Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets

21-7, 12-3 Away

105

21-7, 12-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	33	28	24	20	105
Nuggets DEN	33	40	30	19	122

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

15-11, 8-6 Home

122

15-11, 8-6 Home

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Anthony DavisA. Davis#3
Marc GasolM. Gasol#14
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#1
Dennis SchroderD. Schroder#17
bench
Markieff MorrisM. Morris#88
Alfonzo McKinnieA. McKinnie#28
Kyle KuzmaK. Kuzma#0
Talen Horton-TuckerT. Horton-Tucker#5
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#15
Quinn CookQ. Cook#2
Wesley MatthewsW. Matthews#9
Alex CarusoA. Caruso#4
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	22	9-18	0-5	4-7	10	9	1	0	1	1	9	2	-17
14	15	5-11	0-1	5-5	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	-4
18	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	3	-6
19	7	2-6	1-4	2-2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	-5
28	8	3-10	2-3	0-0	1	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	-8
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
10	0	0-5	0-2	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	-4
4	2	1-1	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	+2
26	19	8-12	1-4	2-4	8	1	2	0	0	1	7	0	0
25	10	3-7	0-1	4-6	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	4	-7
24	4	2-3	0-0	0-1	6	1	1	0	0	0	6	3	-1
4	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	+2
17	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	4	1	1	0	1	1	3	3	-18
20	11	4-6	1-3	2-2	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	-19
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	105	40-87	6-28	19-29	46	27	10	4	4	8	38	26
		46%	21%	66%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Paul MillsapP. Millsap#4
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Monte MorrisM. Morris#11
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
bench
JaMychal GreenJ. Green#0
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
Isaiah HartensteinI. Hartenstein#25
Markus HowardM. Howard#00
Facundo CampazzoF. Campazzo#7
R.J. HamptonR.J. Hampton#13
Bol BolB. Bol#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
16	10	4-5	2-3	0-1	5	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	+5
30	8	3-11	1-7	1-2	3	1	1	0	2	0	3	4	+9
35	23	8-17	1-5	6-6	16	10	3	0	1	4	12	2	+16
30	10	4-9	2-3	0-3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	1	+11
34	25	7-15	4-10	7-7	6	4	3	0	0	1	5	3	+27
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
14	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	5	+4
24	16	5-7	4-5	2-4	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	+9
6	6	2-5	1-3	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	-3
3	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-2
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
26	15	4-8	3-6	4-5	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	+10
20	4	1-6	0-3	2-2	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	+2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	122	39-85	19-47	25-34	47	28	9	6	4	9	38	24
		46%	40%	74%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

LAL

Season tied

1-1

DEN

114

Game 1@ LAL

Final

105

Game 2@ DEN

Final

122

Game 3@ LAL

Final

Game Information

Denver, CO

Referee:James Williams

Referee:Mark Ayotte

Referee:Jacyn Goble

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

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