Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers

West Finals - Game 1 • LAL lead series 1-0

46-27, 20-16 Away

114

46-27, 20-16 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	38	21	20	35	114
Lakers LAL	36	34	33	23	126

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

52-19, 25-10 Home

126

52-19, 25-10 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Paul MillsapP. Millsap#4
Jerami GrantJ. Grant#9
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Gary HarrisG. Harris#14
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
bench
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Torrey CraigT. Craig#3
Mason PlumleeM. Plumlee#7
Bol BolB. Bol#10
Monte MorrisM. Morris#11
Troy DanielsT. Daniels#30
PJ DozierP. Dozier#35
Keita Bates-DiopK. Bates-Diop#6
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
21	5	0	6	6	1	1	0	1	2-5	40.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	3	-13
37	9	0	4	4	3	0	0	1	3-11	27.3	1-6	16.7	2-2	100.0	2	-25
25	21	4	2	6	2	0	1	4	8-14	57.1	0-0	0.0	5-7	71.4	5	-19
25	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2-7	28.6	1-4	25.0	0-0	0.0	3	-14
29	21	0	1	1	5	0	0	3	7-12	58.3	3-5	60.0	4-4	100.0	4	-21
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
29	14	1	9	10	4	1	0	2	3-9	33.3	1-6	16.7	7-8	87.5	2	+5
10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	50.0	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	1	-1
21	9	3	1	4	3	0	0	0	4-6	66.7	0-0	0.0	1-1	100.0	2	+6
4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	+9
21	8	0	1	1	3	1	1	1	3-6	50.0	0-0	0.0	2-4	50.0	2	-12
5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	100.0	2-2	100.0	0-0	0.0	0	+13
12	6	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	3-5	60.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	2	+12
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	114	9	28	37	23	3	2	16	41-83	49.4	9-26	34.6	23-28	82.1	26

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Danny GreenD. Green#14
Anthony DavisA. Davis#3
JaVale McGeeJ. McGee#7
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#1
bench
Markieff MorrisM. Morris#88
Kyle KuzmaK. Kuzma#0
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley#10
Dwight HowardD. Howard#39
Rajon RondoR. Rondo#9
Quinn CookQ. Cook#28
JR SmithJ. Smith#21
Alex CarusoA. Caruso#4
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
31	15	1	5	6	12	0	0	3	6-11	54.5	0-2	0.0	3-4	75.0	2	+15
23	8	2	3	5	1	2	1	0	3-10	30.0	1-4	25.0	1-1	100.0	3	+20
33	37	3	7	10	4	0	0	3	12-21	57.1	1-3	33.3	12-15	80.0	3	+15
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	4	-11
30	18	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	6-10	60.0	3-5	60.0	3-4	75.0	2	+9
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
16	9	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	3-4	75.0	3-4	75.0	0-0	0.0	3	+13
24	11	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	5-8	62.5	1-2	50.0	0-0	0.0	2	-9
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	-9
16	13	1	2	3	0	2	2	2	4-5	80.0	0-0	0.0	5-8	62.5	4	+14
22	7	0	1	1	9	2	0	0	3-7	42.9	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	1	+13
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	-7
4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	50.0	1-2	50.0	0-0	0.0	0	-9
22	5	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	1-3	33.3	0-2	0.0	3-5	60.0	4	+6
	126	10	24	34	33	10	6	11	44-83	53.0	11-26	42.3	27-37	73.0	28

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Nuggets
114
Lakers
126

Game 1

9/18

Nuggets
103
Lakers
105

Game 2

9/20

Lakers
106
Nuggets
114

Game 3

9/22

Lakers
114
Nuggets
108

Game 4

9/24

Nuggets
107
Lakers
117

Game 5

9/26

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

9:00 PM, September 18, 2020Coverage: TNT

Lake Buena Vista, FL

Referees:
Courtney Kirkland
Scott Foster
Tony Brothers

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	10	1	.909	-	W2
Denver	7	2	.778	2	W4
Minnesota	7	4	.636	3	W3
Portland	5	5	.500	4.5	L2
Utah	3	7	.300	6.5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	8	3	.727	-	W1
Golden State	6	5	.545	2	W1
Phoenix	6	5	.545	2	W3
LA Clippers	3	6	.333	4	L4
Sacramento	3	7	.300	4.5	L2

Andrew Wiggins' alley-oop dunk at OT buzzer gives Heat a 140-138 win over the Cavaliers

— Andrew Wiggins made an alley-oop dunk at the buzzer in overtime, and the Miami Heat beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 140-138 in a wild back-and-forth game Monday night.

Cade Cunningham scores 46 on 45 shots in Pistons' OT win

Pistons star Cade Cunningham scored 46 points on 45 shots in a wild overtime win vs. the Wizards. His 31 misses were the most since the 1976-77 merger.

Wembanyama scores 38 points as the Spurs rally past the Bulls for a 121-117 victory

— Victor Wembanyama scored 18 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Chicago Bulls 121-117 on Monday night for their third consecutive win.

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Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers

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Andrew Wiggins' alley-oop dunk at OT buzzer gives Heat a 140-138 win over the Cavaliers

Cade Cunningham scores 46 on 45 shots in Pistons' OT win

Wembanyama scores 38 points as the Spurs rally past the Bulls for a 121-117 victory