Game Leaders
A. DavisPF - LAL40PTS14/23FG11/11FTN. JokicC - DEN34PTS12/17FG7/8FT
Team Stats
Field Goal %
LAL
54.8
54.9
DEN
Three Point %
LAL
45.8
46.9
DEN
Rebounds
LAL
30
47
DEN
Game Information
Ball Arena
8:30 PM, May 16, 2023Coverage: ESPN/ESPN+
Denver, CO
Line
:
DEN -7.0
Over/Under
:
222
Attendance
:
19,633
100
%
Capacity
:
19,520
- Referees:
- Pat Fraher
- Zach Zarba
- Eric Lewis
- Ben Taylor
1:14
Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 132-126 in West opener— Denver Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was playing for the Los Angeles Lakers the last time these teams met in the Western Conference finals in the 2020 NBA bubble.5/16/2023 - AP
Shot Chart
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 2-foot tip shot
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Davis blocks Aaron Gordon 's 8-foot driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 15-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 21-foot jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bruce Brown makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James blocks Bruce Brown 's 3-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Rui Hachimura blocks Bruce Brown 's 4-foot two point shot
- Jeff Green misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 15-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Bruce Brown misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jeff Green misses layup
- Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 8-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes driving dunk
- Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot driving dunk (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Bruce Brown makes driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes 17-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray misses 18-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 22-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Bruce Brown makes driving dunk
- Bruce Brown misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Christian Braun misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Jeff Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James misses 11-foot two point shot
- Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Dennis Schroder misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes 26-foot jump bank shot (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope blocks Rui Hachimura 's 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Lonnie Walker IV misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic blocks Anthony Davis 's 4-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Rui Hachimura makes 1-foot dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV makes 23-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Nikola Jokic blocks Anthony Davis 's 5-foot layup
- LeBron James makes 4-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Christian Braun blocks Anthony Davis 's 7-foot driving layup
- Austin Reaves misses three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Rui Hachimura makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 12-foot two point shot
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses 6-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 3-foot layup (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes 19-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Jamal Murray blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 5-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes alley oop layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. blocks Austin Reaves 's 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot layup (Austin Reaves assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell makes 19-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 15-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 14-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 15-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 20-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 16-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes driving layup
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Rui Hachimura makes 3-foot two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Davis assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. blocks Rui Hachimura 's 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 14-foot two point shot
- Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 6-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 30-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses tip shot
- Austin Reaves makes 29-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 32-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 30-foot three point jumper
LAKERS
NUGGETS
Show Filters
DEN leads 1-0
Lakers126Nuggets132Game 1 5/16
Lakers103Nuggets108Game 2 5/18
Nuggets119Lakers108Game 3 5/20
Nuggets113Lakers111Game 4 5/22
2022-23 Pacific Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 48 | 34 | .585 | - | L3 |
| Phoenix | 45 | 37 | .549 | 3 | L2 |
| LA Clippers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4 | W3 |
| Golden State | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4 | W3 |
| LA Lakers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 5 | W2 |
2022-23 Northwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 53 | 29 | .646 | - | W1 |
| Minnesota | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11 | W3 |
| Oklahoma City | 40 | 42 | .488 | 13 | W2 |
| Utah | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16 | L1 |
| Portland | 33 | 49 | .402 | 20 | L4 |
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