Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Apr 3, 2022

FINAL

47-32DenverNuggets

129

31-47Los AngelesLakers

118

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	24	38	33	34	129
LAL	28	33	33	24	118

Game Recap

Led by Nikola Jokics 38 points, 18 rebounds and six assists, the Nuggets defeated the Lakers, 129-118. Aaron Gordon added 24 points and eight rebounds for the Nuggets in the victory, while Anthony Davis (28 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, three blocks) and Russell Westbrook (27 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists) combined for 55 points for the Lakers in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 47-32 on the season, while the Lakers fall to 31-47.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
50Aaron GordonSF	36	9-14	3-5	3-4	8	3	0	1	0	0	+14	24
JaMychal GreenPF	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	4	-14	2
15Nikola JokicC	32	15-22	0-3	8-11	18	6	2	2	7	3	+7	38
5Will BartonSG	36	8-12	6-8	3-4	1	2	1	0	1	0	+8	25
11Monte MorrisPG	35	1-9	0-4	4-4	3	10	3	1	1	0	+7	6
25Austin Rivers	22	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2	+10	0
9Davon Reed	21	3-4	2-2	2-2	1	2	2	0	0	3	+8	10
4DeMarcus Cousins	15	6-9	0-2	2-3	3	3	0	1	1	2	+4	14
3Bones Hyland	26	4-9	1-6	1-1	2	4	2	0	1	4	+11	10
7Facundo Campazzo	— did not play —												— did not play —
6Bryn Forbes	— did not play —												— did not play —
00Markus Howard	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	47-8257.3%	12-3138.7%	23-2979.3%	38	33	10	5	12	18	-	129

LAKERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11Malik MonkSF	33	5-9	1-3	0-0	3	6	0	0	5	3	-12	11
3Anthony DavisPF	34	11-25	0-0	6-6	9	8	2	3	2	0	-10	28
39Dwight HowardC	23	3-5	0-0	2-4	7	0	0	0	1	2	+1	8
20Avery BradleySG	27	4-5	2-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	-9	10
0Russell WestbrookPG	33	11-15	0-1	5-10	10	7	2	1	2	5	+1	27
7Carmelo Anthony	25	8-18	1-7	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	3	-8	17
4D.J. Augustin	16	1-5	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4	-5	3
14Stanley Johnson	15	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	0	+1	3
35Wenyen Gabriel	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	3	-3	4
5Talen Horton-Tucker	17	3-6	0-1	1-1	4	3	0	0	1	2	-11	7
1Trevor Ariza	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Kent Bazemore	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Wayne Ellington	— did not play —												— did not play —
15Austin Reaves	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	49-9253.3%	6-2030.0%	14-2166.7%	40	31	4	5	12	25	-	118

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENLAL

(11:57) Jump Ball Howard vs. Jokic: Tip to Monk
(11:46) MISS Davis 8' Driving Hook Shot
(11:44) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:42) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:32) MISS Westbrook 11' Pullup Jump Shot
(11:30) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(11:25) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T2)
+2 (11:08) Howard 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Monk 1 AST)
02
(10:51) Howard S.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Malloy)
+1 (10:51) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
12
(10:51) MISS Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2
(10:49) Howard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:35) Davis 4' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Monk 2 AST)
14
(10:19) Morris Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(10:19) Westbrook STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:15) Monk 2' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Westbrook 1 AST)
16
(9:57) MISS Barton 15' Jump Shot
(9:53) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(9:48) MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(9:45) Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:33) MISS Davis 16' Fadeaway Jumper
(9:31) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (9:18) Jokic 3' Layup (3 PTS)
36
+2 (8:58) Bradley 17' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Davis 1 AST)
38
+2 (8:45) Jokic 5' Floating Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
58
+2 (8:29) Davis 3' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Monk 3 AST)
510
(8:11) MISS Jokic 2' Cutting Layup Shot
(8:11) Davis BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:09) Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:59) MISS Westbrook 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:56) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(7:39) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(7:37) Monk REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:33) Davis 2' Running Alley Oop Dunk Shot (6 PTS) (Monk 4 AST)
512
(7:32) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (7:17) Jokic 15' Turnaround Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
712
(6:59) MISS Davis 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(6:57) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:53) MISS Green 3' Running Finger Roll Layup
(6:50) Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (6:50) Green 1' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
912
+2 (6:39) Westbrook 4' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Bradley 1 AST)
914
(6:32) Westbrook S.FOUL (P1.T2) (E.Malloy)
+1 (6:32) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1014
+1 (6:32) Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1114
(6:19) Green S.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Malloy)
(6:19) MISS Howard Free Throw 1 of 2
(6:19) LAKERS Rebound
+1 (6:19) Howard Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
1115
(6:02) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T4)
(6:02) Davis STEAL (1 STL)
(5:59) Howard Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(5:59) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(5:56) MISS Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:56) Monk REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:56) Jokic P.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Twardoski)
+2 (5:44) Davis 2' Layup (8 PTS)
1117
(5:35) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P4.T5)
(5:20) MISS Augustin 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:16) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
+2 (5:04) Jokic 4' Hook Shot (9 PTS)
1317
(4:51) MISS Monk 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:51) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:6)
(4:45) Monk P.FOUL (P1.T3) (M.Ervin)
(4:42) Augustin P.FOUL (P1.T4) (M.Ervin)
(4:36) Green OFF.Foul (P2) (S.Twardoski)
(4:36) Green Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T6)
(4:27) MISS Anthony 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:24) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:19) Morris 4' Running Layup (2 PTS)
1517
(4:07) MISS Davis 14' Jump Shot
(4:05) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:7)
(3:56) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P5.T7)
(3:56) Davis STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (3:43) Davis 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Monk 5 AST)
1519
(3:43) Jokic S.FOUL (P2.T3) (M.Ervin)
(3:43) Green T.FOUL (P2.T3) (S.Twardoski)
+1 (3:43) Davis Free Throw Technical (11 PTS)
1520
+1 (3:43) Davis Free Throw 1 of 1 (12 PTS)
1521
(3:30) LAKERS T.Foul (Def. 3 Sec Johnson ) (M.Ervin)
+1 (3:30) Jokic Free Throw Technical (10 PTS)
1621
(3:17) MISS Rivers 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:14) Augustin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:10) MISS Augustin 17' Step Back Jump Shot
(3:05) Johnson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:01) Monk Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(3:01) Hyland STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (2:52) Reed 11' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Hyland 1 AST)
1821
+3 (2:29) Augustin 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Anthony 1 AST)
1824
(2:15) MISS Barton 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:13) Johnson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (1:55) Anthony 16' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
1826
(1:41) MISS Cousins 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:38) Anthony REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:23) Monk Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T3)
(1:23) LAKERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(1:14) Gabriel S.FOUL (P1.PN) (S.Twardoski)
+1 (1:14) Cousins Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1926
+1 (1:14) Cousins Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2026
(0:59) Johnson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(0:59) Reed STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:52) Gordon 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Cousins 1 AST)
2226
+2 (0:41) Westbrook 20' Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Gabriel 1 AST)
2228
+2 (0:22) Cousins 4' Turnaround Hook Shot (4 PTS) (Hyland 2 AST)
2428
(0:00) MISS Johnson 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) LAKERS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

LAL

129Points118

47-82(57.3%)Field Goal(%)49-92(53.3%)

12-31(38.7%)3-Point(%)6-20(30.0%)

23-29(79.3%)Free Throw(%)14-21(66.7%)

38(6)Rebounds(Offensive)40(6)

33Assists31

10Steals4

5Blocks5

12Turnovers12

18Fouls25

60Pts In The Paint68

13Fast Break Pts18

18Pts Off Turnovers15

34Bench Pts34

11Largest Lead9

Game Details

Sunday, April 3, 2022 · 3:30 PM

Crypto.com Arena · Los Angeles, CA

attendance: 18,997 (99.6%)

tv: ABC