Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers

43-22, 19-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	24	18	23	24	89
Lakers LAL	20	25	25	23	93

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

37-28, 18-15 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Facundo CampazzoF. Campazzo#7
PJ DozierP. Dozier#35
bench
JaMychal GreenJ. Green#0
JaVale McGeeJ. McGee#34
Austin RiversA. Rivers#25
Shaquille HarrisonS. Harrison#3
Paul MillsapP. Millsap#4
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
Bol BolB. Bol#10
Markus HowardM. Howard#00
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	5	2-7	0-1	1-2	6	1	2	0	4	2	4	4	+8
40	19	8-15	2-7	1-2	6	0	2	1	0	0	6	2	0
36	32	12-28	1-4	7-8	9	5	2	2	1	3	6	4	+3
37	8	3-6	1-4	1-2	4	8	2	5	0	0	4	3	-3
22	3	1-6	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	-3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	6	3-7	0-3	0-0	7	0	1	1	0	0	7	1	-12
12	10	5-7	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	1	1	2	4	-7
33	3	1-3	0-2	1-2	3	6	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
13	3	1-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	-7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	89	36-82	6-24	11-16	41	22	12	10	7	6	35	24
		44%	25%	69%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Anthony DavisA. Davis#3
Kyle KuzmaK. Kuzma#0
Andre DrummondA. Drummond#2
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#1
Alex CarusoA. Caruso#4
bench
Markieff MorrisM. Morris#88
Talen Horton-TuckerT. Horton-Tucker#5
Marc GasolM. Gasol#14
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#15
Wesley MatthewsW. Matthews#9
Ben McLemoreB. McLemore#7
Devontae CacokD. Cacok#12
Alfonzo McKinnieA. McKinnie#28
Kostas AntetokounmpoK. Antetokounmpo#37
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	25	9-19	1-2	6-7	7	1	4	0	3	1	6	1	+3
31	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	-3
22	4	2-5	0-0	0-1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	5	-11
31	10	2-8	2-6	4-6	7	2	2	1	1	0	7	3	-5
28	11	4-9	2-5	1-2	5	3	3	1	1	1	4	1	+4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	1	0-3	0-2	1-2	6	3	0	0	0	1	5	0	+1
21	10	4-7	0-0	2-2	1	3	5	0	0	1	0	3	+2
17	10	3-4	3-4	1-2	7	2	0	0	1	0	7	4	+17
10	5	2-4	0-0	1-1	5	0	1	0	2	2	3	1	-2
17	8	3-3	2-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	+7
17	3	1-7	1-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	93	32-73	13-30	16-23	43	18	20	5	8	7	36	20
		44%	43%	70%

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

Matchups

DEN

LAL win season

2-1

LAL

Game 1@ LAL

Final

114

122

Game 2@ DEN

Final

105

Game 3@ LAL

Final

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

ESPN

Referee:Mark Ayotte

Referee:Zach Zarba

Referee:Jason Goldenberg

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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