Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets
5-23, 3-16 Away
111
5-23, 3-16 Away
11-17, 5-9 Home
107
11-17, 5-9 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Gary Harris blocks Louis Williams 's 2-foot layup
- Jordan Clarkson makes 19-foot jumper
- Kenneth Faried misses 17-foot jumper
- Larry Nance Jr. makes layup (Louis Williams assists)
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 13-foot jumper
- Jameer Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Larry Nance Jr. makes jumper (Louis Williams assists)
- Jordan Clarkson misses driving layup
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Louis Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses 5-foot two point shot
- Louis Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses free throw 1 of 2
- Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Louis Williams misses 5-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried blocks Larry Nance Jr.'s shot
- Will Barton makes 7-foot two point shot
- Larry Nance Jr. misses 21-foot jumper
- Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Roy Hibbert makes 7-foot two point shot
- Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jordan Clarkson assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Louis Williams misses technical free throw
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes driving layup
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant misses 6-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell misses 10-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Bass makes dunk
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton misses 6-foot jumper
- Will Barton makes 4-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 10-foot jumper
- Randy Foye makes three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 15-foot two point shot
- Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot two point shot
- Jameer Nelson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton makes 2-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes two point shot (Randy Foye assists)
- Julius Randle misses layup
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes layup
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton misses 19-foot jumper
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton makes 5-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Randy Foye misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
- Randy Foye makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gary Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nick Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic misses 3-foot jumper
- Will Barton makes technical free throw
- D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried misses layup
- Jordan Clarkson makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gary Harris makes driving layup (Will Barton assists)
- Jordan Clarkson makes technical free throw
- Nick Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Louis Williams makes 12-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris makes 2-foot two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Nick Young makes jumper
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Bass makes layup (Louis Williams assists)
- Brandon Bass makes free throw 1 of 1
- Gary Harris makes 16-foot jumper (Randy Foye assists)
- Jameer Nelson makes driving layup
- Larry Nance Jr. misses 19-foot jumper
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses 19-foot jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Joffrey Lauvergne blocks Brandon Bass 's 6-foot jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes dunk (Joffrey Lauvergne assists)
- Nick Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
- Louis Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton misses layup
- Kenneth Faried makes two point shot
- Jordan Clarkson misses layup
- Jameer Nelson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jameer Nelson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nick Young makes two point shot
- Jameer Nelson misses 11-foot two point shot
- Louis Williams makes 12-foot two point shot
- Louis Williams misses free throw 1 of 1
- Brandon Bass blocks Joffrey Lauvergne 's 3-foot layup
- Nick Young misses 16-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses driving layup
- Jordan Clarkson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Larry Nance Jr. makes dunk
- Jameer Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Bass makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Bass makes free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton misses 33-foot three point jumper
- Larry Nance Jr. makes dunk (Louis Williams assists)
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes 24-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Clarkson assists)
- Larry Nance Jr. misses 14-foot jumper
- Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Joffrey Lauvergne assists)
- Kenneth Faried misses 12-foot jumper
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses layup
- Larry Nance Jr. blocks Kenneth Faried 's 2-foot layup
- Jameer Nelson misses 17-foot jumper
- Louis Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Roy Hibbert assists)
- Kenneth Faried misses 3-foot jumper
- Jameer Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson makes 12-foot jumper
- Gary Harris misses 18-foot jumper
- Larry Nance Jr. makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses 13-foot two point shot
- Roy Hibbert makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Roy Hibbert makes free throw 1 of 1
- Randy Foye misses 18-foot jumper
- Jordan Clarkson makes driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Randy Foye assists)
- Louis Williams misses jumper
- Randy Foye makes layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 5-foot jumper
- Gary Harris makes two point shot (Kenneth Faried assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
- Kobe Bryant misses jumper
- Kobe Bryant blocks Will Barton's jumper
- Jordan Clarkson makes layup
- Brandon Bass blocks Randy Foye 's 2-foot layup
- Louis Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Will Barton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Darrell Arthur makes jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
- Jordan Clarkson makes driving layup
- Will Barton misses jumper
- Jordan Clarkson misses jumper
- Brandon Bass makes dunk (Julius Randle assists)
- Will Barton makes 5-foot two point shot (Darrell Arthur assists)
- Julius Randle makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Randy Foye misses 22-foot jumper
- Jordan Clarkson misses three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Bass blocks Randy Foye's jumper
- Randy Foye blocks Jordan Clarkson's jumper
- Will Barton blocks Jordan Clarkson 's 1-foot layup
- Julius Randle misses layup
- Julius Randle makes layup
- Nikola Jokic misses 5-foot hook shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Nick Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Darrell Arthur misses 20-foot jumper
- Gary Harris makes driving layup
- Randy Foye makes driving layup
- Nick Young misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Louis Williams makes 19-foot jumper (Brandon Bass assists)
- Darrell Arthur makes jumper (Randy Foye assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Louis Williams assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes layup
- Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 1
- Randy Foye misses layup
- Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses three point jumper
- Darrell Arthur misses jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes jumper
- Darrell Arthur makes 18-foot jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Darrell Arthur misses 22-foot jumper
- Louis Williams misses free throw 1 of 3
- Louis Williams makes free throw 2 of 3
- Louis Williams makes free throw 3 of 3
- Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper (Brandon Bass assists)
- Kenneth Faried makes driving dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 3
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 3
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 3 of 3
- Will Barton misses layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris makes driving dunk (Will Barton assists)
- Brandon Bass makes 11-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris misses driving layup
- Jordan Clarkson misses layup
- Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Bass blocks Jameer Nelson 's 2-foot layup
- Darrell Arthur misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 31-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jameer Nelson makes driving layup
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Darrell Arthur makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Roy Hibbert vs. Joffrey Lauvergne (Larry Nance Jr. gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:42 | | Gary Harris blocks Louis Williams 's 2-foot layup | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Lakers offensive team rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:37 | | Jordan Clarkson makes 19-foot jumper | 2 | 0 |
| 11:17 | | Kenneth Faried misses 17-foot jumper | 2 | 0 |
| 11:15 | | Louis Williams defensive rebound | 2 | 0 |
| 11:07 | | Larry Nance Jr. makes layup (Louis Williams assists) | 4 | 0 |
| 10:56 | | Kostas Papanikolaou makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists) | 4 | 3 |
| 10:44 | | Kobe Bryant makes 13-foot jumper | 6 | 3 |
| 10:33 | | Jameer Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper | 6 | 3 |
| 10:33 | | Roy Hibbert defensive rebound | 6 | 3 |
| 10:23 | | Larry Nance Jr. makes jumper (Louis Williams assists) | 8 | 3 |
| 10:22 | | Nuggets Full timeout | 8 | 3 |
| 9:51 | | Jordan Clarkson misses driving layup | 8 | 3 |
| 9:48 | | Louis Williams offensive rebound | 8 | 3 |
| 9:25 | | Kostas Papanikolaou misses 26-foot three point jumper | 8 | 3 |
| 9:22 | | Jordan Clarkson defensive rebound | 8 | 3 |
| 9:00 | | Louis Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper | 11 | 3 |
| 8:49 | | Gary Harris misses 5-foot two point shot | 11 | 3 |
| 8:48 | | Roy Hibbert defensive rebound | 11 | 3 |
| 8:40 | | Louis Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper | 11 | 3 |
| 8:37 | | Gary Harris defensive rebound | 11 | 3 |
| 8:30 | | Roy Hibbert shooting foul (Gary Harris draws the foul) | 11 | 3 |
| 8:30 | | Nuggets 20 Sec. timeout | 11 | 3 |
| 8:30 | | Gary Harris misses free throw 1 of 2 | 11 | 3 |
| 8:30 | | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 11 | 3 |
| 8:30 | | Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 4 |
| 8:29 | | Kostas Papanikolaou personal take foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul) | 11 | 4 |
| 8:29 | | Will Barton enters the game for Gary Harris | 11 | 4 |
| 8:14 | | Louis Williams misses 5-foot two point shot | 11 | 4 |
| 8:11 | | Lakers offensive team rebound | 11 | 4 |
| 7:54 | | Kenneth Faried blocks Larry Nance Jr.'s shot | 11 | 4 |
| 7:52 | | Will Barton defensive rebound | 11 | 4 |
| 7:43 | | Will Barton makes 7-foot two point shot | 11 | 6 |
| 7:26 | | Larry Nance Jr. misses 21-foot jumper | 11 | 6 |
| 7:26 | | Jameer Nelson defensive rebound | 11 | 6 |
| 7:18 | | Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists) | 11 | 9 |
| 7:07 | | Joffrey Lauvergne personal foul (Roy Hibbert draws the foul) | 11 | 9 |
| 6:52 | | Roy Hibbert makes 7-foot two point shot | 13 | 9 |
| 6:41 | | Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists) | 13 | 12 |
| 6:41 | | Jordan Clarkson shooting foul (Will Barton draws the foul) | 13 | 12 |
| 6:41 | | Robert Sacre enters the game for Roy Hibbert | 13 | 12 |
| 6:41 | | Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 1 | 13 | 13 |
| 6:33 | | Kobe Bryant makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jordan Clarkson assists) | 17 | 13 |
| 6:33 | | Kostas Papanikolaou shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul) | 17 | 13 |
| 6:33 | | Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 1 | 17 | 13 |
| 6:20 | | D'Angelo Russell enters the game for Larry Nance Jr. | 17 | 13 |
| 6:20 | | Julius Randle enters the game for Jordan Clarkson | 17 | 13 |
| 6:13 | | Kostas Papanikolaou makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists) | 17 | 16 |
| 5:56 | | D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper | 17 | 16 |
| 5:56 | | Joffrey Lauvergne defensive rebound | 17 | 16 |
| 5:48 | | Kenneth Faried lost ball turnover (D'Angelo Russell steals) | 17 | 16 |
| 5:37 | | Joffrey Lauvergne defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul) | 17 | 16 |
| 5:37 | | Louis Williams misses technical free throw | 17 | 16 |
| 5:37 | | Lakers offensive team rebound | 17 | 16 |
| 5:37 | | Nikola Jokic enters the game for Joffrey Lauvergne | 17 | 16 |
| 5:26 | | Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper | 17 | 16 |
| 5:24 | | Will Barton defensive rebound | 17 | 16 |
| 5:18 | | Will Barton makes driving layup | 17 | 18 |
| 5:18 | | D'Angelo Russell shooting foul (Will Barton draws the foul) | 17 | 19 |
| 5:18 | | Randy Foye enters the game for Kostas Papanikolaou | 17 | 18 |
| 5:18 | | Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 1 | 17 | 19 |
| 5:09 | | Kobe Bryant misses 6-foot two point shot | 17 | 19 |
| 5:05 | | Kenneth Faried defensive rebound | 17 | 19 |
| 4:58 | | Robert Sacre shooting foul (Kenneth Faried draws the foul) | 17 | 19 |
| 4:58 | | Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2 | 17 | 20 |
| 4:58 | | Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2 | 17 | 21 |
| 4:33 | | D'Angelo Russell misses 10-foot two point shot | 17 | 21 |
| 4:33 | | Nuggets defensive team rebound | 17 | 21 |
| 4:33 | | Robert Sacre loose ball foul (Nikola Jokic draws the foul) | 17 | 21 |
| 4:33 | | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2 | 17 | 22 |
| 4:33 | | Brandon Bass enters the game for Robert Sacre | 17 | 22 |
| 4:33 | | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2 | 17 | 23 |
| 4:16 | | Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper | 17 | 23 |
| 4:13 | | Brandon Bass offensive rebound | 17 | 23 |
| 4:09 | | Brandon Bass makes dunk | 19 | 23 |
| 3:51 | | Jameer Nelson bad pass (Kobe Bryant steals) | 19 | 23 |
| 3:45 | | Will Barton shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul) | 19 | 23 |
| 3:45 | | Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2 | 19 | 23 |
| 3:45 | | Lakers offensive team rebound | 19 | 23 |
| 3:45 | | Darrell Arthur enters the game for Kenneth Faried | 19 | 23 |
| 3:45 | | Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2 | 20 | 23 |
| 3:28 | | Will Barton misses 6-foot jumper | 20 | 23 |
| 3:27 | | Will Barton offensive rebound | 20 | 23 |
| 3:21 | | Will Barton makes 4-foot two point shot | 20 | 25 |
| 3:12 | | Julius Randle misses 19-foot jumper | 20 | 25 |
| 3:11 | | Kobe Bryant offensive rebound | 20 | 25 |
| 3:04 | | Kobe Bryant makes 10-foot jumper | 22 | 25 |
| 2:56 | | Randy Foye makes three point jumper | 22 | 28 |
| 2:42 | | Kobe Bryant misses 15-foot two point shot | 22 | 28 |
| 2:40 | | Jameer Nelson defensive rebound | 22 | 28 |
| 2:27 | | Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper | 22 | 28 |
| 2:26 | | Kobe Bryant defensive rebound | 22 | 28 |
| 2:04 | | Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot two point shot | 24 | 28 |
| 1:51 | | Jameer Nelson misses 27-foot three point jumper | 24 | 28 |
| 1:50 | | Brandon Bass defensive rebound | 24 | 28 |
| 1:43 | | Randy Foye shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul) | 24 | 28 |
| 1:43 | | Lakers Full timeout | 24 | 28 |
| 1:43 | | Gary Harris enters the game for Jameer Nelson | 24 | 28 |
| 1:43 | | Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2 | 25 | 28 |
| 1:43 | | Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2 | 26 | 28 |
| 1:30 | | Will Barton makes 2-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) | 26 | 30 |
| 1:12 | | Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper | 26 | 30 |
| 1:10 | | Randy Foye defensive rebound | 26 | 30 |
| 1:06 | | Will Barton makes two point shot (Randy Foye assists) | 26 | 32 |
| 46.0 | | Julius Randle misses layup | 26 | 32 |
| 45.0 | | Darrell Arthur defensive rebound | 26 | 32 |
| 31.0 | | Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot | 26 | 34 |
| 8.0 | | Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper | 26 | 34 |
| 7.0 | | Randy Foye defensive rebound | 26 | 34 |
| 0.0 | | Will Barton misses 27-foot three point jumper | 26 | 34 |
| 0.0 | | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 26 | 34 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 26 | 34 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:John Goble
Referee:Nick Buchert
Referee:Scott Twardoski
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| 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 |
| 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 |
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