Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Lakers LAL	26	22	20	21	10	99
Nuggets DEN	28	22	17	22	8	97

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

0-2, 0-1 Home

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Lamar OdomL. Odom
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Chris MihmC. Mihm
Kwame BrownK. Brown
Smush ParkerS. Parker
bench
Brian CookB. Cook
Devean GeorgeD. George
Luke WaltonL. Walton
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Aaron McKieA. McKie
Laron ProfitL. Profit
Sasha VujacicS. Vujacic
Von WaferV. Wafer
Devin GreenD. Green
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
47	8	2-13	0-3	4-5	9	7	4	2	1	0	9	4	0
44	33	13-28	0-1	7-7	5	4	6	1	2	0	5	4	0
27	7	1-5	0-0	5-10	2	0	4	0	4	0	2	5	0
28	7	3-6	0-0	1-2	6	1	3	0	0	3	3	5	0
41	20	8-12	3-7	1-2	4	6	0	1	0	0	4	3	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	6	3-5	0-0	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	14	4-7	3-5	3-4	8	4	0	2	0	2	6	4	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0
11	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	99	36-82	6-18	21-30	43	24	23	10	9	6	37	28
		44%	33%	70%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony
Kenyon MartinK. Martin
Marcus CambyM. Camby
Andre MillerA. Miller
Voshon LenardV. Lenard
bench
Eduardo NajeraE. Najera
DerMarr JohnsonD. Johnson
Bryon RussellB. Russell
Francisco ElsonF. Elson
Nene N. Hilario
Earl BoykinsE. Boykins
Greg BucknerG. Buckner
Julius HodgeJ. Hodge
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
41	16	6-17	0-1	4-6	6	6	6	3	1	2	4	6	0
39	14	6-14	0-1	2-5	7	1	2	0	2	2	5	5	0
37	19	9-13	0-1	1-2	14	4	4	2	2	3	11	6	0
34	11	3-11	0-1	5-6	6	11	4	0	0	1	5	2	0
26	14	7-14	0-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	5	2-5	0-0	1-1	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0
5	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	11	4-12	1-2	2-3	3	4	2	0	0	0	3	2	0
30	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	5	3	1	3	0	1	4	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	97	40-93	2-12	15-23	47	30	23	9	5	12	35	28
		43%	17%	65%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 1-0

Lakers
99
Nuggets
97

Game 1

3/11

Nuggets
92
Lakers
112

Game 2

6/11

Lakers
108
Nuggets
110

Game 3

7/4

Ball Arena

1:30 AM, 3 November 2005

Denver, CO

Attendance: 19,245

Referees:
Dick Bavetta
Sean Corbin
Bill Kennedy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	19	9	.679	-	L2
Phoenix	16	13	.552	3.5	W1
Golden State	15	15	.500	5	W2
LA Clippers	8	21	.276	11.5	W2
Sacramento	7	23	.233	13	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	26	4	.867	-	L1
Denver	21	8	.724	4.5	L1
Minnesota	20	10	.667	6	W3
Portland	12	18	.400	14	L2
Utah	10	19	.345	15.5	L4

Los Angeles visits Portland following Leonard's 41-point game

Los Angeles Clippers (8-21, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (12-18, 10th in the Western Conference)

Jazz take on the Pistons on 4-game slide

Detroit Pistons (24-6, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (10-19, 12th in the Western Conference)

New Orleans plays Phoenix, aims for 5th straight home win

Phoenix Suns (16-13, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (8-23, 14th in the Western Conference)

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Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Pacific Standings

2025-26 Northwest Standings

NBA News

Los Angeles visits Portland following Leonard's 41-point game

Jazz take on the Pistons on 4-game slide

New Orleans plays Phoenix, aims for 5th straight home win