Los Angeles Lakers 109, Denver Nuggets 122 — Recap

January 9, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 109, Denver Nuggets 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 23-29 DEN; Q2 LAL 25-33 DEN; Q3 LAL 31-32 DEN; Q4 LAL 30-28 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 34 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-29 shooting; Russell Westbrook (LAL) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Thomas Bryant (LAL) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists on 6-of-14 shooting; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (DEN) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Bruce Brown (DEN) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

34 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 13-29 FG

Scoring · LAL

Russell Westbrook

25 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · LAL

Thomas Bryant

17 PTS, 10 REB, 0 AST · 6-14 FG

Season highs

Jamal Murray · Season-high 34 pointsNikola Jokic · Season-high 16 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
LAL	23	25	31	30		109
DEN	29	33	32	28		122

🧮 How They Scored

LALDEN

52Points in the paint52

11Fast-break points21

11Second-chance points20

15Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.4%Effective FG%54.0%

11.1%Turnover %13.8%

21.2%Offensive rebound %29.8%

0.269Free-throw rate0.172

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dennis Schroder G	34	14	3	4	2	0	1	3-13	0-5	8-8	-16
Russell Westbrook G	31	25	7	7	1	0	7	10-21	1-4	4-7	-9
Thomas Bryant C	28	17	10	0	1	0	0	6-14	0-1	5-5	-15
Max Christie G	26	14	3	1	0	0	0	6-8	2-3	0-0	-10
Cole Swider F	26	6	5	3	0	0	0	2-6	2-5	0-0	-2
Kendrick Nunn G	24	15	1	1	3	0	2	6-15	2-7	1-2	-4
Wenyen Gabriel F	19	9	5	0	0	2	1	4-6	1-1	0-0	-8
Juan Toscano-Anderson F	18	5	1	3	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-2	0
Sterling Brown G	18	0	7	1	3	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-2
Patrick Beverley G	12	0	1	0	1	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Scotty Pippen Jr. G	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-1	+2
Damian Jones C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	36	34	7	4	2	0	3	13-29	5-9	3-4	+3
Nikola Jokic C	35	14	11	16	1	1	4	5-5	1-1	3-3	+10
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	31	16	3	3	1	0	1	6-14	1-5	3-3	+18
Bruce Brown G	27	15	7	2	0	1	2	6-11	3-7	0-0	+3
Michael Porter Jr. F	26	12	7	0	1	1	0	5-13	2-6	0-0	+13
Vlatko Cancar F	26	2	4	2	1	0	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	+7
Aaron Gordon F	22	9	10	0	0	4	4	4-8	1-5	0-1	+6
Nah'Shon Hyland G	20	12	2	1	1	1	1	3-10	2-8	4-4	+2
Zeke Nnaji F-C	13	6	3	0	0	2	0	3-5	0-0	0-0	+3
Davon Reed G	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	0
Christian Braun G	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Ish Smith G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Russell Westbrook	Bench	31	25	51.9	40.8	-11.1	10.7
Thomas Bryant	Bench	28	17	52.5	24.2	-26.0	15.0
Kendrick Nunn	Bench	24	15	47.2	28.1	-3.6	4.4
Dennis Schroder	Bench	34	14	42.4	20.7	-20.8	6.1
Max Christie	Bench	26	14	87.5	13.1	-17.5	12.4
Wenyen Gabriel	Bench	19	9	75.0	14.0	-12.7	11.5
Cole Swider	Bench	26	6	50.0	8.8	-3.3	6.2
Juan Toscano-Anderson	Bench	18	5	51.2	11.9	-5.4	8.8
Scotty Pippen Jr.	Bench	2	4	82.0	33.3	+53.3	40.0
Patrick Beverley	Bench	12	0	0.0	10.3	-8.0	-3.8
Damian Jones	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+53.3	0.0
Sterling Brown	Bench	18	0	0.0	6.4	+0.4	6.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	36	34	55.3	37.0	+2.5	14.7
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	31	16	52.2	19.8	+25.4	9.2
Bruce Brown	Bench	27	15	68.2	18.1	+6.6	12.0
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	14	110.8	11.0	+13.0	20.4
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	26	12	46.2	19.7	+21.1	8.2
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	20	12	51.0	25.5	+8.8	7.3
Aaron Gordon	Bench	22	9	53.3	21.4	+12.5	9.4
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	13	6	60.0	14.7	+12.3	9.8
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	26	2	25.0	7.2	+11.7	2.2
Davon Reed	Bench	2	2	113.6	20.0	-20.0	43.8
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-20.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-20.0	-12.5