National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 113,
L.A. Lakers 111
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, May 22, 2023
Where: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California
Officials: #8 Marc Davis, #58 Josh Tiven, #23 Tre Maddox
Attendance: 18997
Where: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California
Officials: #8 Marc Davis, #58 Josh Tiven, #23 Tre Maddox
Attendance: 18997
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 28 | 30 | 36 | 19 | 113 |
| L.A. Lakers | 34 | 39 | 16 | 22 | 111 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 43:12 | 10-18 | 0-4 | 5-5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - G | 39:22 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 2-2 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Michael Porter Jr. - F | 40:57 | 5-16 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 40:43 | 9-14 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 45:16 | 11-24 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bruce Brown | 20:29 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jeff Green | 10:01 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Christian Braun | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Bryant | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Vlatko Cancar | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Jackson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| DeAndre Jordan | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Zeke Nnaji | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ish Smith | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Peyton Watson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-85 | 12-33 | 19-22 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 113 | |
| 48.2% | 36.4% | 86.4% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Los Angeles Lakers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Austin Reaves - G | 40:41 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 4-4 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Dennis Schroder - G | 38:16 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| LeBron James - F | 47:56 | 15-25 | 4-7 | 6-7 | -2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Rui Hachimura - F | 41:56 | 3-12 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Anthony Davis - C | 40:02 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 9-10 | -6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| D'Angelo Russell | 14:56 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Tristan Thompson | 9:41 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 6:32 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mo Bamba | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Malik Beasley | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Troy Brown Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Max Christie | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Wenyen Gabriel | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Shaquille Harrison | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jarred Vanderbilt | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-86 | 8-20 | 23-26 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 111 | |
| 46.5% | 40.0% | 88.5% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 6 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | Aaron Gordon |
| LAL | LeBron James |
Team Statistics
| Denver | L.A. Lakers | ||
| Fast Break Points | 9 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 48 | Points in the Paint | 62 |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | Biggest Lead | 15 |