National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 132,
L.A. Lakers 126
When: 8:30 PM ET, Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #26 Pat Fraher, #46 Ben Taylor, #42 Eric Lewis, #15 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 19633
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #26 Pat Fraher, #46 Ben Taylor, #42 Eric Lewis, #15 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 19633
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| L.A. Lakers | 25 | 29 | 38 | 34 | 126 |
| Denver | 37 | 35 | 34 | 26 | 132 |
Los Angeles Lakers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Dennis Schroder - G | 32:02 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| D'Angelo Russell - G | 26:08 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Austin Reaves - F | 42:09 | 7-14 | 5-9 | 4-4 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| LeBron James - F | 39:52 | 9-16 | 0-4 | 8-11 | -6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| Anthony Davis - C | 41:50 | 14-23 | 1-1 | 11-11 | -8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rui Hachimura | 28:10 | 8-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 19:37 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 10:12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Beasley | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Troy Brown Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Max Christie | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Wenyen Gabriel | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tristan Thompson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Shaquille Harrison | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 46-84 | 11-24 | 23-26 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 126 | |
| 54.8% | 45.8% | 88.5% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 7 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 37:03 | 12-20 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - G | 35:59 | 9-17 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 35:59 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 4-8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Michael Porter Jr. - F | 34:33 | 6-12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 42:26 | 12-17 | 3-3 | 7-8 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 34 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bruce Brown | 24:11 | 6-11 | 1-1 | 3-3 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jeff Green | 17:35 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Christian Braun | 12:14 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas Bryant | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Vlatko Cancar | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Jackson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| DeAndre Jordan | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Zeke Nnaji | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ish Smith | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Peyton Watson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 50-91 | 15-32 | 17-22 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 132 | |
| 54.9% | 46.9% | 77.3% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| LAL | None |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| L.A. Lakers | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 13 | Fast Break Points | 19 |
| Points in the Paint | 48 | Points in the Paint | 50 |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | Biggest Lead | 21 |