Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers
West Finals - Game 1 • LAL lead series 1-0
46-27, 20-16 Away
114
46-27, 20-16 Away
52-19, 25-10 Home
126
52-19, 25-10 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
49% (41-83)
Field Goal %
53% (44-83)
35% (9-26)
Three Point %
42% (11-26)
82% (23-28)
Free Throw %
73% (27-37)
16
Turnovers
12
48
Rebounds
48
2
Largest Lead
27
Game Information
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Referee:Courtney Kirkland
Referee:Scott Foster
Referee:Tony Brothers
Probabilities & Game Flow
0%
--DEN
100%
--LAL
According to ESPN Analytics
Shot Chart
- LeBron James misses 3-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses tip shot
- Jerami Grant makes driving floating jump shot
- Danny Green makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- Jerami Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 11-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
- Danny Green misses driving floating jump shot
- Danny Green misses tip shot
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Danny Green assists)
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Danny Green makes 3-foot layup (Anthony Davis assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Millsap makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monte Morris makes 11-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Paul Millsap misses driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 1-foot layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Torrey Craig makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
- Torrey Craig makes free throw 1 of 2
- Torrey Craig makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alex Caruso makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alex Caruso makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Torrey Craig makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kyle Kuzma misses three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 9-foot hook shot
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Jerami Grant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Alex Caruso makes driving layup
- Alex Caruso makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jerami Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 2-foot dunk (Alex Caruso assists)
- Markieff Morris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses two point shot
- Monte Morris misses free throw 1 of 2
- Monte Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Markieff Morris makes 28-foot step back jumpshot (LeBron James assists)
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Alex Caruso assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Alex Caruso misses free throw 1 of 2
- Alex Caruso misses free throw 2 of 2
- Danny Green makes technical free throw
- Mason Plumlee makes dunk (Jerami Grant assists)
- LeBron James makes 12-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray makes 23-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
- Danny Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes 12-foot two point shot
- Danny Green misses 8-foot two point shot
- Paul Millsap misses driving layup
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Davis misses 16-foot jumper
- Paul Millsap makes two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma misses tip shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses 23-foot pullup jump shot
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Mason Plumlee misses alley oop layup
- Dwight Howard misses layup
- Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
- Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes 3-foot layup (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Monte Morris makes driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jerami Grant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jerami Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses free throw 2 of 2
- Monte Morris misses free throw 1 of 2
- Monte Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes 4-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 19-foot two point shot
- Jerami Grant misses 7-foot two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (LeBron James assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 10-foot two point shot
- Jerami Grant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 28-foot step back jumpshot (Jerami Grant assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses three point jumper
- Jerami Grant misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Danny Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 28-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 7-foot two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Gary Harris makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Danny Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes 1-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
- Paul Millsap misses layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 19-foot jumper (Jerami Grant assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point shot
- Gary Harris misses three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes dunk (Anthony Davis assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 20-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Monte Morris assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Rajon Rondo makes 2-foot two point shot
- Monte Morris misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes alley oop dunk shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Anthony Davis makes dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rajon Rondo misses driving layup
- Anthony Davis makes 7-foot hook shot
- Jerami Grant misses three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 3
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 3
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 3 of 3
- Jamal Murray misses 66-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
- Monte Morris misses driving layup
- Mason Plumlee misses tip shot
- Mason Plumlee makes 2-foot dunk
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 28-foot three pointer (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Markieff Morris makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Mason Plumlee makes 2-foot dunk (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Alex Caruso misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jerami Grant misses two point shot
- LeBron James misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jerami Grant makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (PJ Dozier assists)
- Markieff Morris misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Rajon Rondo makes driving floating jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Monte Morris misses driving layup
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
- PJ Dozier misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 19-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- PJ Dozier misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Danny Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Markieff Morris assists)
- Torrey Craig misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Danny Green misses 2-foot two point shot
- Torrey Craig misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
- PJ Dozier makes driving layup
- Mason Plumlee makes alley oop dunk shot (PJ Dozier assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alex Caruso misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- PJ Dozier makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Bol Bol makes 13-foot two point shot (Mason Plumlee assists)
- JR Smith makes 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Troy Daniels makes driving layup
- JR Smith misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Troy Daniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes 27-foot three point jumper (Quinn Cook assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
- Quinn Cook misses driving layup
- Troy Daniels makes 30-foot three point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- JaVale McGee misses 26-foot three point jumper
- PJ Dozier makes driving dunk
Shot Made
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 47 | 15 | .758 | - | W2 |
| Minnesota | 38 | 23 | .623 | 8.5 | W3 |
| Denver | 37 | 24 | .607 | 9.5 | L2 |
| Portland | 29 | 33 | .468 | 18 | L2 |
| Utah | 18 | 42 | .300 | 28 | L5 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 36 | 24 | .600 | - | W2 |
| Phoenix | 34 | 26 | .567 | 2 | W1 |
| Golden State | 31 | 29 | .517 | 5 | L1 |
| LA Clippers | 28 | 31 | .475 | 7.5 | W1 |
| Sacramento | 14 | 48 | .226 | 23 | L1 |
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