Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets
Preseason
124
4-1
107
3-3
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- JaVale McGee makes alley oop dunk shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Torrey Craig misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 16-foot two point shot
- Paul Millsap misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Paul Millsap assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Will Barton makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 2-foot layup (Will Barton assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes 14-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Rajon Rondo makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- JaVale McGee misses 9-foot two point shot
- Paul Millsap makes finger roll layup
- Jamal Murray makes 2-foot layup (Paul Millsap assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Paul Millsap makes free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Millsap makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lance Stephenson makes pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lance Stephenson makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Will Barton misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Josh Hart makes free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Hart makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Torrey Craig assists)
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Lyles misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes two point shot
- Trey Lyles misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Beasley makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Beasley misses free throw 2 of 2
- Juan Hernangomez makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma misses 8-foot two point shot
- Malik Beasley makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 2
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Monte Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monte Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart misses two point shot
- Brandon Ingram makes two point shot
- Malik Beasley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trey Lyles assists)
- Trey Lyles misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Kyle Kuzma misses finger roll layup
- Juan Hernangomez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Mason Plumlee makes two point shot
- Michael Beasley misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Juan Hernangomez misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Juan Hernangomez makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- JaVale McGee makes alley oop dunk shot (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Trey Lyles misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Juan Hernangomez makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses finger roll layup
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monte Morris makes 7-foot two point shot
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart makes driving layup
- Juan Hernangomez misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer (Juan Hernangomez assists)
- JaVale McGee makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Will Barton makes 25-foot three pointer (Jamal Murray assists)
- Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Paul Millsap misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- JaVale McGee makes dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three pointer
- Brandon Ingram makes 1-foot dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Paul Millsap misses 19-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Rajon Rondo misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses driving dunk
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- JaVale McGee makes free throw 1 of 2
- JaVale McGee misses free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton misses driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes 6-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
- Torrey Craig misses free throw 1 of 2
- Torrey Craig makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Millsap makes free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Millsap misses 10-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 19-foot jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
- Paul Millsap makes free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Millsap misses free throw 2 of 2
- JaVale McGee makes 2-foot dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
- JaVale McGee makes dunk (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- JaVale McGee misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- JaVale McGee makes layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses 4-foot two point shot
- Brandon Ingram makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes 5-foot two point shot
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic misses 18-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray makes dunk
- JaVale McGee makes 1-foot dunk
- JaVale McGee misses 3-foot two point shot
- Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton misses driving floating jump shot
- Kyle Kuzma misses driving layup
- Monte Morris misses driving layup
- Kyle Kuzma makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monte Morris makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Will Barton misses two point shot
- Kyle Kuzma makes 28-foot running pullup jump shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Lance Stephenson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Torrey Craig makes alley oop dunk shot (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Kyle Kuzma misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Trey Lyles makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Ivica Zubac makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Mason Plumlee makes layup (Trey Lyles assists)
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 1
- Lance Stephenson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lance Stephenson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Ingram misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Malik Beasley misses two point shot
- Juan Hernangomez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trey Lyles assists)
- Lance Stephenson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Trey Lyles makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lance Stephenson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lance Stephenson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk makes two point shot (Lance Stephenson assists)
- Trey Lyles misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2
- Juan Hernangomez makes 26-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
- Josh Hart misses driving layup
- Monte Morris makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Josh Hart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lance Stephenson assists)
- Monte Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monte Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Ingram misses 13-foot two point shot
- Juan Hernangomez misses three point jumper
- Trey Lyles makes dunk
- Trey Lyles misses 67-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 2
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses layup
- Juan Hernangomez misses layup
- Johnathan Williams misses two point shot
- Trey Lyles makes 3-foot layup (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Lance Stephenson misses 18-foot jumper
- Trey Lyles misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes driving layup
- Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three pointer (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee makes two point shot
- Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tyler Lydon makes 1-foot layup (Trey Lyles assists)
- Kyle Kuzma misses driving floating jump shot
- Trey Lyles makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2
- Johnathan Williams makes 4-foot two point shot (Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk assists)
- Trey Lyles makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2
- Travis Wear misses 17-foot jumper
- Monte Morris misses 20-foot jumper
- Johnathan Williams makes driving layup (Travis Wear assists)
- Juan Hernangomez makes free throw 1 of 2
- Juan Hernangomez makes free throw 2 of 2
- Travis Wear misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Johnathan Williams makes 7-foot hook shot
- Alex Caruso makes 2-foot dunk
- Thomas Welsh makes 11-foot jumper (Monte Morris assists)
- Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk makes 16-foot jumper (Joel Berry II assists)
- Monte Morris misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Thomas Welsh makes layup (Tyler Lydon assists)
- Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Tyler Lydon misses three point jumper
- Travis Wear makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Alex Caruso assists)
- DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Donald Sloan assists)
- Xavier Silas misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Thomas Welsh misses 10-foot jumper
- Isaac Bonga misses driving layup
- Isaac Bonga makes two point shot
- Donald Sloan misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Johnathan Williams makes two point shot (Joel Berry II assists)
- DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Isaac Bonga misses 9-foot hook shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS

Win %: LAL, 51.0
Win %: LAL, 51.0
Win %: LAL, 53.9
Win %: LAL, 53.9
Win %: LAL, 55.7
Win %: LAL, 55.7
Win %: LAL, 56.3
Win %: LAL, 56.3
Win %: LAL, 54.5
Win %: LAL, 54.5
Win %: LAL, 53.9
Win %: LAL, 53.9
Win %: LAL, 55.7
Win %: LAL, 55.7
Win %: LAL, 56.3
Win %: LAL, 56.3
Win %: LAL, 58.6
Win %: LAL, 58.6
Win %: LAL, 58.8
Win %: LAL, 58.8
Win %: LAL, 59.0
Win %: LAL, 59.0
Win %: LAL, 56.6
Win %: LAL, 56.6
Win %: LAL, 56.5
Win %: LAL, 56.5
Win %: LAL, 54.6
Win %: LAL, 54.6
Win %: LAL, 56.6
Win %: LAL, 56.6
Win %: LAL, 58.9
Win %: LAL, 58.9
Win %: LAL, 60.8
Win %: LAL, 60.8
Win %: LAL, 59.0
Win %: LAL, 59.0
Win %: LAL, 56.6
Win %: LAL, 56.6
Win %: LAL, 53.9
Win %: LAL, 53.9
Win %: LAL, 51.4
Win %: LAL, 51.4
Win %: LAL, 51.3
Win %: LAL, 51.3
Win %: DEN, 50.7
Win %: DEN, 50.7
Win %: LAL, 51.3
Win %: LAL, 51.3
Win %: LAL, 56.5
Win %: LAL, 56.5
DEN vs LAL Videos
LeBron reflects on his first game as a Laker
- 0:50
Walton: It's a 'good feeling' seeing LeBron in Lakers jersey
- 1:21
Matchups
Game Information
San Diego, CA
Referee:Mark Ayotte
Referee:Jacyn Goble
Referee:Mike Callahan
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 45 | 15 | .750 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 37 | 22 | .627 | 7.5 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 37 | 23 | .617 | 8 | W2 |
| Portland | 29 | 31 | .483 | 16 | W1 |
| Utah | 18 | 41 | .305 | 26.5 | L4 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 34 | 24 | .586 | - | L3 |
| Phoenix | 34 | 26 | .567 | 1 | W1 |
| Golden State | 31 | 28 | .525 | 3.5 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 27 | 31 | .466 | 7 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 14 | 47 | .230 | 21.5 | W1 |
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