Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets

26-16, 14-8 Away

115

26-16, 14-8 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	28	29	29	29	115
Nuggets DEN	37	34	17	19	107

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

29-15, 12-8 Home

107

29-15, 12-8 Home

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Jalen Pickett makes 26-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
Luka Doncic makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
Spencer Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 16-foot two point shot
Deandre Ayton makes driving layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)
Luka Doncic makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
Luka Doncic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
Deandre Ayton misses driving floating jump shot
Peyton Watson misses driving floating jump shot
Marcus Smart misses 24-foot running jump shot
Peyton Watson misses two point shot
Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Luka Doncic makes driving layup
Jalen Pickett misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Spencer Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Luka Doncic makes 28-foot three point jumper
Peyton Watson misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
Deandre Ayton misses 9-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Luka Doncic makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Jake LaRavia assists)
Rui Hachimura misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Spencer Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Jake LaRavia makes 5-foot pullup jump shot
Jake LaRavia makes free throw 1 of 1
Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 15-foot fade away jump shot
Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2
Spencer Jones makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot
Peyton Watson makes 24-foot three pointer (Jamal Murray assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
Jaxson Hayes misses driving floating jump shot
Jamal Murray misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
Rui Hachimura makes reverse layup (LeBron James assists)
Peyton Watson misses two point shot
Rui Hachimura makes 1-foot layup (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
Rui Hachimura misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
LeBron James makes 14-foot fade away jump shot
Drew Timme makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Jalen Pickett misses 23-foot pullup jump shot
Drew Timme makes 5-foot floating jump shot (LeBron James assists)
Drew Timme misses free throw 1 of 1
Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
LeBron James makes 13-foot two point shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 16-foot jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)
Drew Timme makes 2-foot two point shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 3 of 3
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot running jump shot
Bruce Brown makes 1-foot floating jump shot
Marcus Smart misses two point shot
Jalen Pickett makes 11-foot step back jumpshot (Bruce Brown assists)
Marcus Smart misses 22-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
Deandre Ayton misses 8-foot floating jump shot
Deandre Ayton makes 3-foot floating jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 3-foot two point shot (Jalen Pickett assists)
Marcus Smart misses driving floating jump shot
Bruce Brown makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 3
LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 3
LeBron James misses free throw 3 of 3
Jamal Murray misses 2-foot reverse layup
LeBron James makes running dunk
Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
Aaron Gordon makes 8-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Gabe Vincent makes 22-foot running jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Jamal Murray makes 2-foot two point shot
Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Jaxson Hayes makes dunk
Jamal Murray makes 2-foot two point shot
Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
Jamal Murray misses running pullup jump shot
Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2
Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2
Jamal Murray makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
Rui Hachimura makes 25-foot three pointer (Luka Doncic assists)
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Luka Doncic makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot running jump shot
Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
Jamal Murray misses two point shot
Luka Doncic makes running layup (LeBron James assists)
Jamal Murray makes technical free throw
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1
Aaron Gordon makes alley oop dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Peyton Watson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray makes 56-foot driving floating jump shot (Peyton Watson assists)
LeBron James misses driving layup
Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes running layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Jalen Pickett misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Peyton Watson makes 14-foot jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
Jake LaRavia misses 24-foot three point jumper
Peyton Watson makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
Marcus Smart makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Peyton Watson makes 11-foot fade away jump shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
Jalen Pickett misses 23-foot pullup jump shot
LeBron James makes running layup
Peyton Watson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Aaron Gordon makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Jake LaRavia makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
Jalen Pickett misses 7-foot floating jump shot
Jaxson Hayes makes 2-foot dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
Luka Doncic makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
Luka Doncic makes 27-foot running jump shot (Jake LaRavia assists)
Jaxson Hayes makes alley oop dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jake LaRavia makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
Luka Doncic makes 12-foot fade away jump shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
Luka Doncic misses 30-foot three point jumper
Spencer Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic makes 6-foot pullup jump shot
Spencer Jones makes 8-foot hook shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Jake LaRavia misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
Spencer Jones makes running layup (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
LeBron James misses technical free throw
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
Jamal Murray misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
LeBron James makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray misses two point shot
Zeke Nnaji misses two point shot
Gabe Vincent misses 26-foot three point jumper
Drew Timme misses tip shot
LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot
Peyton Watson misses driving floating jump shot
Rui Hachimura misses 24-foot three point jumper
Peyton Watson misses running pullup jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Drew Timme makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Zeke Nnaji makes 1-foot dunk (Jalen Pickett assists)
LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot
Gabe Vincent makes free throw 1 of 3
Gabe Vincent misses free throw 2 of 3
Gabe Vincent makes free throw 3 of 3
Zeke Nnaji makes driving layup
Rui Hachimura makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Bruce Brown misses two point shot
Jalen Pickett makes two point shot
Luka Doncic misses 22-foot three point jumper
Zeke Nnaji makes two point shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Rui Hachimura misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Marcus Smart makes tip shot
Jalen Pickett misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Rui Hachimura misses 22-foot three point jumper
Aaron Gordon misses driving floating jump shot
Jaxson Hayes makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot three point step back jumpshot
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 3
Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 3
Marcus Smart makes free throw 3 of 3
Jamal Murray misses 4-foot floating jump shot
Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
Spencer Jones misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses 19-foot fade away jump shot
Peyton Watson misses two point shot
Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bruce Brown misses running layup
LeBron James misses layup
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rui Hachimura misses 16-foot jumper
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
Peyton Watson makes 21-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
Aaron Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
LeBron James makes 1-foot dunk (Rui Hachimura assists)
Luka Doncic makes technical free throw
Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
Jamal Murray makes 12-foot fade away jump shot
Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2
Marcus Smart misses free throw 2 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
Jamal Murray misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		LAL	DEN
12:00	Deandre Ayton vs. Aaron Gordon (Jamal Murray gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Jalen Pickett makes 26-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)	0	3
11:21	Luka Doncic makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot	2	3
11:04	Spencer Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	2	6
10:45	LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot	2	6
10:42	Jalen Pickett defensive rebound	2	6
10:34	Jamal Murray makes 16-foot two point shot	2	8
10:17	Deandre Ayton makes driving layup (Luka Doncic assists)	4	8
10:00	Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)	4	11
9:46	Luka Doncic makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot	6	11
9:31	Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)	6	14
9:15	Luka Doncic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)	9	14
8:57	Luka Doncic shooting foul	9	14
8:57	Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2	9	14
8:57	Nuggets offensive team rebound	9	14
8:57	Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2	9	15
8:48	Deandre Ayton misses driving floating jump shot	9	15
8:47	Lakers offensive team rebound	9	15
8:35	LeBron James bad pass turnover (Peyton Watson steals)	9	15
8:28	Peyton Watson misses driving floating jump shot	9	15
8:27	Jake LaRavia defensive rebound	9	15
8:23	Marcus Smart misses 24-foot running jump shot	9	15
8:19	Nuggets defensive team rebound	9	15
8:09	Peyton Watson misses two point shot	9	15
8:07	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	9	15
7:54	LeBron James offensive foul	9	15
7:54	LeBron James offensive foul turnover	9	15
7:42	Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	9	15
7:39	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	9	15
7:24	Luka Doncic makes driving layup	11	15
7:11	Jalen Pickett misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	11	15
7:08	LeBron James defensive rebound	11	15
7:04	LeBron James lost ball turnover (Jalen Pickett steals)	11	15
6:54	Spencer Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	11	18
6:40	Luka Doncic makes 28-foot three point jumper	14	18
6:18	Peyton Watson misses 14-foot step back jumpshot	14	18
6:15	LeBron James defensive rebound	14	18
6:05	Deandre Ayton misses 9-foot two point shot	14	18
6:03	Spencer Jones defensive rebound	14	18
5:55	Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	14	21
5:45	Lakers Full timeout	14	21
5:45	Tim Hardaway Jr. enters the game for Jalen Pickett	14	21
5:45	Rui Hachimura enters the game for LeBron James	14	21
5:45	Jaxson Hayes enters the game for Deandre Ayton	14	21
5:45	Gabe Vincent enters the game for Marcus Smart	14	21
5:33	Luka Doncic makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Jake LaRavia assists)	16	21
5:14	Jaxson Hayes blocks Jamal Murray 's 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	16	21
5:11	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	16	21
5:05	Rui Hachimura misses 11-foot pullup jump shot	16	21
5:02	Spencer Jones defensive rebound	16	21
4:53	Spencer Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	16	24
4:33	Jake LaRavia makes 5-foot pullup jump shot	18	24
4:33	Jamal Murray shooting foul	18	24
4:33	Zeke Nnaji enters the game for Aaron Gordon	18	24
4:33	Jake LaRavia makes free throw 1 of 1	19	24
4:29	Jake LaRavia personal foul	19	24
4:29	Jarred Vanderbilt enters the game for Jake LaRavia	19	24
4:29	Jarred Vanderbilt away from play foul	19	24
4:29	Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1	19	25
4:20	Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 15-foot fade away jump shot	19	25
4:18	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	19	25
4:13	Zeke Nnaji shooting foul	19	25
4:13	Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2	20	25
4:13	Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2	20	25
4:11	Peyton Watson defensive rebound	20	25
3:50	Spencer Jones makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	20	28
3:32	Zeke Nnaji shooting foul	20	28
3:32	Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2	21	28
3:32	Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2	22	28
3:19	Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot	22	30
3:11	Luka Doncic bad pass turnover (Peyton Watson steals)	22	30
2:51	Peyton Watson makes 24-foot three pointer (Jamal Murray assists)	22	33
2:34	Jarred Vanderbilt misses 24-foot three point jumper	22	33
2:31	Tim Hardaway Jr. defensive rebound	22	33
2:20	Gabe Vincent shooting foul	22	33
2:20	Nuggets Full timeout	22	33
2:20	Bruce Brown enters the game for Spencer Jones	22	33
2:20	LeBron James enters the game for Luka Doncic	22	33
2:20	Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2	22	34
2:20	Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2	22	35
2:03	Jaxson Hayes misses driving floating jump shot	22	35
2:00	Bruce Brown defensive rebound	22	35
1:50	Jamal Murray misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot	22	35
1:47	Rui Hachimura defensive rebound	22	35
1:35	Peyton Watson blocks LeBron James's two point shot	22	35
1:34	Lakers offensive team rebound	22	35
1:34	Jalen Pickett enters the game for Jamal Murray	22	35
1:34	Deandre Ayton enters the game for Jaxson Hayes	22	35
1:28	Rui Hachimura makes reverse layup (LeBron James assists)	24	35
1:15	Peyton Watson misses two point shot	24	35
1:12	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	24	35
1:03	Rui Hachimura makes 1-foot layup (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)	26	35
51.5	Gabe Vincent personal foul	26	35
51.5	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2	26	36
51.5	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2	26	37
37.7	Rui Hachimura misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	26	37
34.6	Jalen Pickett defensive rebound	26	37
24.5	Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot	26	37
21.4	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	26	37
0.0	LeBron James makes 14-foot fade away jump shot	28	37
0.0	(00:00) [Lakers] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL)	28	37
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	37

Matchups

LAL

LAL lead season

1-0

DEN

115

Game 1•@ DEN

Final

107

26-16

Game 2•@ DEN

29-15

26-16

Game 3•@ LAL

29-15

Game Information

Denver, CO

NBCPeacockSpectrum Sports NetSpectrum Sports Net +Altitude Sports

Referee:Jason Goldenberg

Referee:Tyler Ford

Referee:JD Ralls

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	32	19	.627	-	W3
Phoenix	31	22	.585	2	L2
Golden State	28	25	.528	5	L1
LA Clippers	25	27	.481	7.5	W2
Sacramento	12	42	.222	21.5	L12

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	40	13	.755	-	L2
Denver	34	19	.642	6	W1
Minnesota	32	22	.593	8.5	L2
Portland	25	28	.472	15	W2
Utah	16	37	.302	24	L2

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