Matchup · 2026-27 · 4 meetings · next Sat, Dec 19
Lakers vs Nuggets
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LAL at DEN · Sat, Dec 19 · 9:00 PM ET
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Los Angeles Lakers
0-0 · 2025-26: Net +1.5 · ORtg 117.0 · DRtg 115.5 · Pace 99.2
Core (2025-26 per game)
| Luka Doncic | 33.5 pts | 7.7 reb | 8.3 ast |
| Austin Reaves | 23.3 pts | 4.7 reb | 5.5 ast |
| Walker Kessler | 14.4 pts | 10.8 reb | 3.0 ast |
| Quentin Grimes | 13.4 pts | 3.6 reb | 3.3 ast |
| Jake LaRavia | 8.2 pts | 4.0 reb | 1.8 ast |
Injury report
Denver Nuggets
0-0 · 2025-26: Net +5.2 · ORtg 121.2 · DRtg 116.0 · Pace 99.5
Core (2025-26 per game)
| Jamal Murray | 25.4 pts | 4.4 reb | 7.1 ast |
| Nikola Jokic | 27.7 pts | 12.9 reb | 10.7 ast |
| Christian Braun | 12.0 pts | 4.8 reb | 2.7 ast |
| DeMar DeRozan | 18.4 pts | 2.9 reb | 4.1 ast |
| Cameron Johnson | 12.2 pts | 3.8 reb | 2.4 ast |
Injury report
Team vs team · 2025-26
all 30 teams →Lakers
2025-26
Nuggets
+1.5
Net rating
per 100 possessions
+5.2
117.0
Offensive rating
121.2
115.5
Defensive rating
lower is better
116.0
99.2
Pace
possessions per 48
99.5
57.3%
eFG%
57.7%
60.9%
TS%
61.6%
49.9%
Rebound %
of available
51.1%
14.6%
Turnover %
lower is better
12.8%
116.3
Points
per game
122.1
Ratings are points per 100 possessions; bars show each team's share of the pair's total, inverted where lower is better.
LAL
DEN