Nuggets 108-103 Lakers (May 18, 2023) Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

43-39, 20-21 away

103

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	27	26	26	24	103
DEN	27	21	28	32	108

Denver Nuggets

53-29, 34-7 home

108

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Anthony DavisA. Davis#3
Jarred VanderbiltJ. Vanderbilt#2
LeBron JamesL. James#6
D'Angelo RussellD. Russell#1
Austin ReavesA. Reaves#15
bench
Rui HachimuraR. Hachimura#28
Tristan ThompsonT. Thompson#9
Dennis SchroderD. Schroder#17
Lonnie Walker IVL. Walker IV#4
Wenyen GabrielW. Gabriel#35
Troy Brown Jr.T. Brown Jr.#7
Malik BeasleyM. Beasley#5
Shaquille HarrisonS. Harrison#0
Max ChristieM. Christie#10
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41	4-15	1-3	9-11	1	13	14	4	1	4	4	4	-10	18
17	1-2	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	-10	4
40	9-19	0-6	4-4	0	9	9	10	4	2	3	2	+4	22
33	3-8	1-5	3-4	0	3	3	5	2	1	1	2	-16	10
36	8-16	5-9	1-1	1	2	3	5	1	0	2	3	+13	22
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	8-10	1-2	4-4	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	4	-5	21
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	2-9	0-3	0-0	1	5	6	0	1	0	1	2	+5	4
13	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-6	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	36-82	8-30	23-26	4	36	40	26	10	7	12	19		103
	43.9%	26.7%	88.5%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#5
bench
Jeff GreenJ. Green#32
Bruce BrownB. Brown#11
Reggie JacksonR. Jackson#7
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Peyton WatsonP. Watson#8
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Thomas BryantT. Bryant#13
Ish SmithI. Smith#14
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
39	5-9	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	2	0	1	3	2	+4	10
31	5-10	4-7	2-2	0	7	7	3	0	0	3	3	+1	16
42	9-21	0-3	5-6	4	13	17	12	3	0	5	3	+7	23
43	11-24	6-14	9-10	2	8	10	5	4	0	3	1	+8	37
26	3-8	2-5	0-0	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	3	-9	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	-1	2
37	5-11	2-4	0-0	1	4	5	3	1	1	0	2	+16	12
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
5	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	39-89	14-38	16-18	11	38	49	27	8	2	15	18		108
	43.8%	36.8%	88.9%

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

Lakers
126
Nuggets
132

Game 1

5/16

Lakers
103
Nuggets
108

Game 2

5/18

Nuggets
119
Lakers
108

Game 3

5/20

Nuggets
113
Lakers
111

Game 4

5/22

Ball Arena

8:30 PM, May 18, 2023Coverage: ESPN

Denver, CO

Line: DEN -5.5

Over/Under: 225.5

Attendance: 19,742

Referees:
Pat Fraher
Brian Forte
Tony Brothers
David Guthrie

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	15	11	.577	6.5	W1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

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