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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**LAL**|**33**|**27**|**18**|**25**|**103**|[](/LAL)|
**DEN**|**25**|**32**|**32**|**25**|**114**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/LAL)**LAL**|**39-79 (49.4)**|**8-29 (27.6)**|**17-19 (89.5)**|**6**|**40**|**22**|**12**|**3**|**7**|**15**|**103**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**47-102 (46.1)**|**15-42 (35.7)**|**5-6 (83.3)**|**15**|**49**|**27**|**4**|**7**|**4**|**20**|**114**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|37:36|8-15 (53.3)|3-7 (42.9)|0-0 (0.0)|1|8|0|0|1|2|1|19|+10|
A. Gordon^^PF|32:06|5-11 (45.5)|0-3 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|6|11|7|1|0|0|2|12|+20|
N. Jokic^^C|39:23|15-23 (65.2)|1-3 (33.3)|1-2 (50.0)|3|12|7|0|2|0|3|32|+14|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|36:58|4-11 (36.4)|4-10 (40.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|1|0|3|0|3|12|+14|
J. Murray^^PG|38:59|9-24 (37.5)|4-9 (44.4)|0-0 (0.0)|1|6|10|0|0|1|1|22|+9|
P. Watson|13:40|3-6 (50.0)|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|0|2|0|0|3|8|-6|
C. Braun|17:48|1-5 (20.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|5|0|0|0|0|2|2|-3|
R. Jackson|9:01|1-4 (25.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|2|1|0|0|2|3|+2|
J. Holiday|5:52|0-2 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
D. Jordan|8:37|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|0|0|1|1|3|4|-3|
**Totals**||**47-102 (46.1)**|**15-42 (35.7)**|**5-6 (83.3)**|**15**|**49**|**27**|**4**|**7**|**4**|**20**|**114**||
**DNP:** ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Julian Strawther***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***
**[](/LAL)LAL**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
R. Hachimura^^SF|31:05|2-4 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|3|1|1|0|0|1|7|-10|
L. James^^PF|40:45|10-16 (62.5)|3-5 (60.0)|4-5 (80.0)|2|6|8|7|1|1|1|27|-9|
A. Davis^^C|44:30|12-23 (52.2)|0-4 (0.0)|8-9 (88.9)|3|14|5|2|0|4|3|32|-12|
A. Reaves^^SG|36:58|5-9 (55.6)|2-6 (33.3)|1-1 (100.0)|0|4|3|0|0|1|1|13|-12|
D. Russell^^PG|41:05|6-20 (30.0)|1-9 (11.1)|0-0 (0.0)|0|3|3|1|2|0|3|13|+2|
S. Dinwiddie|13:07|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|1|0|0|0|1|0|-12|
T. Prince|20:25|4-7 (57.1)|1-3 (33.3)|2-2 (100.0)|0|4|0|0|0|1|0|11|0|
G. Vincent|7:42|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|1|1|0|0|3|0|-4|
J. Hayes|4:23|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|3|0|0|0|0|2|0|+2|
**Totals**||**39-79 (49.4)**|**8-29 (27.6)**|**17-19 (89.5)**|**6**|**40**|**22**|**12**|**3**|**7**|**15**|**103**||
**DNP:** ***Max Christie***, ***Maxwell Lewis***, ***Jarred Vanderbilt***
**Inactive:** ***Jalen Hood-Schifino***, ***Cam Reddish***, ***Christian Wood***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**LAL**|54|8|14|12|11|12|8|[](/LAL)|
**DEN**|64|18|21|15|17|6|14|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 2** | **Times Tied: 11** | **Gametime: 2:11** | **Attendance: 19731**
*Officials: John Goble, Eric Dalen, Nick Buchert, Mitchell Ervin*
by BigHoneyBot
36 Comments
Jok dunking while lebron tried to block him is dunk of the year quality
Has anyone checked on the Lakers sub
The best kind of game. Competitive, fun to watch, excellent individual performances, Nuggets win. Then amplify that by a 1,000 because it’s a playoff game against the Lakers. Let’s go!
WHO’S YOUR DADDY?
https://preview.redd.it/oqntljtd5rvc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ab85ed2502b788b4865e0d4135776dc9ab8d038
Yall don’t believe this, but D Lo actually had the highest +- at +2. Lowest was Davis, Reaves, and Dinwiddie at -12
Was worried after that slow start but we really showed what we can do after they gassed out. Tired of the lack of love KCP gets, dude has been so solid and was a huge reason we were able to pull ahead today making a bunch of huge shots.
https://x.com/jovanbuha/status/1781883935317697010
> Darvin Ham says the Lakers have a couple more adjustments they’re going to throw at Nikola Jokic. He added the Lakers didn’t want to use all of their adjustments in Game 1.
Bow down before the one you serve
You’re going to get what you deserve- Nikola Jokic
I just put this together this evening but I’m so glad I did.
cute win, Nuggets. None of this shit will matter once we face Sabonis
The Lakers shot 19 free throws to Denver’s 6. AD played 44 minutes. The Lakers starter’s minutes are maxed out. And the Nuggets still won by double digits. I’m not worried about this series. 🧹🧹🧹🧹
NOBODY IGNORE KCP. He always fucking cooks the lakers. END KCP ERASURE
https://x.com/VBenedetto/status/1781884748274557120
Malone said 39 mins more than they would’ve like for Jamal
Well he’s gonna be needed bigger mins eventually lol
Jobs not finished
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Lakers sub: You saw how Jokic missed that easy shot and made the tough ones? That’s the key. Give him easy shots and we got this in the bag
Nugs must forget about game 1. Game 2 is a must win game. It has lebron revenge game written all over it. Have to take care of home court. Lebron was able to relax in the 2nd half. He will have fresher legs in game 2.
Just the third time in NBA history that a team has won a playoff game in which they shot 6 FT or fewer!
u/pitipuri did you make a gif of LeBron sticking his tongue out and looking defeated when Nuggies went on a run?
e: of course you did 
Jokic ran AD off the court in the last few minutes.
AG with 7 assists. This dude is such a great connector. If he can’t affect with his scoring he can do so much more to impact the game. 💯 best roleplayer in the league.
Nuggets came out with low energy, missing threes, bad defense and still won by 11. If nuggets come out firing it will be over by the start of the 4th
Good game guys 😭 and I thought n they would get a game welp another sweep unfortunately
AG. Stop taking 3s please. Just stand under the basket and catch lobs all day long.
Good lord this was so fun to watch. See you guys Monday. Love ya.
Only lil qualm; gimme more CB. Need more minutes from him to pace ourselves
Always love the W but i would love a bit more out of a sixth man and we need at least a seventh man. It’s going to be hard to run with 5 all series.
Jamal 10 assists – 0 turnovers. He shot the hell out of the ball, but he took care of it, too.
Lakers should have ducked that smoke and beat the Kings for a chance at Thunder
This was fun
Lakers are such bums…. Jamal played meh, refs were reffing and we manhandled that team
Great win.
I’m glad you guys got Lakers first round as they may be the hardest opponent en route to the Finals and it’ll jumpstart their aggressiveness and focus.
Confident to say we’ll see a repeat winner since the Hampton 5.
Just got home from the game – great job of being loud everyone – it was LOUD in the building. Not many Faker fans either.
Great 3rd quarter – so much fun i wont get to bed for ages.
Lakers are burnt toast. Lebron was tired at altitude, and Lakers have no way they can even come close to winning this series.
D Russell one of the few with a positive+/-. Not bad for a guy who saw severely limited minutes last playoffs vs. Nuggs. There is a moral victory for the Lakers to chew on
We’re going to absolutely wreck them game 2- zero doubt. Lebron is going to press, AG and PWat are going to get a few blocks into fast breaks, win by 20.
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