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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**27**|**31**|**31**|**35**|**124**|[](/DEN)|
**LAL**|**33**|**33**|**23**|**25**|**114**|[](/LAL)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**54-92 (58.7)**|**11-26 (42.3)**|**5-7 (71.4)**|**11**|**47**|**34**|**10**|**5**|**7**|**8**|**124**|
[](/LAL)**LAL**|**47-89 (52.8)**|**12-29 (41.4)**|**8-11 (72.7)**|**6**|**31**|**33**|**7**|**5**|**4**|**9**|**114**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|37:05|10-10 (100.0)|5-5 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|10|4|1|1|1|0|25|+4|
A. Gordon^^PF|34:42|8-16 (50.0)|1-4 (25.0)|1-1 (100.0)|5|9|5|1|1|0|2|18|+10|
N. Jokic^^C|38:56|16-25 (64.0)|1-5 (20.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2|10|7|3|0|1|1|35|+16|
C. Braun^^SG|23:58|1-3 (33.3)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|2|2|1|2|1|2|+9|
J. Murray^^PG|38:26|11-23 (47.8)|1-5 (20.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|6|11|2|1|0|2|24|+6|
J. Holiday|31:00|5-7 (71.4)|3-5 (60.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|3|0|1|0|0|13|+8|
R. Jackson|11:07|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|2|0|0|0|1|0|+3|
P. Watson|15:55|3-5 (60.0)|0-1 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|2|0|0|0|3|0|7|-3|
Z. Nnaji|8:51|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|2|0|1|0|0|1|0|-3|
**Totals**||**54-92 (58.7)**|**11-26 (42.3)**|**5-7 (71.4)**|**11**|**47**|**34**|**10**|**5**|**7**|**8**|**124**||
**DNP:** ***Jay Huff***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Julian Strawther***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Kentavious Caldwell-Pope***, ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Braxton Key***
**[](/LAL)LAL**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
R. Hachimura^^SF|36:50|10-15 (66.7)|3-4 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|3|2|0|0|0|2|23|-13|
L. James^^PF|37:07|12-20 (60.0)|2-5 (40.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0|4|9|3|3|0|1|26|-1|
A. Davis^^C|38:55|7-13 (53.8)|0-0 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|2|11|2|0|0|3|3|17|-11|
A. Reaves^^SG|36:43|7-12 (58.3)|3-6 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|14|2|0|0|1|19|-9|
D. Russell^^PG|30:44|6-13 (46.2)|2-7 (28.6)|3-3 (100.0)|0|3|3|0|0|0|1|17|+2|
S. Dinwiddie|19:57|1-4 (25.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|3|1|0|0|0|3|-7|
T. Prince|12:02|1-6 (16.7)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|2|-4|
C. Reddish|18:49|1-3 (33.3)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|2|0|1|1|0|1|3|-8|
J. Hayes|8:53|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|4|0|0|1|1|0|4|+1|
**Totals**||**47-89 (52.8)**|**12-29 (41.4)**|**8-11 (72.7)**|**6**|**31**|**33**|**7**|**5**|**4**|**9**|**114**||
**DNP:** ***Max Christie***, ***Skylar Mays***
**Inactive:** ***Colin Castleton***, ***Jalen Hood-Schifino***, ***Maxwell Lewis***, ***Jarred Vanderbilt***, ***Gabe Vincent***, ***Christian Wood***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|64|12|12|10|20|10|7|[](/DEN)|
**LAL**|62|9|13|11|12|7|15|[](/LAL)|
**Lead Changes: 6** | **Times Tied: 6** | **Gametime: 2:02** | **Attendance: 18997**
*Officials: Bill Kennedy, Jacyn Goble, John Butler*
by BigHoneyBot
47 Comments
INJECT THIS GAME INTO MY FUCKING VEINS!!!
They got boomed on per usual. Good shit boys and Fuck LA!
I told my fiance exactly how the game would end. The refs would be on some total bullshit to keep the Lakers close until the nuggets pull away.
Honestly the NBA’s coddling of them is probably more harmful than good at this point. They don’t even know how to do simple things like have a player other than LeBron touch the ball in the last five minutes
My dad hated the Lakers and I hate the Lakers. Great freaking win!
No need to go talk trash but if you want some fun read the Lakers post game thread
DEN Nuggets are LA Lakers father
I love how mad it makes Stephen A that the Lakers can’t beat the Nuggets.
Well well well, where the fuck are the people trashing this squad at halftime? We are the best closers in the league. What we do in the last 5 minutes of close games is amazing. For the first time I don’t worry at the end of close games (maybe a little…)
Love this team. We own the Lakers
We own those fucks
Damn we are a half game behind both okc and Minnesota
It kills me how the Lakers feel the need to celebrate after every 3 point they make.
DNVR savage AF with that shirt drop.
This team in the final 3 minutes of a close game is just unreal. If we stay healthy I can’t imagine any team taking 4 out of 7 from us.
Someone give me the lowdown on Steve A Smith, I turned ESPN off immediately
this looks like the face of someone who is PUMPED
https://preview.redd.it/ar2pljuim1mc1.jpeg?width=2740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e144401df0fafea04b481225bee7d2eceb26a023
Every time Austin Reaves does that cringe shit after a 3 pt shot I know the Lakers losing the game
The posturing by Bron made that end so much sweeter. The real MVP of that game
MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! MIKE!
Wat blocks are some of the most aesthetically pleasing plays in basketball, and get virtually 0 attention outside of Nuggets fandom (from what I can tell)
jokić and djoković, serbian legends
https://preview.redd.it/zpu4dpjrm1mc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=439f197d47c5333ce7172bdcd1e2b30e87094d0d
Reggie with just 11 mins tonight.
Nice contribution by holiday and pwat. Christian with some good d
damn if not for the stolen home game against the Kangs we would be numero uno in the west
Strong finish, SUCK it LA.
Great win without KCP and the refs refusing to give Jokic any calls. 2 free throws, absolutely insane to watch the best player in the league gets 0 calls game in and game out. Criminal
AG’s rough moments really stood out, but at the end of the day put up 18/9/5 and had that huge 3 with AD closing out in the 4th. Low key great game for Mr. Nugget
I personally think we should be giving LeBron his flowers for leading one of the best 10 seeds in the league right now. They’re up there with the Atlanta hawks as teams I would want to face in the playoffs
Huge shoutout to holiday… would love to see him in our playoff rotation
an OG nba serb, vlade divac, who used to smoke cigarettes in the locker room at halftime
https://preview.redd.it/uo4rcg7bn1mc1.jpeg?width=2969&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ddce9be86823b534a1c9959ba40dede03634a80b
🗣️WHO’S YOUR DADDY
The saddest thing about this Nuggets team is that if we had AG instead of Jerami Grant then Dad, Monte, Gary, and Thrill would have all got a ring .
https://i.redd.it/14rchmwln1mc1.gif
Lol Lakers postgame sub with one thread becoming a debate contest on who should be guarding Mike 🤣🤣
Jokic is laker father
“We’re you’re daddy and you’re grounded” 😂😂
Fuck the Lakers … flopping ass team
Lakers putting in the paperwork now to request never again to play the Nuggets on (potential) landmark nights.
Tbh this is expected, Lakers are like the 10th best team lol, the young teams are coming!
I knew they had it when Gordon made that 3
Easiest win of my life. Let LeBron have fun than win the game. Good game team!
https://preview.redd.it/y7qjyocso1mc1.jpeg?width=2760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8aa0f78d515de1586610d7ec841be6a82c8aa52c
not even two tanks of gas
The Lakers will fail to make the playoffs, Bronny won’t get drafted and with any luck LeBron will retire and we’ll never have to play him again.
I need that Jokic-Jamal celebration clip
The hate coming for Jokic right now is absolutely unreal and absurd. I suppose that’s what you could expect when you’re the best player in the world. The fans grow as do the haters.
CB didn’t do much offensively, but he really availed himself on defense.
Lakers sweep the Nuggets in moral victories