Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Dec 16, 2022

FINAL

17-11DenverNuggets

108

12-16Los AngelesLakers

126

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	32	33	23	20	108
LAL	33	31	29	33	126

Game Recap

The Lakers defeat the Nuggets, 126-108. LeBron James led all scorers with 30 points, nine rebounds and four assists, while Russell Westbrook added 15 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, his 2nd triple-double this season and 196th of his career. Nikola Jokic tallied 25 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and four steals for the Nuggets in a losing effort. The Lakers improve to 12-16 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 17-11.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11Bruce BrownSF	34	4-7	2-2	1-2	5	5	0	2	0	1	-19	11
50Aaron GordonPF	32	7-13	1-4	2-4	3	1	2	1	4	3	-10	17
15Nikola JokicC	35	8-15	1-3	8-9	11	8	4	0	5	3	-14	25
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	30	3-5	1-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	9
27Jamal MurrayPG	35	8-16	2-6	5-7	5	6	1	0	5	0	-18	23
0Christian Braun	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2	+4	0
32Jeff Green	17	3-8	1-2	1-1	6	1	0	1	1	0	-15	8
3Bones Hyland	14	2-9	0-5	1-1	2	2	0	0	1	0	-24	5
6DeAndre Jordan	7	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
9Davon Reed	16	0-1	0-1	1-2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1
14Ish Smith	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	2
22Zeke Nnaji	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2	0
31Vlatko Cancar	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	3
TOTAL	-	39-8148.1%	9-2733.3%	21-2875.0%	39	25	7	4	19	17	-	108

LAKERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4Lonnie Walker IVSF	19	1-7	1-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	2	-15	3
6LeBron JamesPF	35	13-21	1-4	3-4	9	4	2	0	2	2	+26	30
3Anthony DavisC	17	4-6	0-0	2-2	4	2	1	1	2	2	-4	10
21Patrick BeverleySG	20	4-6	2-3	0-0	4	5	0	0	0	1	-11	10
17Dennis SchroderPG	30	5-12	3-6	2-2	1	3	2	0	2	4	+15	15
0Russell Westbrook	29	5-13	0-3	5-8	11	12	2	0	4	2	+25	15
15Austin Reaves	29	5-9	2-5	4-4	4	0	1	1	2	3	+26	16
7Troy Brown Jr.	13	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	0	+12	0
10Max Christie	15	2-5	2-3	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	1	+14	6
31Thomas Bryant	23	9-11	1-2	2-4	6	1	2	0	1	4	+10	21
12Kendrick Nunn	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
30Damian Jones	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0

TOTAL	-	48-9152.7%	12-3336.4%	18-2475.0%	45	29	11	4	14	21	-	126

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENLAL

(11:53) Jump Ball A. Davis vs. N. Jokic: Tip to L. Walker IV
(11:52) MISS L. Walker IV driving Layup
(11:52) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:43) N. Jokic 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
30
+2 (11:28) D. Schroder driving Layup (2 PTS)
32
(11:18) J. Murray lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(11:18) D. Schroder STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (11:12) P. Beverley running Layup (2 PTS) (D. Schroder 1 AST)
34
+3 (10:53) K. Caldwell-Pope 27' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)
64
+2 (10:39) L. James driving Layup (2 PTS)
66
+2 (10:19) A. Gordon cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
86
(10:07) N. Jokic kicked ball VIOLATION
(9:55) MISS D. Schroder driving Layup - blocked
(9:55) A. Gordon BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:55) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(9:51) MISS A. Davis 19' Jump Shot
(9:48) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:44) MISS A. Gordon running 3PT
(9:41) L. James REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:36) D. Schroder 24' 3PT running (5 PTS) (L. James 1 AST)
89
(9:14) L. James shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
(9:14) MISS A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2
(9:14) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (9:14) A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
99
(8:58) MISS P. Beverley 24' 3PT
(8:54) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:41) J. Murray bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(8:41) A. Davis STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:38) A. Davis running Layup (2 PTS) (P. Beverley 1 AST)
911
(8:25) MISS A. Gordon driving Layup - blocked
(8:25) A. Davis BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:25) A. Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:20) MISS A. Davis running Layup - blocked
(8:20) B. Brown BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:20) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+3 (8:12) L. Walker IV 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (A. Davis 1 AST)
914
(7:57) L. Walker IV shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
+1 (7:57) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
1014
+1 (7:57) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1114
+2 (7:36) P. Beverley driving Layup (4 PTS) (D. Schroder 2 AST)
1116
+2 (7:28) B. Brown driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
1316
(7:17) MISS L. Walker IV 25' 3PT
(7:13) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:11) D. Schroder shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Murray 2 FT)
+1 (7:11) J. Murray Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1416
+1 (7:11) J. Murray Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1516
+2 (6:59) A. Davis reverse Layup (4 PTS) (P. Beverley 2 AST)
1518
(6:51) MISS A. Gordon 27' pullup 3PT
(6:49) L. Walker IV REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:38) L. Walker IV traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)
(6:38) LAL Timeout
(6:17) C. Braun charge offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(6:17) C. Braun offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(5:57) MISS L. James 3PT
(5:54) R. Westbrook REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (5:53) L. James reverse Layup (4 PTS) (R. Westbrook 1 AST)
1520
+2 (5:36) N. Jokic 6' Hook (7 PTS)
1720
(5:21) R. Westbrook step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (5:06) N. Jokic Layup (9 PTS)
1920
(5:06) A. Davis shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 1 FT)
+1 (5:06) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (10 PTS)
2020
(4:55) A. Gordon shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Davis 2 FT)
+1 (4:55) A. Davis Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
2021
+1 (4:55) A. Davis Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
2022
(4:43) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 11' pullup Shot
(4:41) A. Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (4:34) A. Davis driving floating Jump Shot (8 PTS)
2024
+2 (4:27) B. Brown driving Layup (4 PTS)
2224
(4:21) K. Caldwell-Pope shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (James 2 FT)
(4:21) MISS L. James Free Throw 1 of 2
(4:21) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (4:21) L. James Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
2225
(4:07) MISS C. Braun 25' 3PT
(4:04) L. James REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:00) MISS L. James running Layup
(3:57) B. Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:56) J. Green running Layup (2 PTS) (B. Hyland 1 AST)
2425
(3:56) L. Walker IV shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Green 1 FT)
+1 (3:56) J. Green Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
2525
(3:32) MISS R. Westbrook driving bank Shot
(3:30) C. Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:21) N. Jokic lost ball out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (3:09) A. Davis cutting DUNK (10 PTS) (R. Westbrook 2 AST)
2527
(2:54) MISS B. Hyland 27' 3PT
(2:52) A. Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(2:40) A. Reaves bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:40) DEN Timeout
(2:24) J. Green lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:24) R. Westbrook STEAL (1 STL)
(2:22) C. Braun shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Westbrook 2 FT)
(2:22) MISS R. Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:22) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(2:22) MISS R. Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2
(2:20) J. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:11) B. Hyland 9' driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2727
(2:11) M. Christie shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Hyland 1 FT)
+1 (2:11) B. Hyland Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
2827
(1:59) MISS R. Westbrook 25' pullup 3PT
(1:58) M. Christie REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:57) MISS M. Christie putback Layup
(1:54) J. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:38) MISS C. Braun 24' 3PT
(1:36) M. Christie REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(1:32) D. Jordan shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Westbrook 2 FT)
+1 (1:32) R. Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2828
(1:32) MISS R. Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2
(1:28) D. Jordan REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:19) J. Murray bad pass TURNOVER (3 TO)
(1:19) T. Brown Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:14) T. Bryant running DUNK (2 PTS) (T. Brown Jr. 1 AST)
2830
(1:04) B. Hyland traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:59) R. Westbrook traveling TURNOVER (2 TO)
+2 (0:38) D. Jordan bank Hook (2 PTS) (B. Hyland 2 AST)
3030
+2 (0:31) R. Westbrook driving Layup (3 PTS)
3032
(0:11) MISS B. Hyland driving floating Shot
(0:11) J. Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(0:11) MISS J. Green tip Layup
(0:11) J. Green REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
+2 (0:11) J. Green tip Layup (5 PTS)
3232
(0:11) B. Hyland technical FOUL (1 Tech)
+1 (0:11) A. Reaves technical Free Throw 1 of 1 (1 PTS)
3233

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

LAL

108Points126

39-81(48.1%)Field Goal(%)48-91(52.7%)

9-27(33.3%)3-Point(%)12-33(36.4%)

21-28(75.0%)Free Throw(%)18-24(75.0%)

39(9)Rebounds(Offensive)45(11)

25Assists29

7Steals11

4Blocks4

19Turnovers14

17Fouls21

56Pts In The Paint64

20Fast Break Pts28

22Pts Off Turnovers28

23Bench Pts58

12Largest Lead22

Game Details

Friday, December 16, 2022 · 10:00 PM

Crypto.com Arena · Los Angeles, CA

attendance: 18,505 (97.1%)

tv: ESPN