Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers
WESTERN CONFERENCE 1ST ROUND - GAME 1 • LAL lead series 1-0
38-28, 18-15 Away
88
38-28, 18-15 Away
41-25, 26-7 Home
103
41-25, 26-7 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
36% (32-90)
Field Goal %
50% (43-86)
29% (4-14)
Three Point %
35% (6-17)
74% (20-27)
Free Throw %
73% (11-15)
20
Turnovers
22
56
Rebounds
56
0
Largest Lead
21
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Ron Garretson
Referee:Derrick Collins
Referee:Scott Foster
Game Flow
--DEN
--LAL
Shot Chart
- Devin Ebanks makes free throw 1 of 2
- Devin Ebanks makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danilo Gallinari makes driving layup
- Ramon Sessions makes driving dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
- Kosta Koufos misses 15-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol misses 15-foot jumper
- Arron Afflalo misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Arron Afflalo misses layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper
- Danilo Gallinari misses 18-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 14-foot jumper
- Arron Afflalo misses jumper
- Pau Gasol makes dunk (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Danilo Gallinari misses 18-foot jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes 2-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried misses free throw 1 of 1
- Ty Lawson misses 11-foot jumper
- Ramon Sessions makes 6-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
- JaVale McGee misses free throw 1 of 2
- JaVale McGee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Devin Ebanks makes 18-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Danilo Gallinari makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 2-foot two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
- JaVale McGee misses layup
- Danilo Gallinari misses layup
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
- JaVale McGee misses hook shot
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2
- Danilo Gallinari misses free throw 2 of 2
- Steve Blake makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Al Harrington misses 21-foot jumper
- Steve Blake misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Matt Barnes makes 14-foot jumper
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2
- Steve Blake makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Danilo Gallinari makes layup
- Steve Blake makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Al Harrington misses 9-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
- Corey Brewer makes slam dunk (Andre Miller assists)
- Jordan Hill misses two point shot
- Steve Blake misses 15-foot jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes driving layup
- Devin Ebanks makes slam dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
- Andre Miller makes driving layup (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- Matt Barnes misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hill misses 3-foot hook shot
- Jordan Hill makes layup
- Matt Barnes misses layup
- Corey Brewer makes three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 1 of 1
- Steve Blake misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Al Harrington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
- Pau Gasol misses two point shot
- Pau Gasol misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hill makes layup
- Andre Miller misses 16-foot jumper
- Devin Ebanks makes slam dunk (Steve Blake assists)
- Arron Afflalo makes 19-foot jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
- Jordan Hill misses 21-foot jumper
- Timofey Mozgov makes dunk (Andre Miller assists)
- Devin Ebanks makes 19-foot jumper (Steve Blake assists)
- Andre Miller misses 17-foot jumper
- Jordan Hill misses jumper
- Arron Afflalo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Arron Afflalo misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
- Kenneth Faried misses 8-foot jumper
- Ramon Sessions misses 18-foot jumper
- Andre Miller misses layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 6-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes tip shot
- Andre Miller misses two point shot
- Danilo Gallinari makes 1-foot two point shot (Arron Afflalo assists)
- Andrew Bynum makes dunk (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Devin Ebanks makes 9-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
- JaVale McGee misses 7-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
- Arron Afflalo makes technical free throw
- Al Harrington misses driving layup
- Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
- Ty Lawson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Ramon Sessions makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Al Harrington makes 29-foot three point jumper (Arron Afflalo assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot two point shot
- Andrew Bynum misses 4-foot two point shot
- Pau Gasol makes 15-foot jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Ty Lawson misses 20-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Danilo Gallinari makes 4-foot two point shot
- Arron Afflalo misses jumper
- Ramon Sessions misses 12-foot jumper
- Ty Lawson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ty Lawson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Arron Afflalo makes 1-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried makes slam dunk (Arron Afflalo assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw
- Ramon Sessions misses two point shot
- Pau Gasol makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Pau Gasol misses jumper
- Ramon Sessions makes 4-foot two point shot
- Arron Afflalo makes technical free throw
- Al Harrington misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Andre Miller makes driving layup
- Pau Gasol makes driving dunk
- Al Harrington makes 16-foot two point shot
- Ramon Sessions makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 4-foot jumper
- Arron Afflalo makes 18-foot jumper (Andre Miller assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
- Andre Miller makes 4-foot jumper
- Andre Miller makes free throw 1 of 1
- Pau Gasol misses 15-foot jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
- Ramon Sessions makes 3-foot two point shot
- Andrew Bynum makes 4-foot two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
- JaVale McGee misses free throw 1 of 2
- JaVale McGee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper
- JaVale McGee misses two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 10-foot jumper
- Arron Afflalo misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes layup
- Andre Miller makes free throw 1 of 2
- Andre Miller misses free throw 2 of 2
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 1 of 2
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 2 of 2
- Matt Barnes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Andre Miller misses 44-foot three point jumper
- Al Harrington makes 20-foot jumper (Andre Miller assists)
- Jordan Hill makes 3-foot jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Al Harrington misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Matt Barnes misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes tip shot
- JaVale McGee misses layup
- Al Harrington misses layup
- JaVale McGee misses layup
- Pau Gasol makes hook shot
- Pau Gasol misses 15-foot jumper
- Ramon Sessions misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Andre Miller makes driving layup
- Pau Gasol misses 5-foot two point shot
- Jordan Hill makes tip shot
- Corey Brewer misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol misses 20-foot jumper
- Ty Lawson makes two point shot (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- Jordan Hill misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Hill misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ty Lawson makes 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes layup (Steve Blake assists)
- Andre Miller misses layup
- Kobe Bryant makes slam dunk (Matt Barnes assists)
- Ty Lawson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Matt Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 3-foot two point shot (Steve Blake assists)
- Arron Afflalo misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot two point shot
- Danilo Gallinari misses 4-foot jumper
- Danilo Gallinari misses layup
- Danilo Gallinari makes two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes hook shot
- Danilo Gallinari makes jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Andre Miller misses layup
- Andre Miller makes tip shot
- Andrew Bynum misses 11-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Timofey Mozgov misses jumper
- Arron Afflalo misses 14-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
- Arron Afflalo misses 6-foot jumper
- Ty Lawson makes driving layup
- Jordan Hill makes slam dunk
- Danilo Gallinari misses 5-foot jumper
- Timofey Mozgov misses tip shot
- Timofey Mozgov makes free throw 1 of 2
- Timofey Mozgov makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Hamilton makes 13-foot jumper (Julyan Stone assists)
- Steve Blake misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Christian Eyenga makes layup
- Timofey Mozgov makes layup (Julyan Stone assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| 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 |
| 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 |
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