Los Angeles Lakers 113, Denver Nuggets 120 — Recap

March 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 113, Denver Nuggets 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 22-32 DEN; Q2 LAL 32-32 DEN; Q3 LAL 32-29 DEN; Q4 LAL 27-27 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 28 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Luka Doncic (LAL) 27 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-24 shooting; Jaxson Hayes (LAL) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-10 shooting; Julian Strawther (DEN) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

28 PTS, 12 REB, 13 AST · 10-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

28 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · LAL

Luka Doncic

27 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 11-24 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 · 12-0 run, Q2 9:10–Q2 7:01

DEN 15 largest lead Q2 9:28 (LAL 25, DEN 40) · 11-0 run, Q1 11:41–Q1 9:05

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAL	22	32	32	27		113
DEN	32	32	29	27		120

🧮 How They Scored

LALDEN

54Points in the paint42

22Fast-break points11

11Second-chance points15

26Points off turnovers11

45Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.2%Effective FG%61.3%

9.7%Turnover %16.9%

15.0%Offensive rebound %21.2%

0.172Free-throw rate0.413

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Doncic F-G	40	27	11	7	4	0	3	11-24	3-10	2-4	0
Austin Reaves G	38	16	5	7	3	0	0	6-11	1-2	3-4	-4
LeBron James F	34	16	5	8	3	1	1	7-11	0-2	2-2	-10
Marcus Smart G	32	9	1	2	1	0	4	3-9	3-6	0-0	+3
Rui Hachimura F	29	16	2	3	1	0	1	6-9	4-5	0-0	+10
Jaxson Hayes C	28	19	5	2	0	0	0	8-10	0-0	3-5	+7
Luke Kennard G	20	8	0	0	0	0	1	3-6	2-3	0-0	-7
Jake LaRavia F	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-6	0-3	0-0	-16
Deandre Ayton C	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-13
Jarred Vanderbilt F	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Braun G	40	15	5	4	0	0	1	6-12	2-6	1-2	+8
Nikola Jokic C	38	28	12	13	1	1	9	10-15	0-1	8-8	+6
Jamal Murray G	38	28	4	7	0	0	2	8-17	5-9	7-7	+9
Bruce Brown G	30	8	6	1	0	0	0	3-8	2-3	0-0	+3
Julian Strawther G	29	18	2	0	1	0	2	6-10	2-5	4-5	-1
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	25	14	2	0	0	0	0	4-7	2-4	4-5	+5
Zeke Nnaji F-C	24	5	5	1	1	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	0
Jonas Valanciunas C	10	4	4	1	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	4-4	+1
Tyus Jones G	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Starter	40	27	52.4	33.3	+1.5	13.6
LeBron James	Starter	34	16	67.3	17.3	-10.8	16.6
Austin Reaves	Starter	38	16	62.7	15.5	-3.5	12.1
Marcus Smart	Starter	32	9	50.0	18.8	+0.9	-1.0
Deandre Ayton	Starter	05	0	0.0	11.1	-126.7	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	28	19	77.9	19.4	+14.5	15.3
Rui Hachimura	Bench	29	16	88.9	15.9	+20.5	11.5
Luke Kennard	Bench	20	8	66.7	14.9	-14.1	2.3
Jake LaRavia	Bench	10	2	16.7	25.0	-60.6	-11.1
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	-69.4	0.0
Kobe Bufkin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalton Knecht	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bronny James	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Adou Thiero	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	38	28	75.6	32.2	+2.9	18.3
Jamal Murray	Starter	38	28	69.7	24.1	+10.0	13.9
Julian Strawther	Starter	29	18	73.8	22.2	+0.5	6.3
Christian Braun	Starter	40	15	58.2	15.2	+5.3	8.2
Zeke Nnaji	Starter	24	5	62.5	8.5	0.0	5.3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	25	14	76.1	14.1	+3.2	11.9
Bruce Brown	Bench	30	8	50.0	11.3	-0.7	6.2
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	10	4	113.6	15.4	-4.5	17.7
Tyus Jones	Bench	06	0	0.0	20.0	+16.8	-10.5
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0