Final score
Final: Los Angeles Lakers 113, Denver Nuggets 120, Thursday, March 5.
Last Two Minute report · league review of the final 2:00 · no error favored either team
17 plays reviewed · 17 correct · 0 incorrect
Full report on official.nba.com →Leaders
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Lakers vs Nuggets: the matchup page →Lakers lead 2-0
Los Angeles Lakers
10 played · box score| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | FG | 3P | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luka DoncicTop scorer | 40 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11-24 | 3-10 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Austin Reaves | 38 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 3-4 | -4 |
| LeBron James | 34 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7-11 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -10 |
| Marcus Smart | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Rui Hachimura | 29 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6-9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | +10 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 3-5 | +7 |
| Luke Kennard | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -7 |
| Jake LaRavia | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -16 |
| Deandre Ayton | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 |
Denver Nuggets
9 played · box score| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | FG | 3P | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Braun | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6-12 | 2-6 | 1-2 | +8 |
| Jamal MurrayTop scorer | 38 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8-17 | 5-9 | 7-7 | +9 |
| Nikola Jokic | 38 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10-15 | 0-1 | 8-8 | +6 |
| Bruce Brown | 30 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Julian Strawther | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-10 | 2-5 | 4-5 | -1 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 26 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 4-5 | +5 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | +1 |
| Tyus Jones | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +4 |
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