 2 | 4 | |
10:36 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 2 | 4 | |
10:30 | Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) | 2 | 6 | |
10:02 | LeBron James misses 11-foot two point shot | 2 | 6 | |
10:01 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 2 | 6 | |
9:49 | Anthony Davis blocks Aaron Gordon 's 8-foot driving layup | 2 | 6 | |
9:46 | LeBron James defensive rebound | 2 | 6 | |
9:43 | Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists) | 5 | 6 | |
9:22 | Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) | 5 | 9 | |
9:10 | LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper | 5 | 9 | |
9:08 | Jamal Murray defensive rebound | 5 | 9 | |
8:55 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses three point jumper | 5 | 9 | |
8:52 | Michael Porter Jr. offensive rebound | 5 | 9 | |
8:50 | Michael Porter Jr. misses 15-foot two point shot | 5 | 9 | |
8:47 | Nikola Jokic offensive rebound | 5 | 9 | |
8:41 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot | 5 | 9 | |
8:38 | Nikola Jokic offensive rebound | 5 | 9 | |
8:38 | Nikola Jokic misses tip shot | 5 | 9 | |
8:37 | Nikola Jokic offensive rebound | 5 | 9 | |
8:37 | Nikola Jokic makes tip shot | 5 | 11 | |
8:28 | Anthony Davis makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Austin Reaves assists) | 7 | 11 | |
8:13 | Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) | 7 | 14 | |
7:55 | Aaron Gordon shooting foul | 7 | 14 | |
7:55 | Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2 | 8 | 14 | |
7:55 | Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2 | 9 | 14 | |
7:47 | Dennis Schroder personal foul | 9 | 14 | |
7:43 | Michael Porter Jr. makes 21-foot jumper (Aaron Gordon assists) | 9 | 16 | |
7:19 | LeBron James misses driving layup | 9 | 16 | |
7:19 | Jamal Murray defensive rebound | 9 | 16 | |
7:14 | Jamal Murray makes two point shot | 9 | 18 | |
7:14 | Lakers Full timeout | 9 | 18 | |
6:57 | Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot | 9 | 18 | |
6:55 | Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound | 9 | 18 | |
6:50 | Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point shot | 9 | 18 | |
6:48 | Dennis Schroder defensive rebound | 9 | 18 | |
6:41 | Dennis Schroder misses 13-foot pullup jump shot | 9 | 18 | |
6:38 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 9 | 18 | |
6:31 | Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists) | 9 | 20 | |
6:24 | D'Angelo Russell bad pass (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope steals) | 9 | 20 | |
6:19 | Jamal Murray misses two point shot | 9 | 20 | |
6:16 | Nikola Jokic offensive rebound | 9 | 20 | |
6:16 | Nikola Jokic makes two point shot | 9 | 22 | |
6:07 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope personal foul | 9 | 22 | |
5:55 | Austin Reaves makes 26-foot jump bank shot (LeBron James assists) | 12 | 22 | |
5:34 | Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Aaron Gordon assists) | 12 | 24 | |
5:25 | Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Austin Reaves assists) | 14 | 24 | |
5:04 | D'Angelo Russell kicked ball violation | 14 | 24 | |
5:04 | Bruce Brown enters the game for Jamal Murray | 14 | 24 | |
5:04 | Rui Hachimura enters the game for LeBron James | 14 | 24 | |
5:04 | Lonnie Walker IV enters the game for Dennis Schroder | 14 | 24 | |
4:56 | Austin Reaves shooting foul | 14 | 24 | |
4:56 | Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 2 | 14 | 25 | |
4:56 | Bruce Brown makes free throw 2 of 2 | 14 | 26 | |
4:39 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope blocks Rui Hachimura 's 14-foot pullup jump shot | 14 | 26 | |
4:36 | Bruce Brown defensive rebound | 14 | 26 | |
4:34 | Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point shot | 14 | 26 | |
4:31 | Nikola Jokic offensive rebound | 14 | 26 | |
4:28 | Nikola Jokic bad pass (Lonnie Walker IV steals) | 14 | 26 | |
4:23 | Lonnie Walker IV misses driving floating jump shot | 14 | 26 | |
4:22 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 14 | 26 | |
4:17 | Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot step back jumpshot | 14 | 26 | |
4:17 | Nikola Jokic offensive rebound | 14 | 26 | |
4:12 | Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot | 14 | 28 | |
4:02 | Nikola Jokic kicked ball violation | 14 | 28 | |
3:53 | Nikola Jokic blocks Anthony Davis 's 4-foot two point shot | 14 | 28 | |
3:51 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 14 | 28 | |
3:49 | Aaron Gordon out of bounds bad pass turnover | 14 | 28 | |
3:35 | D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot step back jumpshot | 14 | 28 | |
3:32 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 14 | 28 | |
3:29 | Rui Hachimura shooting foul | 14 | 28 | |
3:29 | Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2 | 14 | 29 | |
3:29 | Christian Braun enters the game for Michael Porter Jr. | 14 | 29 | |
3:29 | Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2 | 14 | 30 | |
3:13 | Rui Hachimura makes 1-foot dunk (Austin Reaves assists) | 16 | 30 | |
2:53 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists) | 16 | 32 | |
2:44 | Lonnie Walker IV makes 23-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists) | 19 | 32 | |
2:36 | Bruce Brown makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot | 19 | 34 | |
2:23 | Nikola Jokic blocks Anthony Davis 's 5-foot layup | 19 | 34 | |
2:23 | Lakers offensive team rebound | 19 | 34 | |
2:23 | Nuggets Full timeout | 19 | 34 | |
2:23 | Jamal Murray enters the game for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 19 | 34 | |
2:23 | Jeff Green enters the game for Aaron Gordon | 19 | 34 | |
2:23 | LeBron James enters the game for D'Angelo Russell | 19 | 34 | |
2:22 | Jamal Murray personal foul | 19 | 34 | |
2:13 | LeBron James makes 4-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists) | 21 | 34 | |
1:48 | Nikola Jokic misses two point shot | 21 | 34 | |
1:46 | LeBron James defensive rebound | 21 | 34 | |
1:46 | LeBron James bad pass (Jamal Murray steals) | 21 | 34 | |
1:39 | Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper | 21 | 34 | |
1:35 | LeBron James defensive rebound | 21 | 34 | |
1:20 | LeBron James makes driving layup | 23 | 34 | |
1:05 | Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper | 23 | 34 | |
1:02 | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | 23 | 34 | |
49.0 | Christian Braun blocks Anthony Davis 's 7-foot driving layup | 23 | 34 | |
47.0 | Bruce Brown defensive rebound | 23 | 34 | |
43.0 | LeBron James blocks Bruce Brown 's 3-foot two point shot | 23 | 34 | |
43.0 | Lakers defensive team rebound | 23 | 34 | |
43.0 | Aaron Gordon enters the game for Nikola Jokic | 23 | 34 | |
43.0 | Jarred Vanderbilt enters the game for Anthony Davis | 23 | 34 | |
38.1 | Austin Reaves misses three point pullup jump shot | 23 | 34 | |
34.2 | Christian Braun defensive rebound | 23 | 34 | |
24.1 | Austin Reaves personal foul | 23 | 34 | |
16.1 | Bruce Brown makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) | 23 | 37 | |
0.1 | LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot | 25 | 37 | |
0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 25 | 37 |
DEN leads 1-0
Game Information
Ball Arena
8:30 PM, May 16, 2023Coverage: ESPN/ESPN+
Denver, CO
Attendance: 19,633
- Referees:
- Pat Fraher
- Zach Zarba
- Eric Lewis
- Ben Taylor
2024-25 Pacific Standings
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Golden State | 11 | 3 | .786 | - | W1 |
LA Lakers | 10 | 5 | .667 | 1.5 | L1 |
Phoenix | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3 | L5 |
LA Clippers | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3 | W3 |
Sacramento | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.5 | L1 |
2024-25 Northwest Standings
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oklahoma City | 12 | 4 | .750 | - | W1 |
Denver | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.5 | W1 |
Minnesota | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.5 | L1 |
Portland | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.5 | L1 |
Utah | 3 | 12 | .200 | 8.5 | L4 |