Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
44% (35-79)
Field Goal %
49% (38-78)
35% (11-31)
Three Point %
52% (12-23)
81% (26-32)
Free Throw %
76% (29-38)
9
Turnovers
11
41
Rebounds
58
5
Largest Lead
12
Game Information
Denver, CO

Referee:Josh Tiven
Referee:Bill Spooner
Referee:Justin Van Duyne

Shot Chart
- Gary Harris makes 17-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 20-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 19-foot jumper
- Jordan Clarkson makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 17-foot jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
- Roy Hibbert misses 4-foot hook shot
- Julius Randle misses 2-foot tip layup
- Kenneth Faried makes 2-foot layup (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 18-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 23-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 8-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris misses 22-foot two point jumper
- Julius Randle misses 16-foot turnaround fadeaway shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes two point shot
- Roy Hibbert misses hook shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 1 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes two point shot
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 22-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes layup
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses driving layup
- Julius Randle makes driving layup
- Gary Harris misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
- Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three pointer
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Julius Randle misses 19-foot jumper
- Jordan Clarkson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- JaKarr Sampson misses free throw 1 of 2
- JaKarr Sampson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 3
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 3
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 3 of 3
- Nikola Jokic misses cutting layup
- Jordan Clarkson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tarik Black assists)
- Brandon Bass makes driving layup
- Brandon Bass misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jordan Clarkson makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson makes two point shot
- Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
- Jordan Clarkson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses free throw 1 of 2
- Joffrey Lauvergne makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marcelo Huertas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Marcelo Huertas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Darrell Arthur misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Marcelo Huertas makes 17-foot two point shot
- Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 3
- Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 3
- Will Barton misses free throw 3 of 3
- Anthony Brown misses 16-foot jumper
- Joffrey Lauvergne makes 5-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- D.J. Augustin misses two point shot
- Marcelo Huertas makes 13-foot two point shot
- Anthony Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D.J. Augustin makes 2-foot two point shot
- Will Barton misses running reverse layup
- Darrell Arthur makes tip shot
- Tarik Black makes two point shot (Marcelo Huertas assists)
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses alley oop dunk shot
- Brandon Bass makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Marcelo Huertas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandon Bass assists)
- Joffrey Lauvergne makes 19-foot jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Tarik Black misses 1-foot tip layup
- D.J. Augustin makes free throw 1 of 2
- D.J. Augustin makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcelo Huertas assists)
- Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes layup (Marcelo Huertas assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 3-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 14-foot jumper
- Roy Hibbert makes 19-foot jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses two point shot
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gary Harris makes 8-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Joffrey Lauvergne makes two point shot (Will Barton assists)
- Jordan Clarkson misses jumper
- Roy Hibbert misses 4-foot hook shot
- Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Will Barton assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried misses 16-foot jumper
- Anthony Brown misses three point jumper
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton misses free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes 19-foot jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 1 of 1
- Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes 13-foot two point shot
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses 17-foot turnaround fadeaway shot
- Julius Randle makes 1-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gary Harris makes 18-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Roy Hibbert makes 18-foot jumper (Julius Randle assists)
- Gary Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot jumper
- Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Roy Hibbert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Roy Hibbert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes layup (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 20-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot two point shot
- Jordan Clarkson misses 10-foot two point jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 17-foot jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes two point shot
- JaKarr Sampson misses two point shot
- Gary Harris misses three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- JaKarr Sampson makes free throw 1 of 2
- JaKarr Sampson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Roy Hibbert makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- JaKarr Sampson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcelo Huertas assists)
- Darrell Arthur makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Brandon Bass misses layup
- Will Barton misses driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses three point jumper
- Tarik Black makes driving dunk
- Will Barton misses 21-foot jumper
- Tarik Black makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tarik Black makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nick Young makes 18-foot two point shot
- D.J. Augustin misses driving layup
- Brandon Bass misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Bass makes free throw 2 of 2
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses cutting layup
- Nick Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 9-foot two point shot
- Will Barton misses 45-foot three point running jumper
- Gary Harris misses three point jumper
- Nick Young misses 27-foot three point jumper
- D.J. Augustin misses 8-foot two point shot
- D.J. Augustin makes 19-foot jumper (Joffrey Lauvergne assists)
- Anthony Brown makes three point jumper (Marcelo Huertas assists)
- Tarik Black misses layup
- Brandon Bass misses 18-foot jumper
- Gary Harris misses 5-foot two point shot
- Nick Young makes 25-foot three pointer (Marcelo Huertas assists)
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- D.J. Augustin misses 20-foot jumper
- Darrell Arthur misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D.J. Augustin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Gary Harris makes dunk (D.J. Augustin assists)
- D.J. Augustin makes driving layup
- Marcelo Huertas misses 26-foot three point jumper
- D.J. Augustin makes 25-foot three pointer
- Brandon Bass makes dunk (Marcelo Huertas assists)
- Brandon Bass makes free throw 1 of 1
- D.J. Augustin makes 26-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Nick Young makes free throw 1 of 3
- Nick Young makes free throw 2 of 3
- Nick Young makes free throw 3 of 3
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nick Young misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes two point shot (D.J. Augustin assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 8-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle makes 6-foot jumper (Anthony Brown assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 17-foot two point shot
- Anthony Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 9-foot two point shot (D.J. Augustin assists)
- Julius Randle misses 13-foot two point jumper
- D.J. Augustin makes 8-foot two point shot
- D.J. Augustin makes free throw 1 of 1
- Anthony Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- D.J. Augustin makes free throw 1 of 2
- D.J. Augustin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Bass makes 2-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Brandon Bass makes free throw 1 of 1
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 20-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- D.J. Augustin makes free throw 1 of 2
- D.J. Augustin makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Marcelo Huertas assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses free throw 1 of 2
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- D.J. Augustin makes free throw 1 of 2
- D.J. Augustin makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 37 | 24 | .607 | - | W3 |
| Phoenix | 35 | 26 | .574 | 2 | W2 |
| Golden State | 31 | 30 | .508 | 6 | L2 |
| LA Clippers | 30 | 31 | .492 | 7 | W3 |
| Sacramento | 14 | 49 | .222 | 24 | L2 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 49 | 15 | .766 | - | W4 |
| Minnesota | 39 | 23 | .629 | 9 | W4 |
| Denver | 38 | 24 | .613 | 10 | W1 |
| Portland | 30 | 33 | .476 | 18.5 | W1 |
| Utah | 18 | 44 | .290 | 30 | L7 |
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