National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 108,
L.A. Lakers 103
When: 8:30 PM ET, Thursday, May 18, 2023
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #26 Pat Fraher, #45 Brian Forte, #16 David Guthrie, #25 Tony Brothers
Attendance: 19742
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #26 Pat Fraher, #45 Brian Forte, #16 David Guthrie, #25 Tony Brothers
Attendance: 19742
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| L.A. Lakers | 27 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 103 |
| Denver | 27 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 108 |
Los Angeles Lakers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Austin Reaves - G | 36:03 | 8-16 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| D'Angelo Russell - G | 32:50 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 3-4 | -16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| LeBron James - F | 40:08 | 9-19 | 0-6 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt - F | 16:48 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Anthony Davis - C | 40:57 | 4-15 | 1-3 | 9-11 | -10 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rui Hachimura | 30:07 | 8-10 | 1-2 | 4-4 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Dennis Schroder | 29:57 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 12:58 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tristan Thompson | 0:12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Beasley | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Troy Brown Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Max Christie | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Wenyen Gabriel | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Shaquille Harrison | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-82 | 8-30 | 23-26 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 103 | |
| 43.9% | 26.7% | 88.5% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 42:42 | 11-24 | 6-14 | 9-10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - G | 25:39 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 38:56 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Michael Porter Jr. - F | 31:17 | 5-10 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 41:57 | 9-21 | 0-3 | 5-6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bruce Brown | 37:17 | 5-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Jeff Green | 14:46 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Braun | 4:30 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Jackson | 2:56 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Bryant | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Vlatko Cancar | DNP | |||||||||||||
| DeAndre Jordan | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Zeke Nnaji | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ish Smith | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Peyton Watson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-89 | 14-38 | 16-18 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 108 | |
| 43.8% | 36.8% | 88.9% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| LAL | None |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| L.A. Lakers | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 21 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
| Points in the Paint | 48 | Points in the Paint | 46 |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | Biggest Lead | 12 |