Los Angeles Lakers 115, Denver Nuggets 107 — Recap

January 20, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 115, Denver Nuggets 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 28-37 DEN; Q2 LAL 29-34 DEN; Q3 LAL 29-17 DEN; Q4 LAL 29-19 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 38 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 28 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Peyton Watson (DEN) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

38 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

28 PTS, 2 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

19 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 8-15 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

LAL 0 largest lead Never led

DEN 13 largest lead Q1 2:20 (LAL 22, DEN 35) · 12-0 run, Q2 9:53–Q2 6:57

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAL	28	29	29	29		115
DEN	37	34	17	19		107

🧮 How They Scored

LALDEN

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.6%Effective FG%53.4%

11.0%Turnover %5.0%

27.8%Offensive rebound %10.9%

0.386Free-throw rate0.218

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Doncic F-G	36	38	13	10	2	0	3	12-21	3-9	11-12	-2
LeBron James F	34	19	9	8	0	0	6	8-15	1-1	2-6	+13
Marcus Smart G	31	15	2	1	0	0	0	4-9	3-6	4-5	+6
Rui Hachimura F	28	9	6	1	1	0	0	4-13	1-3	0-0	-2
Jake LaRavia F	27	7	1	2	0	0	3	3-5	0-2	1-1	+4
Jaxson Hayes C	23	9	5	0	0	2	0	4-5	0-0	1-4	+16
Jarred Vanderbilt F	18	0	4	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Gabe Vincent G	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	2-3	+3
Deandre Ayton C	15	4	8	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	0-0	-1
Drew Timme F	11	9	3	0	0	0	0	4-6	1-1	0-1	+5

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson G	38	18	5	3	3	1	3	7-17	4-8	0-0	-6
Spencer Jones F	37	16	5	0	1	1	1	6-9	4-7	0-0	+6
Jamal Murray G	36	28	2	11	0	0	1	10-21	4-8	4-4	-3
Aaron Gordon F	32	18	4	5	0	0	0	6-9	2-4	4-8	-8
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	31	10	2	2	1	3	0	2-12	0-8	6-7	0
Jalen Pickett G	26	7	6	4	1	0	0	3-9	1-2	0-0	-4
Bruce Brown G	22	4	4	2	0	0	0	2-6	0-0	0-0	-21
Zeke Nnaji F-C	18	6	3	0	0	2	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	-4