Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets
West 1st Round - Game 1 • DEN leads series 1-0
47-35, 19-21 Away
103
47-35, 19-21 Away
57-25, 33-8 Home
114
57-25, 33-8 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
49% (39-79)
Field Goal %
46% (47-102)
28% (8-29)
Three Point %
36% (15-42)
89% (17-19)
Free Throw %
83% (5-6)
12
Turnovers
6
40
Rebounds
49
12
Largest Lead
15
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:John Goble
Referee:Eric Dalen
Referee:Mitchell Ervin
Referee:Nick Buchert
Probabilities & Game Flow
0%
--LAL
100%
--DEN
According to ESPN Analytics
Shot Chart
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes 6-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot driving dunk
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray misses 20-foot jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 5-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
- Anthony Davis misses driving layup
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Peyton Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 1-foot dunk
- Peyton Watson makes driving layup
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Christian Braun misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
- Peyton Watson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Taurean Prince makes 1-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Taurean Prince makes free throw 1 of 2
- Taurean Prince makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot dunk (Reggie Jackson assists)
- LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot
- Justin Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Christian Braun misses 2-foot tip shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 68-foot three point pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Taurean Prince misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
- Peyton Watson misses 11-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 11-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- DeAndre Jordan makes free throw 1 of 2
- DeAndre Jordan makes free throw 2 of 2
- Taurean Prince misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- DeAndre Jordan makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Taurean Prince makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 9-foot two point shot
- Justin Holiday misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot two point shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Reggie Jackson misses 6-foot two point shot
- Reggie Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot hook shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes dunk
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes tip shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 19-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Austin Reaves makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 7-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 2-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- LeBron James makes 32-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 68-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 5-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 29-foot three pointer
- Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes alley oop dunk shot (LeBron James assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses layup
- Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 16-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rui Hachimura makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Reggie Jackson misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Taurean Prince makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Reggie Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 1-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three pointer (Austin Reaves assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 22-foot step back three pointer
- Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes two point shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 1
- Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 1-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic misses 20-foot jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot dunk
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 17-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
- Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
- Austin Reaves makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses layup
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Jamal Murray makes alley oop layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 31 | 19 | .620 | - | W2 |
| Phoenix | 31 | 21 | .596 | 1 | L1 |
| Golden State | 28 | 24 | .538 | 4 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 24 | 27 | .471 | 7.5 | W1 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 41 | .226 | 20.5 | L11 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 40 | 13 | .755 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 33 | 19 | .635 | 6.5 | L3 |
| Minnesota | 32 | 21 | .604 | 8 | L1 |
| Portland | 24 | 28 | .462 | 15.5 | W1 |
| Utah | 16 | 36 | .308 | 23.5 | L1 |
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