Jokic leads Denver Nuggets past LeBron's Lakers 113-111, into their first NBA Finals

— Nikola Jokic is a player unlike almost anything the NBA has ever seen, and now he's taking his Denver Nuggets somewhere they've never been.
May 23, 2023, 11:51 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--DEN
0%
--LAL

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. blocks Rui Hachimura 's 6-foot two point shot
  • Austin Reaves misses jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes 19-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Dennis Schroder makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Anthony Davis 's 3-foot layup
  • Rui Hachimura makes driving dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses driving layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • LeBron James makes two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Dennis Schroder misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes driving layup (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Rui Hachimura misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray blocks Anthony Davis's two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 23-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Anthony Davis 's 2-foot layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Lonnie Walker IV misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jeff Green blocks LeBron James's driving layup
  • LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell blocks Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Bruce Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dennis Schroder misses pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup
  • LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • D'Angelo Russell misses two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Lonnie Walker IV makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 22-foot step back jumpshot
  • Austin Reaves makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Tristan Thompson makes 2-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • LeBron James makes two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis misses alley oop layup
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Dennis Schroder makes 27-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rui Hachimura makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dennis Schroder makes three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes technical free throw
  • Rui Hachimura misses two point shot
  • LeBron James makes tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rui Hachimura makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes 7-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Austin Reaves makes 4-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk
  • Austin Reaves makes technical free throw
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses 19-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis blocks Aaron Gordon 's 2-foot driving dunk
  • Austin Reaves makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes technical free throw
  • Jamal Murray makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Anthony Davis 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Dennis Schroder misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Dennis Schroder misses two point shot
  • Anthony Davis blocks Aaron Gordon 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Rui Hachimura misses two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Dennis Schroder makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Dennis Schroder misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Austin Reaves makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 4-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Rui Hachimura misses driving layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 2-foot hook shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 3-foot tip shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope blocks LeBron James 's 5-foot layup
  • Anthony Davis makes layup (LeBron James assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 20-foot jumper
  • Rui Hachimura misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 28-foot three point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 16-foot jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • LeBron James makes driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses layup
  • Tristan Thompson misses layup
  • LeBron James makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Tristan Thompson misses tip shot
  • Bruce Brown makes two point shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Tristan Thompson makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Tristan Thompson misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Nikola Jokic misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses driving layup
  • LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bruce Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dennis Schroder makes driving layup
  • Jamal Murray makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon blocks LeBron James 's 8-foot driving layup
  • Dennis Schroder misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dennis Schroder misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis makes 11-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • LeBron James misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes dunk
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Dennis Schroder misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 1
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point shot
  • Austin Reaves makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses 28-foot three point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
  • LeBron James misses 20-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon blocks LeBron James 's 5-foot driving floating jump shot
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