Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers
West 1st Round - Game 3 • DEN leads series 3-0
57-25, 24-17 Away
112
57-25, 24-17 Away
47-35, 28-14 Home
105
47-35, 28-14 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Anthony Davis makes 2-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 16-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Davis assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- LeBron James makes 1-foot dunk
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 6-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes alley oop dunk shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Gabe Vincent misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes 6-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Reggie Jackson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Spencer Dinwiddie makes free throw 1 of 2
- Spencer Dinwiddie makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Spencer Dinwiddie misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Anthony Davis makes driving dunk
- Christian Braun misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Austin Reaves makes 6-foot two point shot
- Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 7-foot two point shot
- Spencer Dinwiddie makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
- Peyton Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Christian Braun misses two point shot
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Spencer Dinwiddie misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses 13-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 7-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 7-foot two point shot
- Justin Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
- Taurean Prince makes 9-foot jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
- Justin Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 11-foot jumper
- Reggie Jackson makes 5-foot two point shot
- Taurean Prince misses 15-foot two point shot
- Justin Holiday misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Spencer Dinwiddie misses two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot
- Christian Braun makes 3-foot layup (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 1
- Austin Reaves misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Gabe Vincent makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 11-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Anthony Davis makes dunk
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Davis misses 10-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 4-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
- Austin Reaves misses 66-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Anthony Davis makes driving layup
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 18-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes layup (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Austin Reaves misses layup
- Aaron Gordon makes 3-foot dunk (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 4-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 5-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 17-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 13-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 31-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes driving layup (Austin Reaves assists)
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Austin Reaves misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Gabe Vincent misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
- Reggie Jackson makes 26-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Gabe Vincent makes two point shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Spencer Dinwiddie makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Austin Reaves misses two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses tip shot
- Jamal Murray misses 16-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes driving layup (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
- Justin Holiday misses 22-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Spencer Dinwiddie makes driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 16-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Spencer Dinwiddie misses driving floating jump shot
- Peyton Watson misses two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Christian Braun makes driving layup
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Taurean Prince misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray misses 13-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Christian Braun assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 6-foot two point shot
- Taurean Prince makes 23-foot three pointer
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Taurean Prince makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Anthony Davis misses driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 22-foot three point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses running pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 16-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince misses 25-foot three point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Spencer Dinwiddie misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes 2-foot two point shot (Taurean Prince assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Taurean Prince assists)
- LeBron James misses 25-foot jump bank shot
- Austin Reaves makes tip shot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes 31-foot running pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 54.7
Win %: DEN, 51.7
Win %: LAL, 50.1
Win %: DEN, 51.7
Win %: LAL, 50.1
Win %: DEN, 51.7
Win %: LAL, 50.7
Win %: DEN, 51.1
Win %: DEN, 51.7
Win %: DEN, 51.6
Win %: LAL, 50.3
Win %: LAL, 50.9
Win %: LAL, 53.2
Win %: LAL, 55.4
Win %: LAL, 56.1
Win %: LAL, 58.9
Win %: LAL, 61.3
Win %: LAL, 63.7
Win %: LAL, 63.7
Win %: LAL, 58.6
Win %: LAL, 62.6
Win %: LAL, 63.3
Win %: LAL, 61.3
Win %: LAL, 58.9
Win %: LAL, 56.9
Matchups
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Josh Tiven
Referee:Mark Lindsay
Referee:Marc Davis
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 | 36 | 23 | .610 | 8.5 | W1 |
| Portland | 28 | 31 | .475 | 16.5 | L1 |
| Utah | 18 | 40 | .310 | 26 | L3 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 34 | 23 | .596 | - | L2 |
| Phoenix | 33 | 26 | .559 | 2 | L2 |
| Golden State | 31 | 28 | .525 | 4 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 27 | 30 | .474 | 7 | L2 |
| Sacramento | 13 | 47 | .217 | 22.5 | L1 |
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