Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets

20-47, 8-28 Away

101

20-47, 8-28 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	23	20	33	25	101
Nuggets DEN	35	32	26	36	129

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

32-35, 19-16 Home

129

32-35, 19-16 Home

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Julius RandleJ. Randle#30
Brandon IngramB. Ingram#14
David NwabaD. Nwaba#10
Ivica ZubacI. Zubac#40
Jordan ClarksonJ. Clarkson#6
bench
Corey BrewerC. Brewer#3
Tarik BlackT. Black#28
Larry Nance Jr.L. Nance Jr.#7
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace#37
Tyler EnnisT. Ennis#11
D'Angelo RussellD. Russell#1
Thomas RobinsonT. Robinson#15
Nick YoungN. Young#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	7	3-8	1-2	0-0	8	2	2	0	1	2	6	2	-20
27	14	7-12	0-2	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	-7
19	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	-6
30	25	12-15	0-0	1-4	11	1	1	0	1	4	7	1	+8
33	19	7-18	3-7	2-3	2	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	-21
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	7	3-8	0-0	1-2	4	1	1	2	0	2	2	1	-24
14	5	2-5	0-0	1-1	3	0	3	0	0	2	1	3	-18
23	2	1-8	0-1	0-0	8	2	1	3	0	3	5	2	-21
5	3	0-1	0-1	3-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	+4
20	7	2-6	0-1	3-3	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	3	-3
28	10	4-14	2-6	0-2	2	3	2	3	0	1	1	3	-32
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	101	42-97	6-20	11-19	46	17	16	10	3	16	30	21
		43%	30%	58%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Danilo GallinariD. Gallinari#8
Mason PlumleeM. Plumlee#24
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Jameer NelsonJ. Nelson#1
Gary HarrisG. Harris#14
bench
Juancho HernangomezJ. Hernangomez#41
Roy HibbertR. Hibbert#34
Malik BeasleyM. Beasley#25
Will BartonW. Barton#5
Emmanuel MudiayE. Mudiay#0
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Darrell ArthurD. Arthur#00
Mike MillerM. Miller#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
29	18	5-10	3-6	5-5	3	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	+14
36	15	6-9	0-0	3-4	10	2	1	1	2	1	9	3	+12
24	18	8-13	0-3	2-2	9	4	1	1	0	1	8	2	+16
29	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	4	6	1	1	1	0	4	2	+10
35	12	4-15	1-6	3-4	4	7	2	3	0	2	2	2	+17
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	13	3-5	3-5	4-4	6	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	+14
3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
30	22	7-12	4-6	4-5	2	6	4	1	1	0	2	3	+28
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	22	8-13	5-8	1-1	2	3	4	2	1	1	1	3	+29
DNP-REST
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	129	45-84	17-38	22-25	42	36	15	9	7	6	36	18
		54%	45%	88%

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

Matchups

LAL

DEN wins season

2-1

DEN

121

Game 1@ LAL

Final

127

120

Game 2@ LAL

Final

116

101

Game 3@ DEN

Final

129

Game Information

Denver, CO

Referee:Matt Boland

Referee:Marat Kogut

Referee:Bill Spooner

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

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