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FINAL

Denver Nuggets 119, Los Angeles Lakers 108 — Recap

May 20, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 119, Los Angeles Lakers 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 32-20 LAL; Q2 DEN 26-35 LAL; Q3 DEN 26-27 LAL; Q4 DEN 35-26 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 37 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-29 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 28 points, 18 rebounds, 1 assists on 11-of-18 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

37 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 15-29 FG

Scoring · LAL

Anthony Davis

28 PTS, 18 REB, 1 AST · 11-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

24 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 9-19 FG

Season highs

LeBron James · Season-high 12 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	32	26	26	35		119
LAL	20	35	27	26		108

🧮 How They Scored

DENLAL

38Points in the paint52

19Fast-break points15

9Second-chance points18

13Points off turnovers8

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.7%Effective FG%51.2%

4.9%Turnover %11.0%

12.8%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.216Free-throw rate0.345

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	42	37	7	6	2	0	1	15-29	5-11	2-2	+18
Nikola Jokic C	38	24	6	8	1	0	2	9-19	2-5	4-7	+15
Michael Porter Jr. F	38	14	10	6	1	0	0	4-11	4-10	2-2	+9
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	34	17	3	0	2	0	1	6-10	4-7	1-2	-1
Aaron Gordon F	32	7	3	4	0	1	1	2-5	0-1	3-4	+6
Bruce Brown G	29	15	5	5	1	0	0	6-11	1-5	2-2	+6
Jeff Green F	23	5	4	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+5
Christian Braun G	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	43	23	7	12	0	0	2	8-19	3-9	4-7	-4
Anthony Davis F-C	42	28	18	1	0	2	1	11-18	0-0	6-8	-12
Austin Reaves G	40	23	7	5	1	0	4	7-10	3-5	6-6	-15
Rui Hachimura F	34	13	6	1	1	0	1	5-12	1-3	2-2	-3
Dennis Schroder G	25	5	0	1	1	0	1	2-5	0-2	1-2	-6
D'Angelo Russell G	20	3	3	4	0	0	3	1-8	1-6	0-0	-12
Lonnie Walker IV G	19	9	1	2	0	0	0	2-5	2-4	3-4	-3
Jarred Vanderbilt F	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-10
Troy Brown Jr. F	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Max Christie G	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Tristan Thompson C-F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Malik Beasley G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Shaquille Harrison G	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	42	37	61.9	33.7	+21.4	18.7
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	24	54.3	28.6	+19.2	11.4
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	34	17	78.1	15.8	+0.2	9.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	29	15	63.1	20.3	+10.9	11.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	38	14	58.9	14.1	+12.9	13.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	32	7	51.8	11.3	+9.1	6.4
Jeff Green	Bench	23	5	83.3	5.7	+8.0	5.5
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-57.1	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reggie Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Davis	Bench	42	28	65.1	23.5	-17.2	17.0
LeBron James	Bench	43	23	52.1	24.0	-5.8	12.3
Austin Reaves	Bench	40	23	91.0	18.5	-17.2	14.8
Rui Hachimura	Bench	34	13	50.5	18.9	-2.6	6.6
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	19	9	66.6	16.3	-7.5	5.1
Dennis Schroder	Bench	25	5	42.5	12.3	-12.0	-4.2
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	20	3	18.8	22.0	-29.3	0.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	14	2	25.0	12.5	-31.4	-1.6
Troy Brown Jr.	Bench	1	2	50.0	50.0	+100.0	150.0
Max Christie	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	50.0
Tristan Thompson	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0
Malik Beasley	Bench	1	0	0.0	25.0	+100.0	-100.0
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	100.0
Wenyen Gabriel	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2022-23 season series DEN 5 – 2 LAL

Last 13 meetings · since 2020-21 DEN 8 – 5 LAL

Previous meetingsOpen the recap

After this game

Denver Nuggets Next game recap: @ LAL · Mon, May 22

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