Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers

WESTERN CONFERENCE 1ST ROUND - GAME 2 • LAL lead series 2-0

38-28, 18-15 Away

100

38-28, 18-15 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	25	23	26	26	100
Lakers LAL	32	23	26	23	104

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

41-25, 26-7 Home

104

41-25, 26-7 Home

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Andrew Bynum makes 6-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol makes 21-foot jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
Arron Afflalo misses 8-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol makes 11-foot jumper (Devin Ebanks assists)
Arron Afflalo misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ramon Sessions misses 11-foot two point shot
Danilo Gallinari misses 16-foot jumper
Ramon Sessions misses 11-foot jumper
Arron Afflalo misses free throw 1 of 2
Arron Afflalo makes free throw 2 of 2
Kobe Bryant makes driving dunk (Matt Barnes assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses 2-foot two point shot
Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2
Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
Ty Lawson misses 17-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Matt Barnes assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kosta Koufos makes layup
Kobe Bryant makes 20-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum blocks Danilo Gallinari's layup
Kenneth Faried makes layup
Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot jumper
Arron Afflalo makes 6-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum misses 9-foot hook shot
Ty Lawson makes driving layup
Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
Ty Lawson makes free throw 1 of 2
Ty Lawson makes free throw 2 of 2
Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot jumper
Ty Lawson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Matt Barnes makes layup (Andrew Bynum assists)
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Pau Gasol blocks Ty Lawson's driving layup
Al Harrington makes 24-foot three point jumper (Arron Afflalo assists)
Matt Barnes misses three point jumper
Arron Afflalo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
Matt Barnes misses three point jumper
Arron Afflalo makes 1-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes layup (Matt Barnes assists)
JaVale McGee misses 1-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum misses 11-foot jumper
Al Harrington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Harrington makes 12-foot two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 1
Al Harrington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
JaVale McGee misses layup
Corey Brewer makes 1-foot two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
Andrew Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
Al Harrington misses 22-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 24-foot three point jumper
Al Harrington misses 5-foot jumper
Matt Barnes blocks Al Harrington's layup
Corey Brewer misses driving layup
JaVale McGee makes free throw 1 of 2
JaVale McGee misses free throw 2 of 2
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Danilo Gallinari makes 14-foot two point shot
Ramon Sessions misses 3-foot jumper
Jordan Hill misses tip shot
JaVale McGee blocks Matt Barnes's dunk
Danilo Gallinari makes dunk (Corey Brewer assists)
Devin Ebanks makes 20-foot jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Al Harrington misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jordan Hill misses 3-foot two point shot
Timofey Mozgov makes layup (Al Harrington assists)
Ramon Sessions misses driving layup
Corey Brewer makes slam dunk (Andre Miller assists)
Al Harrington misses 23-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 18-foot jumper
Jordan Hill misses tip shot
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Corey Brewer misses 13-foot running jumper
Timofey Mozgov makes tip shot
Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses 8-foot jumper
Kenneth Faried misses tip shot
Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw
Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot two point shot
Timofey Mozgov misses 17-foot jumper
Jordan Hill makes free throw 1 of 2
Jordan Hill makes free throw 2 of 2
Danilo Gallinari misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper
Arron Afflalo misses 22-foot three point jumper
Arron Afflalo misses 20-foot jumper
Timofey Mozgov misses jumper
Andre Miller misses layup
Devin Ebanks misses free throw 1 of 2
Devin Ebanks misses free throw 2 of 2
Ty Lawson makes 18-foot jumper
Steve Blake misses 26-foot three point jumper
JaVale McGee makes 1-foot two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
Andrew Bynum makes 10-foot two point shot
Kenneth Faried makes slam dunk (Ty Lawson assists)
Steve Blake misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ty Lawson makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
Devin Ebanks misses driving layup
Jordan Hill makes tip shot
Andre Miller misses 13-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes 1-foot two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
Ty Lawson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses driving layup
Kenneth Faried makes two point shot
Ramon Sessions misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot
Andrew Bynum misses free throw 1 of 1
Arron Afflalo misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kenneth Faried makes two point shot
Arron Afflalo makes 5-foot two point shot
Danilo Gallinari blocks Kobe Bryant's two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot two point shot (Devin Ebanks assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes two point shot
Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes slam dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
Andrew Bynum blocks Kosta Koufos's 5-foot two point shot
Devin Ebanks misses 7-foot hook shot
Danilo Gallinari misses 12-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes layup (Ramon Sessions assists)
Ty Lawson misses 23-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 29-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Ramon Sessions misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 1
Andrew Bynum misses layup
Andrew Bynum misses layup
Andrew Bynum makes layup
Andre Miller misses 8-foot two point shot
Devin Ebanks makes 20-foot jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Al Harrington misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum misses 6-foot hook shot
Devin Ebanks misses tip shot
Ty Lawson makes driving layup (Al Harrington assists)
Ty Lawson makes 6-foot two point shot
Ty Lawson makes free throw 1 of 1
Pau Gasol misses 16-foot two point shot
Ty Lawson makes driving layup (Andre Miller assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 1-foot two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
Corey Brewer makes 15-foot two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot two point shot
Al Harrington makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
Steve Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant blocks Al Harrington's dunk
Matt Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses jumper
Ty Lawson makes driving layup (Corey Brewer assists)
Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Matt Barnes assists)
Timofey Mozgov makes 1-foot two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
Corey Brewer makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
Andrew Bynum makes layup
Timofey Mozgov misses free throw 1 of 2
Timofey Mozgov misses free throw 2 of 2
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Ty Lawson makes 17-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum misses 6-foot hook shot
Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
Corey Brewer makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 34-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 12-foot two point shot
Arron Afflalo makes layup (Andre Miller assists)
Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
Al Harrington misses 21-foot jumper
JaVale McGee blocks Ramon Sessions's layup
Jordan Hill makes layup
Arron Afflalo misses 15-foot jumper
JaVale McGee blocks Ramon Sessions's layup
Pau Gasol misses 8-foot jumper
Jordan Hill blocks Andre Miller's layup
Ramon Sessions makes two point shot
Pau Gasol blocks JaVale McGee's layup
Corey Brewer misses free throw 1 of 2
Corey Brewer makes free throw 2 of 2
Ramon Sessions makes 7-foot two point shot
Ramon Sessions makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Arron Afflalo makes free throw 1 of 2
Arron Afflalo makes free throw 2 of 2
JaVale McGee blocks Andrew Bynum's 8-foot hook shot
Ramon Sessions misses 15-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
Pau Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
Ty Lawson makes 12-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
Corey Brewer misses free throw 1 of 3
Corey Brewer makes free throw 2 of 3
Corey Brewer makes free throw 3 of 3
Ramon Sessions misses 25-foot three point jumper
Arron Afflalo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kenneth Faried misses tip shot
Devin Ebanks blocks Danilo Gallinari's jumper
JaVale McGee misses layup
Danilo Gallinari makes tip shot
JaVale McGee blocks Andrew Bynum's 5-foot jumper
Devin Ebanks misses layup
JaVale McGee blocks Devin Ebanks's 7-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot two point shot
Ty Lawson makes 17-foot two point shot (JaVale McGee assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2
Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2
Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
Ty Lawson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Blake misses 23-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 1
Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
Ramon Sessions makes 9-foot two point shot
Kenneth Faried blocks Kobe Bryant's layup
Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 5-foot jumper
JaVale McGee makes tip shot
Ramon Sessions makes free throw 1 of 2
Ramon Sessions makes free throw 2 of 2
Ty Lawson makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
Danilo Gallinari misses 15-foot jumper
Kenneth Faried makes tip shot

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		DEN	LAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Kosta Koufos vs. Andrew Bynum (Pau Gasol gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Andrew Bynum makes 6-foot two point shot	0	2
11:30	Kosta Koufos offensive foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	0	2
11:30	Kosta Koufos turnover	0	2
11:17	Pau Gasol makes 21-foot jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)	0	4
10:59	Arron Afflalo misses 8-foot two point shot	0	4
10:56	Kosta Koufos offensive rebound	0	4
10:48	Arron Afflalo lost ball (Kobe Bryant steals)	0	4
10:42	Pau Gasol makes 11-foot jumper (Devin Ebanks assists)	0	6
10:22	Devin Ebanks personal foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	0	6
10:10	Arron Afflalo misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	6
10:07	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	0	6
9:56	Ramon Sessions misses 11-foot two point shot	0	6
9:56	Kosta Koufos defensive rebound	0	6
9:45	Danilo Gallinari misses 16-foot jumper	0	6
9:45	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	0	6
9:36	Ramon Sessions misses 11-foot jumper	0	6
9:33	Arron Afflalo defensive rebound	0	6
9:33	Devin Ebanks shooting foul (Arron Afflalo draws the foul)	0	6
9:33	Arron Afflalo misses free throw 1 of 2	0	6
9:33	Denver offensive team rebound	0	6
9:33	Matt Barnes enters the game for Devin Ebanks	0	6
9:33	Arron Afflalo makes free throw 2 of 2	1	6
9:15	Kobe Bryant makes driving dunk (Matt Barnes assists)	1	8
9:04	Danilo Gallinari misses 2-foot two point shot	1	8
9:03	Danilo Gallinari offensive rebound	1	8
9:03	Matt Barnes shooting foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	1	8
9:03	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2	2	8
9:03	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2	3	8
9:00	Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)	3	10
8:47	Ty Lawson misses 17-foot two point shot	3	10
8:42	Matt Barnes defensive rebound	3	10
8:41	Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Matt Barnes assists)	3	12
8:36	Denver full timeout	3	12
8:18	Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper	3	12
8:17	Kosta Koufos offensive rebound	3	12
8:12	Kosta Koufos makes layup	5	12
7:50	Kobe Bryant makes 20-foot two point shot	5	14
7:41	Andrew Bynum blocks Danilo Gallinari's layup	5	14
7:39	Kenneth Faried offensive rebound	5	14
7:37	Kenneth Faried makes layup	7	14
7:15	Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot jumper	7	14
7:13	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	7	14
7:05	Arron Afflalo makes 6-foot two point shot	9	14
6:41	Andrew Bynum misses 9-foot hook shot	9	14
6:37	Kosta Koufos defensive rebound	9	14
6:33	Ty Lawson makes driving layup	11	14
6:15	Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper	11	14
6:13	Kosta Koufos defensive rebound	11	14
6:07	Ramon Sessions shooting foul (Ty Lawson draws the foul)	11	14
6:07	Ty Lawson makes free throw 1 of 2	12	14
6:07	JaVale McGee enters the game for Kosta Koufos	12	14
6:07	Ty Lawson makes free throw 2 of 2	13	14
5:48	Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot jumper	13	16
5:37	Ty Lawson misses 27-foot three point jumper	13	16
5:35	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	13	16
5:16	Matt Barnes makes layup (Andrew Bynum assists)	13	18
5:11	Kenneth Faried bad pass (Ramon Sessions steals)	13	18
5:09	Ramon Sessions makes driving layup	13	20
5:09	Kenneth Faried defensive goaltending	13	20
4:58	Pau Gasol blocks Ty Lawson's driving layup	13	20
4:58	Denver offensive team rebound	13	20
4:58	Al Harrington enters the game for Kenneth Faried	13	20
4:58	Andre Miller enters the game for Danilo Gallinari	13	20
4:48	Al Harrington makes 24-foot three point jumper (Arron Afflalo assists)	16	20
4:30	Matt Barnes misses three point jumper	16	20
4:28	JaVale McGee defensive rebound	16	20
4:22	Arron Afflalo misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	20
4:20	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	16	20
4:03	Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper	16	20
4:01	Al Harrington defensive rebound	16	20
3:57	Arron Afflalo step out of bounds turnover	16	20
3:42	Matt Barnes misses three point jumper	16	20
3:41	Ty Lawson defensive rebound	16	20
3:33	Arron Afflalo makes 1-foot two point shot	18	20
3:14	Andrew Bynum makes layup (Matt Barnes assists)	18	22
2:55	JaVale McGee misses 1-foot two point shot	18	22
2:50	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	18	22
2:45	Ty Lawson personal foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	18	22
2:45	Los Angeles full timeout	18	22
2:45	Steve Blake enters the game for Pau Gasol	18	22
2:45	Jordan Hill enters the game for Ramon Sessions	18	22
2:29	Andrew Bynum misses 11-foot jumper	18	22
2:28	Arron Afflalo defensive rebound	18	22
2:08	Al Harrington misses 25-foot three point jumper	18	22
2:05	Arron Afflalo offensive rebound	18	22
1:57	Al Harrington makes 12-foot two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)	20	22
1:44	Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot jumper	20	24
1:44	Arron Afflalo shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	20	24
1:44	Corey Brewer enters the game for Arron Afflalo	20	24
1:44	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 1	20	25
1:29	Al Harrington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)	23	25
1:10	Kobe Bryant makes two point shot	23	27
54.9	JaVale McGee misses layup	23	27
52.9	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	23	27
49.9	Kobe Bryant bad pass (Corey Brewer steals)	23	27
46.0	Corey Brewer makes 1-foot two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)	25	27
38.2	JaVale McGee shooting foul (Andrew Bynum draws the foul)	25	27
38.2	Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2	25	28
38.2	Andrew Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2	25	29
26.9	Al Harrington misses 22-foot jumper	25	29
25.9	Jordan Hill defensive rebound	25	29
5.1	Kobe Bryant makes 24-foot three point jumper	25	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	32

Matchups

DEN

LAL lead series

2-0

LAL

Game 1•@ LAL

Final

103

100

Game 2•@ LAL

Final

104

Game 3•@ DEN

Final

Game 4•@ DEN

Final

102

Game 5•@ LAL

Final

113

Game 6•@ DEN

Final

Game 7•@ LAL

Final

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Monty McCutchen

Referee:Pat Fraher

Referee:Tom Washington

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	34	7	.829	-	W4
Denver	27	13	.675	6.5	W2
Minnesota	27	14	.659	7	W2
Portland	19	22	.463	15	L2
Utah	14	25	.359	19	W1

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	24	14	.632	-	W1
Phoenix	24	16	.600	1	L1
Golden State	22	19	.537	3.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	23	.410	8.5	W3
Sacramento	10	30	.250	15	W2

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