Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets
West Finals - Game 1 • DEN leads series 1-0
43-39, 20-21 Away
126
43-39, 20-21 Away
53-29, 34-7 Home
132
53-29, 34-7 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Austin Reaves misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 2-foot tip shot
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- LeBron James misses 11-foot two point shot
- Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 15-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 21-foot jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point shot
- Dennis Schroder misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Austin Reaves makes 26-foot jump bank shot (LeBron James assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point shot
- Lonnie Walker IV misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura makes 1-foot dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV makes 23-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Bruce Brown makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James makes 4-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses three point pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jeff Green misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray makes 15-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Bruce Brown misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Jeff Green misses layup
- Anthony Davis misses 12-foot two point shot
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes driving dunk
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
- Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot driving dunk (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes driving layup
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 1
- Anthony Davis misses 6-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 3-foot layup (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 19-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Austin Reaves makes alley oop layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot layup (Austin Reaves assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lonnie Walker IV makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 17-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 19-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 18-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 15-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 14-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 22-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 15-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 20-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses driving layup
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Bruce Brown makes driving dunk
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown misses two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 16-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes driving layup
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray makes 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Rui Hachimura makes 3-foot two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Christian Braun misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Davis assists)
- Jeff Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 14-foot two point shot
- Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes 6-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes 30-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses tip shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 29-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 32-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 30-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 56.9
Win %: DEN, 58.3
Win %: DEN, 56.8
Win %: DEN, 53.9
Win %: DEN, 52.1
Win %: DEN, 53.8
Win %: DEN, 52.0
Win %: DEN, 53.9
Win %: DEN, 56.7
Win %: DEN, 58.2
Win %: DEN, 58.7
Win %: DEN, 63.1
Win %: DEN, 63.7
Win %: DEN, 65.8
Win %: DEN, 67.8
Win %: DEN, 68.4
Win %: DEN, 66.4
Win %: DEN, 65.8
Win %: DEN, 61.6
Win %: DEN, 65.8
Win %: DEN, 67.7
Win %: DEN, 68.3
Win %: DEN, 66.4
Win %: DEN, 68.3
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
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Referee:Pat Fraher
Referee:Zach Zarba
Referee:Eric Lewis
Referee:Ben Taylor
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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