#Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets
Ball Arena- Denver, CO
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401584689)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|LAL |20|34|26|27|107|
|DEN |34|29|24|32|119|
###Player Stats
**Los Angeles Lakers**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|T. Prince|29:53|18|6-8|4-6|2-2|1|2|3|1|0|1|1|0|-14
|L. James|29:00|21|10-16|1-4|0-1|1|7|8|5|1|0|0|1|7
|A. Davis|34:09|17|6-17|1-2|4-4|1|7|8|4|0|2|2|3|-17
|A. Reaves|31:20|14|4-11|1-2|5-7|4|4|8|4|2|0|2|2|-14
|D. Russell|36:11|11|4-12|2-5|1-2|0|4|4|7|1|0|3|3|1
|G. Vincent|22:18|6|3-8|0-4|0-0|1|0|1|2|1|0|2|3|-17
|R. Hachimura|14:38|6|3-10|0-3|0-0|2|1|3|0|0|0|0|2|-8
|C. Reddish|17:38|7|2-4|1-2|2-2|2|2|4|0|0|1|0|2|7
|J. Hayes|6:54|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|-7
|C. Wood|15:28|7|3-4|0-1|1-2|1|3|4|0|0|0|1|1|2
|M. Christie|1:15|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
|M. Lewis|1:15|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
**Denver Nuggets**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|M. Porter Jr.|30:07|12|5-13|2-9|0-0|2|10|12|2|2|0|0|1|12
|A. Gordon|34:58|15|7-11|1-2|0-0|2|5|7|5|2|1|0|0|6
|N. Jokic|36:15|29|12-22|3-5|2-4|3|10|13|11|1|1|2|2|15
|K. Caldwell-Pope|36:14|20|8-12|2-3|2-2|1|1|2|1|3|1|3|5|10
|J. Murray|34:14|21|8-13|3-5|2-2|0|2|2|6|0|1|1|3|3
|R. Jackson|24:04|8|3-8|2-5|0-0|0|3|3|1|1|0|2|0|11
|C. Braun|19:20|5|2-5|0-1|1-2|1|2|3|2|0|1|1|1|5
|P. Watson|10:50|3|1-3|1-3|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|1|1|1|1
|Z. Nnaji|11:44|4|1-3|0-1|2-2|0|0|0|1|0|0|1|2|-3
|B. Key|:43|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
|C. Gillespie|:43|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
|J. Pickett|:43|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|LAL|41-90|10-29|15-20|23|18|5|11|4|13|31|52|
|DEN|48-91|14-34|9-12|29|15|9|11|6|9|33|48|
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AD having 0 in the 2nd is wild man you cannot make this shit up
Literally a repeat of every single WCF game.
I’m so done with AD’s bullshit man. First game of the fucking season vs the defending champs and you go scoreless in the second half of the game. I have no words to express how infuriating that is.
Ham staggering Bron’s minutes like that is malpractice. Makes no sense expecting him to dig you out of a hole every time you put him back in the game.
Gabe and Rui looked awful, Austin and DLo were pretty bad too, but at least DLo tried on defense. But all of our guards literally can’t go cold in a same game. Salute to Taurean Prince.
Nuggets are an incredible team no doubt but holy shit every single 50/50 ball, Hail Mary 3, and the refs go their way. It’s deflating because you already have no room for error against them.
Benching LeBron at the start of the 4th when he was cooking and got us to a 1 possesion game is by far the most dumb shit mr.Pimplehead has pulled in this game
Its like the man is totally incapable of spotting momentum and holding off some preconceived stupid shit he thinks of
Even LeBron shook his head in displeasure.
Lets be absolutely clear. You can think whatever you want of the offseason adds. If LeBron fucking James isnt our #1 or #2 guy, even at 39, we are going absolutely nowhere. Period.
Anthony Davis 17 points in the first half. 0 points in the 2nd half. Picked up where we left off
Somebody tell AD this is not pre season anymore where he’ll only play in the first half 💀
Thank you, AD. Very cool 👍
We shouldn’t ever trade KCP
whats up with Rui? he s showing the same things we saw from him during the preseason
It’s no way in hell LeBron should be our best player in year 21! AD should be ashamed of himself.
I like Prince
This is literally the exact same kind of game we’ve had for the last two years lol Lose a large lead in the first, constantly behind 10 pts crawl back in the 4th to give us false hope and then lose anyway
I really can’t stand this fucking Denver team lol
Disappointing game by the role players. Prince is a great addition tho. Also Dlo just aint it.
I’m here for the overreactions
I don’t want to say we have no shot but I have no idea how this team beats the Nuggets in a series with these guards especially Russell
Bad defense, low IQ, and no play making when Lebron isn’t on the court. Need to find a way to move Russell by the deadline. Otherwise need a miracle.
I liked how LeBron and Prince played
Dlo and Reaves need to play better for us to win and AD can’t disappear in the 2nd half.
81 more to go
It’s disheartening how much of a better coach Mike Malone is than Darvin Ham. Just notice how better the Nuggets are out of timeouts/start of quarters than when they let the players play.
It’s a long season though.
What is with AD going quiet as soon as the team reaches the second half?
Mfs worried that we losing when Bron hasn’t won a season opener with lakes, when nuggets have all starting 5, when refs are calling tic tac fouls. 3-1 in Bonus quarters, it’s nuggets ring night, LeBron had 0 fts and the nuggets had zero to little roaster changes. We good.
Lakers talk so much shit over the summer wanting denver and come out and don’t even try. Fine, regular season game 1 doesn’t mean anything. But maybe just shut up and win.
Don’t have to watch the Nuggets till February, god bless…
When I see us play against a team like the Nuggets, it becomes obvious that Ham’s 3 stand around and 2 play pick & roll offensive “scheme” won’t ever win us anything.
Get some off the ball screen for AD, god damn he spends %90 of his time setting screens
Lebron having the most points is wild. dude looked like he didnt even give his maximum 💪🏾
Truly feel for Bron. Really wanted him to somewhat coast this season but this team is so lethargic without him. LeCarry in 21st season sigh lfg
You can’t win if you have no urgency defensively. Prince was the only guy running like his hair was on fire on defense. AD for stretches Everyone else had no desire to defend.
Annoyed with AD man, how can you be invisible the 2nd half. Fuck gotta clear my head of this BS.
Jokic is just on another level than Ad now.. he owns him. It’s not even questionable at this point. Ad did a lot of talking too.
AD disappeared again. Defense is important, but we need him to be a two-way star for 4 quarters
Now let’s not overreact, Ham shouldn’t have pulled Lebron with momentum but we know his downfalls already.
Taurean Prince played very well, Cam Reddish had some good moments on D, Lebron looks as good as ever. AD needs to wake up, 0 second half points is inexcusable.
This game felt exactly like the how the playoffs went. Denvers offense would be too efficient and we would be playing catch up the whole game until jamal Murray and the rest of the nuggets kill us in the clutch.
ad cant be the future of the franchise
On the bright side Prince looks like a stud.
AD in his ensuing press conference: I gotta be better. Yeah we stopped believing you the last ten times you said that
AD is a soft bitch 🤦🏾♂️
Anybody else tired of the team losing season openers ?
It’s a horrible way to start the szn especially when your season opener is guaranteed to be on national tv
AD can’t guard Jokic. We just need to accept that and find another way.
Also Dlo and Rui for Kyrie looks better everyday
how do you get swept; get clowned and say you took note of the trash talk…then come out with no dog in the 2nd half, as a player who’s supposed to be the franchise star.
the jig is up
AD with another “I gotta play better speech” after the game smh
AD keeps getting punked by Jokic.
Same old AD. Unreliable as usual. Should change his name to Again Disappeared.
Positives:
– Bron looked good. Limited minutes is good.
– Prince. Just great.
– AD first half
– Wood was a positive. Nothing great on defense, but wasn’t abused. Abused smaller defenders in the post.
– Showed fight. Clearly time for rotation to gel.
– DLo not being completely abused on defense.
Negatives:
– Vincent, pretty bad game all around.
– Austin was off, grabbed boards though.
– Rui didn’t contribute much of anything.
– Reddish wasn’t terrible, still don’t think Christie should be relegated to bench just because Reddish isn’t terrible.
– AD second half
– Off scoring night for DLO
Overall pretty rusty game overall going up against the defending champs ring night at home. They are a great team, and at least we clawed back to potentially take a lead, they just kept countering with haymakers. Not really concerned, a lot of ugliness, but a lot to like as well. Keep level headed.
This team needs a better coach