Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets
WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND - GAME 3 • LAL lead series 3-0
57-25, 27-14 Away
102
57-25, 27-14 Away
50-32, 33-8 Home
84
50-32, 33-8 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Kenyon Martin makes slam dunk (Marcus Camby assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 7-foot jumper
- Linas Kleiza misses three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 3
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 3 of 3
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 3
- Carmelo Anthony misses 19-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Linas Kleiza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Linas Kleiza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses 18-foot jumper
- Kenyon Martin misses 16-foot jumper
- Vladimir Radmanovic makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Allen Iverson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kenyon Martin makes driving layup
- Lamar Odom misses 8-foot jumper
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses layup
- Marcus Camby misses layup
- Linas Kleiza misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Allen Iverson misses 20-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes driving layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses two point shot
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kenyon Martin misses 18-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses layup
- Carmelo Anthony misses tip shot
- Allen Iverson makes two point shot
- Pau Gasol makes dunk (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
- Allen Iverson misses two point shot
- Kenyon Martin makes slam dunk
- Kobe Bryant makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
- Allen Iverson misses two point shot
- Pau Gasol makes jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kenyon Martin makes 8-foot two point shot
- Derek Fisher misses 21-foot jumper
- Linas Kleiza makes dunk (Kenyon Martin assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes 11-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Linas Kleiza makes driving dunk (Allen Iverson assists)
- Lamar Odom misses three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Linas Kleiza misses tip shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot running jumper
- Pau Gasol makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kenyon Martin misses 17-foot jumper
- Allen Iverson makes two point shot (J.R. Smith assists)
- Lamar Odom makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 1
- Lamar Odom misses driving layup
- Allen Iverson misses 11-foot two point shot
- Eduardo Najera makes two point shot
- Luke Walton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luke Walton misses free throw 2 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Jordan Farmar makes 16-foot jumper (Luke Walton assists)
- J.R. Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Allen Iverson makes 19-foot jumper (Eduardo Najera assists)
- Jordan Farmar misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luke Walton makes 6-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
- Sasha Vujacic makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic makes free throw
- Lamar Odom misses 9-foot two point shot
- Jordan Farmar makes driving layup
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 2 of 2
- DJ Mbenga makes 5-foot two point shot (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 19-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith makes three point jumper (Marcus Camby assists)
- Sasha Vujacic misses 21-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Eduardo Najera misses two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses two point shot
- Jordan Farmar makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
- J.R. Smith makes driving layup
- Jordan Farmar misses 12-foot running jumper
- Eduardo Najera makes two point shot (Anthony Carter assists)
- Pau Gasol makes layup
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant makes dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes 9-foot jumper (Marcus Camby assists)
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses 13-foot two point shot
- J.R. Smith misses driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 6-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 7-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kenyon Martin misses driving layup
- Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Derek Fisher misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Allen Iverson misses 19-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony misses driving layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kenyon Martin misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kenyon Martin misses free throw 2 of 2
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Allen Iverson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Allen Iverson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Allen Iverson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Allen Iverson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luke Walton makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes 20-foot jumper (Allen Iverson assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot two point shot
- Kenyon Martin makes dunk (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony misses 15-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes technical free throw
- Allen Iverson misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Derek Fisher makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses 16-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Allen Iverson misses two point shot
- Marcus Camby misses tip shot
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses three point jumper
- Kenyon Martin makes two point shot
- Allen Iverson makes 10-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes 19-foot jumper (Marcus Camby assists)
- Derek Fisher makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 20-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes dunk (Luke Walton assists)
- J.R. Smith makes driving layup (Kenyon Martin assists)
- Derek Fisher makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
- Derek Fisher misses technical free throw
- Allen Iverson makes 24-foot three pointer (Eduardo Najera assists)
- Derek Fisher makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luke Walton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luke Walton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Allen Iverson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Farmar misses 22-foot jumper
- Luke Walton makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Luke Walton misses free throw 1 of 1
- Anthony Carter makes 17-foot jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
- Luke Walton makes layup
- Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses two point shot
- Jordan Farmar misses 20-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Eduardo Najera misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Linas Kleiza makes dunk
- Linas Kleiza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Linas Kleiza misses free throw 2 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luke Walton makes two point shot (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Anthony Carter misses 22-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 17-foot jumper
- Luke Walton makes 5-foot two point shot (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Linas Kleiza misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses layup
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes jumper (Kenyon Martin assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 7-foot two point shot
- Linas Kleiza makes dunk (Anthony Carter assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ronny Turiaf misses 21-foot jumper
- Kenyon Martin misses 19-foot jumper
- Jordan Farmar misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Farmar makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chucky Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Yakhouba Diawara misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Farmar misses 22-foot jumper
- Linas Kleiza makes layup (Anthony Carter assists)
- Ronny Turiaf misses jumper
- Linas Kleiza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Linas Kleiza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luke Walton misses 17-foot jumper
- Yakhouba Diawara makes two point shot (Linas Kleiza assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 6-foot two point shot
- Jordan Farmar makes dunk
- Steven Hunter misses 8-foot two point shot
- Yakhouba Diawara misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
Altitude SportsTNT
Referee:Dan Crawford
Referee:Bill Kennedy
Referee:Greg Willard
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| 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 |
| 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 |
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