Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS - GAME 3 • LAL lead series 2-1
65-17, 29-12 Away
103
65-17, 29-12 Away
54-28, 33-8 Home
97
54-28, 33-8 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Derek Fisher makes 23-foot jumper
- Nene Hilario makes 17-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Dahntay Jones makes driving layup
- Trevor Ariza makes 14-foot two point shot
- Kenyon Martin misses 6-foot hook shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derek Fisher misses free throw 1 of 2
- Derek Fisher misses free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses 11-foot two point shot
- Kenyon Martin misses jumper
- Pau Gasol makes 11-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Trevor Ariza makes layup (Derek Fisher assists)
- Dahntay Jones misses 19-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses 15-foot two point shot
- Derek Fisher misses 17-foot jumper
- Nene Hilario makes layup
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 1 of 1
- Pau Gasol misses 16-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes jumper (Nene Hilario assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dahntay Jones assists)
- Derek Fisher makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Nene Hilario makes 16-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Pau Gasol makes 5-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Pau Gasol misses 9-foot hook shot
- Chris Andersen makes slam dunk (Kenyon Martin assists)
- Luke Walton misses free throw 1 of 2
- Luke Walton misses free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses 23-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper
- Kenyon Martin misses 6-foot two point shot
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nene Hilario misses 9-foot jumper
- Chris Andersen misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes 8-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Farmar makes 19-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes driving layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 61-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nene Hilario makes driving dunk (Anthony Carter assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses 8-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chris Andersen makes driving dunk (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Jordan Farmar misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Carter misses 23-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses layup
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bynum misses free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot two point shot (Jordan Farmar assists)
- J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chris Andersen misses layup
- Andrew Bynum makes 12-foot two point shot (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Chris Andersen makes driving layup (J.R. Smith assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nene Hilario misses 18-foot jumper
- Shannon Brown makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nene Hilario misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
- Chauncey Billups misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nene Hilario makes layup (Linas Kleiza assists)
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
- Shannon Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Shannon Brown misses three point jumper
- Linas Kleiza makes 22-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 19-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes driving dunk (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kenyon Martin misses 13-foot jumper
- Linas Kleiza misses 19-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 17-foot jumper
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony makes 18-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes two point shot (J.R. Smith assists)
- Linas Kleiza makes dunk (J.R. Smith assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw
- Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes 8-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes layup
- Nene Hilario misses 18-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
- Dahntay Jones makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses 9-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes 19-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bynum misses free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups misses 17-foot jumper
- Dahntay Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dahntay Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot jumper
- Dahntay Jones makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
- Derek Fisher misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kenyon Martin makes dunk (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
- Dahntay Jones makes driving layup (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes two point shot (Luke Walton assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 1
- Chauncey Billups makes driving layup (J.R. Smith assists)
- Derek Fisher misses 21-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes 23-foot jumper
- Luke Walton misses 20-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw
- Sasha Vujacic misses 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Linas Kleiza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chris Andersen makes tip shot
- Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Chauncey Billups makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes 4-foot two point shot
- Linas Kleiza misses 5-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes technical free throw
- Chris Andersen misses layup
- J.R. Smith misses layup
- Pau Gasol makes dunk
- Nene Hilario misses 9-foot two point shot
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kenyon Martin misses layup
- Lamar Odom misses 41-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kenyon Martin makes dunk (J.R. Smith assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 7-foot jumper
- Kenyon Martin makes tip shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Chauncey Billups makes 22-foot three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 1
- Pau Gasol makes 14-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses 18-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes 15-foot two point shot
- J.R. Smith makes 15-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 8-foot running jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 1
- Chauncey Billups misses three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes 11-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Kenyon Martin misses layup
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Linas Kleiza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 46 | 25 | .648 | - | W9 |
| Phoenix | 39 | 32 | .549 | 7 | L5 |
| LA Clippers | 35 | 36 | .493 | 11 | W1 |
| Golden State | 33 | 38 | .465 | 13 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 18 | 53 | .254 | 28 | L2 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 56 | 15 | .789 | - | W11 |
| Denver | 43 | 28 | .606 | 13 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 43 | 28 | .606 | 13 | L1 |
| Portland | 35 | 36 | .493 | 21 | W3 |
| Utah | 21 | 50 | .296 | 35 | L1 |
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