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LAL 6-2
126 – 132
FINAL
DEN 3-3

Los Angeles Lakers 126, Denver Nuggets 132 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Los Angeles Lakers 126, Denver Nuggets 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 25-37 DEN; Q2 LAL 29-35 DEN; Q3 LAL 38-34 DEN; Q4 LAL 34-26 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Davis (LAL) 40 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-23 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 34 points, 21 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-17 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 31 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 26 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists on 9-of-16 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL
Anthony Davis
40 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 14-23 FG
Scoring · DEN
Nikola Jokic
34 PTS, 21 REB, 14 AST, 3 3PM · 12-17 FG
Scoring · DEN
Jamal Murray
31 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 12-20 FG
Season highs
Austin Reaves · Season-high 5 threes

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

Linescore

1234 T
LAL 25293834 126
DEN 37353426 132

🧮 How They Scored

LALDEN
48Points in the paint50
13Fast-break points19
13Second-chance points18
14Points off turnovers5
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
61.3%Effective FG%63.2%
6.8%Turnover %9.8%
13.5%Offensive rebound %37.5%
0.310Free-throw rate0.242

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Anthony Davis F-C 424010332014-231-111-11-8
Austin Reaves G 4223280007-145-94-4-3
LeBron James F 40261290139-160-48-11-6
Dennis Schroder G 326350022-32-20-0-6
Rui Hachimura F 2817010108-111-10-0+10
D'Angelo Russell G 268030014-110-30-0-25
Lonnie Walker IV G 206202002-62-40-0+3
Jarred Vanderbilt F 100111010-00-00-0+5

Denver Nuggets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Nikola Jokic C 4234211402512-173-37-8+11
Jamal Murray G 37315531112-204-83-3+3
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G 3621232119-173-80-0+16
Aaron Gordon F 3612330024-90-34-8+11
Michael Porter Jr. F 35151020216-123-60-0+20
Bruce Brown G 2416420006-111-13-3-5
Jeff Green F 183100011-31-10-0-10
Christian Braun G 120100100-20-20-0-16

🔬 Advanced Stats

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Anthony Davis Bench 424071.830.1-7.719.8
LeBron James Bench 402662.428.2-7.515.0
Austin Reaves Bench 422373.017.0-5.09.0
Rui Hachimura Bench 281777.317.7+19.19.6
D'Angelo Russell Bench 26836.420.0-48.51.2
Dennis Schroder Bench 326100.07.2-3.14.6
Lonnie Walker IV Bench 20650.014.0+7.15.6
Jarred Vanderbilt Bench 1000.05.0+31.0-2.1
Max Christie Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Troy Brown Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tristan Thompson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Malik Beasley Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Shaquille Harrison Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Wenyen Gabriel Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Nikola Jokic Bench 423482.825.2+11.123.0
Jamal Murray Bench 373172.724.7+2.215.4
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Bench 362161.820.2+21.66.9
Bruce Brown Bench 241664.921.8-7.412.9
Michael Porter Jr. Bench 351562.515.1+21.19.4
Aaron Gordon Bench 361247.916.3+14.52.2
Jeff Green Bench 18350.011.1-32.7-0.7
Thomas Bryant Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
DeAndre Jordan Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Zeke Nnaji Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Christian Braun Bench 1200.07.4-67.5-2.6
Peyton Watson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Reggie Jackson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Ish Smith Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Vlatko Cancar Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2022-23 season series LAL 2 – 3 DEN
Last 11 meetings · since 2020-21 LAL 5 – 6 DEN
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Los Angeles Lakers Next game recap: @ DEN · Thu, May 18
Denver Nuggets Next game recap: vs LAL · Thu, May 18

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