Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets

Jan 9, 2023

FINAL

19-22Los AngelesLakers

109

27-13DenverNuggets

122

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	23	25	31	30	109
DEN	29	33	32	28	122

Game Recap

Nikola Jokic recorded 14 points (5-5 FG), 11 rebounds, and a season-high 16 assists for the Nuggets as they defeated the Lakers, 122-109, his 11th triple-double of the season and the 87th of his career. Jamal Murray added a season-high 34 points, along with seven rebounds and four assists for the Nuggets in the victory, while Russell Westbrook tallied 25 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists for the Lakers in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 27-13 on the season, while the Lakers fall to 19-22.

Player Stats

LAKERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10Max ChristieSF	25	6-8	2-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	-10	14
95Juan Toscano-AndersonPF	18	2-4	0-0	1-2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5
31Thomas BryantC	27	6-14	0-1	5-5	10	0	1	0	0	1	-15	17
21Patrick BeverleySG	12	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	2	0	-3	0
17Dennis SchroderPG	34	3-13	0-5	8-8	3	4	2	0	1	3	-16	14
0Russell Westbrook	30	10-21	1-4	4-7	7	7	1	0	7	2	-9	25
12Kendrick Nunn	23	6-15	2-7	1-2	1	1	3	0	2	3	-4	15
Sterling Brown	17	0-3	0-1	0-0	7	1	3	0	0	1	-2	0
20Cole Swider	25	2-6	2-5	0-0	5	3	0	0	0	2	-2	6
35Wenyen Gabriel	19	4-6	1-1	0-0	5	0	0	2	1	0	-8	9
30Damian Jones	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	+2	0
14Scotty Pippen Jr.	2	2-2	0-0	0-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	+2	4

TOTAL	-	41-9344.1%	8-2828.6%	19-2576.0%	44	20	12	2	13	14	-	109

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	25	5-13	2-6	0-0	7	0	1	1	0	2	+13	12
50Aaron GordonPF	22	4-8	1-5	0-1	10	0	0	4	4	2	+6	9
15Nikola JokicC	35	5-5	1-1	3-3	11	16	1	1	4	2	+10	14
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	30	6-14	1-5	3-3	3	3	1	0	1	1	+18	16
27Jamal MurrayPG	35	13-29	5-9	3-4	7	4	2	0	3	2	+3	34
11Bruce Brown	26	6-11	3-7	0-0	7	2	0	1	2	2	+3	15
31Vlatko Cancar	25	1-4	0-1	0-0	4	2	1	0	1	2	+7	2
3Bones Hyland	19	3-10	2-8	4-4	2	1	1	1	1	2	+2	12
22Zeke Nnaji	12	3-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	2	0	3	+3	6
14Ish Smith	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
0Christian Braun	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
9Davon Reed	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	46-9946.5%	15-4235.7%	15-1788.2%	55	29	7	11	17	19	-	122

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterLALDEN

(11:57) Jump Ball T. Bryant vs. N. Jokic: Tip to M. Christie
(11:34) LAL shot clock Team TURNOVER
(11:25) M. Christie shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
+1 (11:25) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
01
+1 (11:25) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
02
(11:11) MISS P. Beverley 25' 3PT
(11:08) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:59) MISS M. Porter Jr. 26' 3PT
(10:56) T. Bryant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:48) D. Schroder 14' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
22
+2 (10:26) J. Murray 13' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
24
(10:07) MISS M. Christie 25' 3PT
(10:03) P. Beverley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (9:57) M. Christie 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Toscano-Anderson 1 AST)
54
(9:33) MISS J. Murray 11' floating Shot
(9:31) T. Bryant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (9:19) T. Bryant 10' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (M. Christie 1 AST)
74
+3 (9:08) M. Porter Jr. 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
77
+2 (8:44) T. Bryant Hook (4 PTS)
97
+2 (8:35) A. Gordon cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
99
(8:18) MISS T. Bryant 19' Jump Shot
(8:16) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:15) T. Bryant personal FOUL (1 PF)
(8:03) A. Gordon 3-second-violation TURNOVER (1 TO)
(8:03) TEAM delay-of-game VIOLATION
(7:45) MISS D. Schroder 26' 3PT
(7:44) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(7:26) MISS M. Porter Jr. 16' step back Shot
(7:23) T. Bryant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(7:12) MISS D. Schroder 24' 3PT
(7:08) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(7:04) A. Gordon charge offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(7:04) A. Gordon offensive foul TURNOVER (2 TO)
(6:58) N. Jokic kicked ball VIOLATION
(6:58) DEN Timeout
+2 (6:49) J. Toscano-Anderson reverse Layup (2 PTS) (R. Westbrook 1 AST)
119
+3 (6:25) B. Brown 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
1112
(6:07) MISS T. Bryant turnaround Hook
(6:05) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:53) MISS A. Gordon 3PT
(5:50) M. Christie REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:45) A. Gordon shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Bryant 2 FT)
+1 (5:45) T. Bryant Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
1212
+1 (5:45) T. Bryant Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
1312
(5:35) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 15' fadeaway Shot
(5:32) R. Westbrook REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:27) R. Westbrook lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(5:27) K. Caldwell-Pope STEAL (1 STL)
(5:27) R. Westbrook transition take personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 1 FT)
+1 (5:27) N. Jokic transition take Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
1313
+3 (5:17) N. Jokic 25' 3PT (6 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 1 AST)
1316
(4:59) N. Jokic personal FOUL (1 PF)
(4:50) MISS R. Westbrook 12' fadeaway Shot
(4:48) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:36) N. Jokic 6' turnaround Hook (8 PTS) (V. Cancar 1 AST)
1318
(4:25) R. Westbrook lost ball out-of-bounds TURNOVER (2 TO)
(4:10) MISS B. Brown 26' 3PT
(4:07) T. Bryant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(4:05) K. Nunn offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(4:05) K. Nunn offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (3:54) M. Porter Jr. 18' Jump Shot (5 PTS) (N. Jokic 4 AST)
1320
(3:39) MISS T. Bryant 16' Jump Shot
(3:36) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:28) B. Brown bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(3:28) S. Brown STEAL (1 STL)
(3:22) MISS D. Schroder 8' driving floating bank Shot
(3:19) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:13) MISS M. Porter Jr. 24' running 3PT
(3:11) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (3:10) B. Brown floating Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1322
(3:09) LAL Timeout
(2:52) MISS R. Westbrook 12' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(2:42) W. Gabriel REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (2:42) W. Gabriel putback Layup (2 PTS)
1522
(2:26) MISS B. Brown 25' 3PT
(2:22) S. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:10) W. Gabriel 25' 3PT (5 PTS) (K. Nunn 1 AST)
1822
(1:58) MISS B. Hyland 25' 3PT
(1:56) R. Westbrook REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (1:50) K. Nunn running DUNK (2 PTS) (R. Westbrook 2 AST)
2022
(1:34) V. Cancar lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:34) S. Brown STEAL (2 STL)
(1:28) K. Nunn bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(1:28) V. Cancar STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:24) V. Cancar running finger roll Layup (2 PTS)
2024
(1:11) MISS R. Westbrook 25' pullup 3PT
(1:08) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (1:00) J. Murray 25' 3PT (5 PTS) (N. Jokic 5 AST)
2027
(0:46) R. Westbrook bad pass TURNOVER (3 TO)
(0:46) J. Murray STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:41) B. Brown running Layup (7 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
2029
+3 (0:35) K. Nunn 28' 3PT (5 PTS) (R. Westbrook 3 AST)
2329
(0:31) MISS J. Murray 25' pullup 3PT
(0:28) C. Swider REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:14) V. Cancar personal FOUL (1 PF)
(0:02) MISS R. Westbrook 18' pullup bank Shot
(0:02) S. Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

LAL

DEN

109Points122

41-93(44.1%)Field Goal(%)46-99(46.5%)

8-28(28.6%)3-Point(%)15-42(35.7%)

19-25(76.0%)Free Throw(%)15-17(88.2%)

44(11)Rebounds(Offensive)55(14)

20Assists29

12Steals7

2Blocks11

13Turnovers17

14Fouls19

52Pts In The Paint52

11Fast Break Pts21

15Pts Off Turnovers23

59Bench Pts37

3Largest Lead20

Game Details

Monday, January 9, 2023 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,609 (102.7%)