Denver Nuggets 129, Los Angeles Lakers 118 — Recap

April 3, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 129, Los Angeles Lakers 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 24-28 LAL; Q2 DEN 38-33 LAL; Q3 DEN 33-33 LAL; Q4 DEN 34-24 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 38 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists on 15-of-22 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 28 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists on 11-of-25 shooting; Russell Westbrook (LAL) 27 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists on 11-of-15 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

38 PTS, 18 REB, 6 AST · 15-22 FG

Scoring · LAL

Anthony Davis

28 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST · 11-25 FG

Scoring · LAL

Russell Westbrook

27 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST · 11-15 FG

Season highs

Monte Morris · Season-high 10 assistsAnthony Davis · Season-high 8 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	24	38	33	34		129
LAL	28	33	33	24		118

🧮 How They Scored

DENLAL

60Points in the paint68

13Fast-break points18

8Second-chance points8

18Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.6%Effective FG%56.5%

11.2%Turnover %10.6%

15.0%Offensive rebound %15.8%

0.354Free-throw rate0.228

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Barton G	37	25	1	2	1	0	1	8-12	6-8	3-4	+8
Aaron Gordon F	37	24	8	3	0	1	0	9-14	3-5	3-4	+14
Monte Morris G	36	6	3	10	3	1	1	1-9	0-4	4-4	+7
Nikola Jokic C	33	38	18	6	2	2	7	15-22	0-3	8-11	+7
Nah'Shon Hyland G	27	10	2	4	2	0	1	4-9	1-6	1-1	+11
Austin Rivers G	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+10
Davon Reed G	21	10	1	2	2	0	0	3-4	2-2	2-2	+8
DeMarcus Cousins C	15	14	3	3	0	1	1	6-9	0-2	2-3	+4
JaMychal Green F	12	2	1	2	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-14

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Davis F-C	35	28	9	8	2	3	2	11-25	0-0	6-6	-10
Russell Westbrook G	34	27	10	7	2	1	2	11-15	0-1	5-10	+1
Malik Monk G	33	11	3	6	0	0	5	5-9	1-3	0-0	-12
Avery Bradley G	28	10	1	1	0	0	0	4-5	2-3	0-0	-9
Carmelo Anthony F	26	17	2	2	0	0	0	8-18	1-7	0-0	-8
Dwight Howard C	23	8	7	0	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	2-4	+1
Talen Horton-Tucker G	18	7	4	3	0	0	1	3-6	0-1	1-1	-11
D.J. Augustin G	17	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	-5
Stanley Johnson F	16	3	2	2	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+1
Wenyen Gabriel F	11	4	1	1	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	33	38	70.8	43.6	+6.4	28.2
Will Barton	Bench	37	25	90.8	16.5	+8.5	12.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	37	24	76.1	18.8	+17.5	15.1
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	15	14	67.8	34.4	+17.2	15.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	27	10	53.0	17.2	+19.6	4.9
Davon Reed	Bench	21	10	102.5	10.9	+21.5	9.2
Monte Morris	Bench	36	6	27.9	14.6	+9.0	7.9
JaMychal Green	Bench	12	2	50.0	10.7	-48.7	-2.6
Austin Rivers	Bench	23	0	0.0	2.0	+21.7	-1.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Davis	Bench	35	28	50.7	33.7	-11.5	17.3
Russell Westbrook	Bench	34	27	69.6	25.0	+2.9	18.3
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	26	17	47.2	27.7	-18.9	6.0
Malik Monk	Bench	33	11	61.1	17.3	-16.2	4.3
Avery Bradley	Bench	28	10	100.0	7.4	-14.5	5.5
Dwight Howard	Bench	23	8	59.2	14.5	+4.1	6.8
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	18	7	54.3	17.9	-27.3	8.1
Wenyen Gabriel	Bench	11	4	100.0	7.7	-13.6	5.6
Stanley Johnson	Bench	16	3	75.0	8.3	+3.2	6.4
D.J. Augustin	Bench	17	3	30.0	12.5	-10.5	-4.0