Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 132-126 in West opener

— Denver Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was playing for the Los Angeles Lakers the last time these teams met in the Western Conference finals in the 2020 NBA bubble.
May 17, 2023, 06:10 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--LAL
100%
--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Austin Reaves misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 2-foot tip shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • LeBron James misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 21-foot jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • LeBron James misses driving layup
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot
  • Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Dennis Schroder misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Austin Reaves makes 26-foot jump bank shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bruce Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Lonnie Walker IV misses driving floating jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rui Hachimura makes 1-foot dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Lonnie Walker IV makes 23-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Bruce Brown makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • LeBron James makes 4-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves misses three point pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jeff Green misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jamal Murray makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes two point shot
  • Lonnie Walker IV misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Bruce Brown misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
  • Jeff Green misses layup
  • Anthony Davis misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Lonnie Walker IV misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving dunk
  • Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot driving dunk (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes driving layup
  • Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Anthony Davis misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 3-foot layup (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes 19-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes alley oop layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 4-foot layup (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lonnie Walker IV makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 17-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 19-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 14-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 22-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 20-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses driving layup
  • LeBron James makes two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bruce Brown makes driving dunk
  • Lonnie Walker IV misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown misses two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes two point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes driving layup
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jamal Murray makes 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Rui Hachimura makes 3-foot two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Christian Braun misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Jeff Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes 6-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes 30-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis misses tip shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes 29-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James misses 30-foot three point jumper
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