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|[](/LAL) **126 – 132** [](/DEN)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/LAL-vs-DEN-0042200311/box-score) – [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Ball Arena (19633), **Clock:** Final|
|**Officials:** Pat Fraher, Zach Zarba, and Eric Lewis|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Los Angeles Lakers|25|29|38|34|126|
|Denver Nuggets|37|35|34|26|132|
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|**TEAM STATS**|
|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Los Angeles Lakers|126|46-84|54.8%|11-24|45.8%|23-26|88.5%|5|36|30|21|6|7|4|
|Denver Nuggets|132|50-91|54.9%|15-32|46.9%|17-22|77.3%|15|51|29|21|5|11|7|
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|**PLAYER STATS**|
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**[](/LAL) Los Angeles Lakers**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Austin Reaves^SF|42:08|23|7-14|5-9|4-4|1|1|2|8|0|0|0|5|-3|
|LeBron James^PF|39:52|26|9-16|0-4|8-11|3|9|12|9|0|1|3|1|-6|
|Anthony Davis^C|41:50|40|14-23|1-1|11-11|1|9|10|3|3|2|0|3|-8|
|D’Angelo Russell^SG|26:08|8|4-11|0-3|0-0|0|0|0|3|0|0|1|1|-25|
|Dennis Schroder^PG|32:02|6|2-3|2-2|0-0|0|3|3|5|0|0|2|3|-6|
|Lonnie Walker IV|19:37|6|2-6|2-4|0-0|0|2|2|0|2|0|0|1|3|
|Rui Hachimura|28:09|17|8-11|1-1|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|4|10|
|Jarred Vanderbilt|10:12|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|1|1|0|1|3|5|
|Malik Beasley|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Troy Brown Jr.|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Max Christie|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Wenyen Gabriel|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Shaquille Harrison|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Tristan Thompson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Mo Bamba|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**[](/DEN) Denver Nuggets**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Michael Porter Jr.^SF|34:33|15|6-12|3-6|0-0|3|7|10|2|0|2|1|2|20|
|Aaron Gordon^PF|35:59|12|4-9|0-3|4-8|3|0|3|3|0|0|2|1|11|
|Nikola Jokic^C|42:26|34|12-17|3-3|7-8|6|15|21|14|0|2|5|4|11|
|Kentavious Caldwell-Pope^SG|35:59|21|9-17|3-8|0-0|1|1|2|3|2|1|1|5|16|
|Jamal Murray^PG|37:03|31|12-20|4-8|3-3|1|4|5|5|3|1|1|5|3|
|Bruce Brown|24:11|16|6-11|1-1|3-3|0|4|4|2|0|0|0|2|-5|
|Christian Braun|12:13|0|0-2|0-2|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|1|0|1|-16|
|Jeff Green|17:35|3|1-3|1-1|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|1|-10|
|Thomas Bryant|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Vlatko Cancar|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Reggie Jackson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|DeAndre Jordan|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Zeke Nnaji|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Ish Smith|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Peyton Watson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
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by Nyhrox
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this Jokic vs AD duel is absolutely ridiculous
NBA CHAMPION KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL POPE
Ham having Rui guard Jokic and letting AD roam free on Gordon is a crazy good adjustment.
You gotta feel real good if you’re the Lakers. I wanna say the nuggets won’t do this 3 more times but they have been doing this the entire playoffs lmao
Nikola Jokic is like if you spliced Arvydas Sabonis and Wilt Chamberlain together 🃏
No blowout lead truly safe in the 2023 playoffs except in Game 6/7 elimination games
LeBron with the LeFuckMe3
Edit: not rare
Jokic with an absolutely monster 34-21-14. Best center in the league…
What a fucking game. Both teams shot about 55% from the field, and 47% from 3. So fun to watch
Everyone knew Lebron was taking that 3
this series is gonna kill me
D Lo is -25 in a 6 point loss lol
Shoutout to Darvin Ham. The adjustment to put Rui on Jokic and have AD shadow completely took Jokic out of the game. He didn’t make a single shot in the 4th. Will be interesting to see how the Nuggets adjust in turn
This league has to fix:
1) Late whistles
2) Insane continuations. Players can make a coffee and go for a jog around the block and still get an and 1
3) This stupid challenge system
Only a 30 pt 20 rebound triple double, that’s a non MVP kind of performance right there
What was that late 3 by LeBron?
34/21/14 on 70/100/86 splits, while facing AD.
Legendary performance by Big Honey
I trust the Nuggets offense more than any teams since the KD Warriors
This series gonna take years off my life
Soviet Union levels of propaganda to get Embiid the MVP over Jokic
Jokic is not human… 34 points, 21 rebounds and 14 assists?? Absolutely unreal
What the actual fuck is Jokic?
Inject this game directly into my veins. Joker dominating the start, lakers making quality adjustments, Davis going off, and the end of the game was just pure entertainment.
Can we get 7? Please?
Jokic is absolutely insane
LeBron sold with that 3 late in the 4th
early shot clock heat check 3, why would you shoot that lol
One thing is abundantly clear:
Jokic should’ve won MVP
Well that lived up to the hype for sure
Yet again, this elegant clump of oatmeal dropped 34/21/14.
He can’t keep doing this, but he just keeps doing it.
Dread it. Run from it. Jokic arrives all the same.
https://i.imgur.com/hyr6vuU.png
Good basketball. Whoever wins this series takes the chip.
A west coast game ending before 11:30 eastern. The real MVP.
Best match of the playoffs,
AD 40 pointer, Joker monster triple double
Give me 7 of these.
Edit: Vintage Jamal Murray buckets, LeBron bullyball and KCP revenge series. Anything I missed? 😀
Game 2 will be interesting. Dervin Ham might have to go with Rui in the starting lineup over Vanderbilt, and assign him to guard Jokic + AD playing weak side. Let’s see if Malone has a contingency plan in place. Crackling game. Can’t wait for game 2.
god damn, any other team and the nuggets would have put that away at the beginning of the 3rd. Lakers and Nuggets are crazy
Embiid’s MVP will forever be considered a Pity Trophy. They really didn’t want Joker to 3peat lol
Bro, there really was a full kit wanker in Laker garb sitting courtside
Game thread was very civil and enjoyable for once.
Bron sold so fucking hard with that 3. Can’t believe he did that with Murray on him, who had 5 fouls and was giving LeBron whatever he wanted pretty much all of the 4th.
This whole “can the Nuggets keep this up” narrative has to stop. Both teams played great and every game will have its own identity. It’s all about adjustments.
Like the Lakers are really going to do what they did in the 4th (or the Nuggets did in the first) in game 2? And the coaches are going to sit there holding their clipboards in disbelief? These hot takes are ridiculous. Next game could be 90-87.
That being said I think the next game will be 178-10 Nuggets with Jokic getting a triple double during a Taco Bell commercial.
I already see it, tomorrows clips of “Lakers lost but they really won, Nuggets back against the wall”.
If that’s the case every 20 point blow out should lead to a sweep…… but they don’t.
Just a great game, with great players coming through. I have no idea who is gonna win, but I know we have a great series to watch.
I feel like it still isn’t talked about I enough that a multi time MVP and one of the best passers ever was drafted 41st. The dude is breaking Wilt records, those are the ones that nobody was ever supposed to break!