Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers
- Lonnie Walker IV misses driving layup
- Dennis Schroder makes driving layup
- Patrick Beverley makes two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Aaron Gordon blocks Dennis Schroder 's 3-foot driving layup
- Anthony Davis misses 20-foot jumper
- Dennis Schroder makes 24-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Bruce Brown blocks Anthony Davis's two point shot
- Lonnie Walker IV makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
- Patrick Beverley makes driving layup (Dennis Schroder assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses 4-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Max Christie misses two point shot
- Thomas Bryant makes dunk (Troy Brown Jr. assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- Jeff Green blocks LeBron James's driving layup
- Russell Westbrook makes 15-foot jump bank shot
- Thomas Bryant makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes 26-foot three point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Dennis Schroder misses three point jumper
- Bruce Brown blocks Dennis Schroder 's 5-foot driving layup
- LeBron James misses 18-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses layup
- Austin Reaves makes 3-foot layup (Anthony Davis assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 8-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- LeBron James makes dunk
- Austin Reaves misses 18-foot jumper
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses 5-foot two point shot
- Thomas Bryant misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Dennis Schroder misses driving layup
- Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Dennis Schroder makes 23-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes dunk (Thomas Bryant assists)
- Thomas Bryant makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Dennis Schroder misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Thomas Bryant makes two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Thomas Bryant misses two point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
- Thomas Bryant makes hook shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Dennis Schroder makes driving layup
- Austin Reaves makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Dennis Schroder misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Dennis Schroder makes 23-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Lonnie Walker IV misses 25-foot three point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses layup
- Max Christie misses tip shot
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Max Christie makes 28-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Max Christie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lonnie Walker IV assists)
- Max Christie misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses 19-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes 16-foot two point shot
- Thomas Bryant makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Thomas Bryant makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Thomas Bryant makes layup
- Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 3-foot layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- LeBron James makes 19-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
- LeBron James misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes tip shot
- Dennis Schroder misses driving layup
- Thomas Bryant makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Kendrick Nunn misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point shot
- Anthony Davis blocks Aaron Gordon 's 6-foot driving layup
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot hook shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes driving layup
- Christian Braun misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green makes two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
- Bones Hyland misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Bones Hyland makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Christian Braun misses 25-foot three point jumper
- DeAndre Jordan makes two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
- Bones Hyland misses driving floating jump shot
- Jeff Green misses tip shot
- Jeff Green makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup (Jeff Green assists)
- Troy Brown Jr. blocks Bones Hyland's two point shot
- Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Bones Hyland misses 29-foot step back jumpshot
- Bones Hyland makes driving layup
- Bones Hyland misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- DeAndre Jordan makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Jeff Green makes 23-foot running pullup jump shot (Davon Reed assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes layup (Bruce Brown assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses layup
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
- Davon Reed misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk
- Bruce Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic misses 19-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 16-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Bruce Brown misses two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Bruce Brown assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bruce Brown makes 25-foot three point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 20-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Jeff Green misses layup
- Nikola Jokic makes 14-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 8-foot two point shot
- Bones Hyland misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Austin Reaves blocks Nikola Jokic's two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown misses 23-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray misses three point jumper
- Jeff Green misses tip shot
- Jeff Green misses tip shot
- Jamal Murray makes dunk
- Bones Hyland misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown misses hook shot
- Jamal Murray makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Max Christie blocks Jamal Murray 's 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Ish Smith makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Zeke Nnaji misses 22-foot jumper
- Vlatko Cancar makes 26-foot three point jumper (Davon Reed assists)
NUGGETS
LAKERS
| TIME | PLAY | DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Nikola Jokic vs. Anthony Davis (Lonnie Walker IV gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:52 | Lonnie Walker IV misses driving layup | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:52 | Jamal Murray defensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:43 | Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) | 3 | 0 | |
| 11:28 | Dennis Schroder makes driving layup | 3 | 2 | |
| 11:18 | Jamal Murray lost ball turnover (Dennis Schroder steals) | 3 | 2 | |
| 11:12 | Patrick Beverley makes two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists) | 3 | 4 | |
| 10:53 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) | 6 | 4 | |
| 10:39 | LeBron James makes driving layup | 6 | 6 | |
| 10:19 | Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists) | 8 | 6 | |
| 10:07 | Nikola Jokic kicked ball violation | 8 | 6 | |
| 9:55 | Aaron Gordon blocks Dennis Schroder 's 3-foot driving layup | 8 | 6 | |
| 9:55 | Lakers offensive team rebound | 8 | 6 | |
| 9:51 | Anthony Davis misses 20-foot jumper | 8 | 6 | |
| 9:48 | Jamal Murray defensive rebound | 8 | 6 | |
| 9:44 | Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point shot | 8 | 6 | |
| 9:41 | LeBron James defensive rebound | 8 | 6 | |
| 9:36 | Dennis Schroder makes 24-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists) | 8 | 9 | |
| 9:14 | LeBron James shooting foul | 8 | 9 | |
| 9:14 | Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2 | 8 | 9 | |
| 9:14 | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 8 | 9 | |
| 9:14 | Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2 | 9 | 9 | |
| 8:58 | Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper | 9 | 9 | |
| 8:54 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope defensive rebound | 9 | 9 | |
| 8:41 | Jamal Murray bad pass (Anthony Davis steals) | 9 | 9 | |
| 8:38 | Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists) | 9 | 11 | |
| 8:25 | Anthony Davis blocks Aaron Gordon 's 6-foot driving layup | 9 | 11 | |
| 8:25 | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | 9 | 11 | |
| 8:20 | Bruce Brown blocks Anthony Davis's two point shot | 9 | 11 | |
| 8:20 | Lakers offensive team rebound | 9 | 11 | |
| 8:12 | Lonnie Walker IV makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists) | 9 | 14 | |
| 7:57 | Lonnie Walker IV shooting foul | 9 | 14 | |
| 7:57 | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2 | 10 | 14 | |
| 7:57 | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 14 | |
| 7:36 | Patrick Beverley makes driving layup (Dennis Schroder assists) | 11 | 16 | |
| 7:28 | Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) | 13 | 16 | |
| 7:17 | Lonnie Walker IV misses 26-foot three point jumper | 13 | 16 | |
| 7:13 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 13 | 16 | |
| 7:11 | Dennis Schroder shooting foul | 13 | 16 | |
| 7:11 | Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2 | 14 | 16 | |
| 7:11 | Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2 | 15 | 16 | |
| 6:59 | Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists) | 15 | 18 | |
| 6:51 | Aaron Gordon misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot | 15 | 18 | |
| 6:49 | Lonnie Walker IV defensive rebound | 15 | 18 | |
| 6:38 | Lonnie Walker IV traveling | 15 | 18 | |
| 6:38 | Lakers Full timeout | 15 | 18 | |
| 6:38 | Christian Braun enters the game for Jamal Murray | 15 | 18 | |
| 6:17 | Christian Braun offensive charge | 15 | 18 | |
| 6:17 | Christian Braun turnover | 15 | 18 | |
| 6:17 | Russell Westbrook enters the game for Dennis Schroder | 15 | 18 | |
| 6:17 | Austin Reaves enters the game for Patrick Beverley | 15 | 18 | |
| 5:57 | LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper | 15 | 18 | |
| 5:54 | Russell Westbrook offensive rebound | 15 | 18 | |
| 5:53 | LeBron James makes two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists) | 15 | 20 | |
| 5:36 | Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot hook shot | 17 | 20 | |
| 5:21 | Russell Westbrook steps out of bounds turnover | 17 | 20 | |
| 5:06 | Nikola Jokic makes layup | 19 | 20 | |
| 5:06 | Anthony Davis shooting foul | 19 | 20 | |
| 5:06 | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1 | 20 | 20 | |
| 4:55 | Aaron Gordon shooting foul | 20 | 20 | |
| 4:55 | Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2 | 20 | 21 | |
| 4:55 | Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2 | 20 | 22 | |
| 4:43 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses pullup jump shot | 20 | 22 | |
| 4:41 | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | 20 | 22 | |
| 4:34 | Anthony Davis makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot | 20 | 24 | |
| 4:27 | Bruce Brown makes driving layup | 22 | 24 | |
| 4:21 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope shooting foul | 22 | 24 | |
| 4:21 | LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2 | 22 | 24 | |
| 4:21 | Lakers offensive team rebound | 22 | 24 | |
| 4:21 | Jeff Green enters the game for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 22 | 24 | |
| 4:21 | Bones Hyland enters the game for Aaron Gordon | 22 | 24 | |
| 4:21 | LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2 | 22 | 25 | |
| 4:07 | Christian Braun misses 25-foot three point jumper | 22 | 25 | |
| 4:04 | LeBron James defensive rebound | 22 | 25 | |
| 4:00 | LeBron James misses two point shot | 22 | 25 | |
| 3:57 | Bones Hyland defensive rebound | 22 | 25 | |
| 3:56 | Jeff Green makes two point shot (Bones Hyland assists) | 24 | 25 | |
| 3:56 | Lonnie Walker IV shooting foul | 24 | 25 | |
| 3:56 | Troy Brown Jr. enters the game for Lonnie Walker IV | 24 | 25 | |
| 3:56 | Max Christie enters the game for LeBron James | 24 | 25 | |
| 3:56 | Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 1 | 25 | 25 | |
| 3:32 | Russell Westbrook misses 4-foot two point shot | 25 | 25 | |
| 3:30 | Christian Braun defensive rebound | 25 | 25 | |
| 3:21 | Nikola Jokic out of bounds lost ball turnover | 25 | 25 | |
| 3:09 | Anthony Davis makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists) | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:54 | Bones Hyland misses 27-foot three point jumper | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:52 | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:40 | Austin Reaves out of bounds bad pass turnover | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:40 | Nuggets Full timeout | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:40 | Thomas Bryant enters the game for Anthony Davis | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:40 | DeAndre Jordan enters the game for Bruce Brown | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:40 | Jamal Murray enters the game for Nikola Jokic | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:24 | Jeff Green lost ball turnover (Russell Westbrook steals) | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:22 | Christian Braun shooting foul | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:22 | Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2 | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:22 | Lakers offensive team rebound | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:22 | Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2 | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:20 | Jeff Green defensive rebound | 25 | 27 | |
| 2:11 | Bones Hyland makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot | 27 | 27 | |
| 2:11 | Max Christie shooting foul | 27 | 27 | |
| 2:11 | Bones Hyland makes free throw 1 of 1 | 28 | 27 | |
| 1:59 | Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot | 28 | 27 | |
| 1:58 | Max Christie offensive rebound | 28 | 27 | |
| 1:57 | Max Christie misses two point shot | 28 | 27 | |
| 1:54 | Jeff Green defensive rebound | 28 | 27 | |
| 1:38 | Christian Braun misses 25-foot three point jumper | 28 | 27 | |
| 1:36 | Max Christie defensive rebound | 28 | 27 | |
| 1:32 | DeAndre Jordan shooting foul | 28 | 27 | |
| 1:32 | Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2 | 28 | 28 | |
| 1:32 | Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2 | 28 | 28 | |
| 1:28 | DeAndre Jordan defensive rebound | 28 | 28 | |
| 1:19 | Jamal Murray bad pass (Troy Brown Jr. steals) | 28 | 28 | |
| 1:14 | Thomas Bryant makes dunk (Troy Brown Jr. assists) | 28 | 30 | |
| 1:04 | Bones Hyland traveling | 28 | 30 | |
| 59.1 | Russell Westbrook traveling | 28 | 30 | |
| 38.1 | DeAndre Jordan makes two point shot (Bones Hyland assists) | 30 | 30 | |
| 31.1 | Russell Westbrook makes driving layup | 30 | 32 | |
| 11.1 | Bones Hyland misses driving floating jump shot | 30 | 32 | |
| 11.0 | Jeff Green offensive rebound | 30 | 32 | |
| 11.0 | Jeff Green misses tip shot | 30 | 32 | |
| 11.0 | Jeff Green offensive rebound | 30 | 32 | |
| 11.0 | Jeff Green makes tip shot | 32 | 32 | |
| 11.0 | Bones Hyland technical foul (1st technical foul) | 32 | 32 | |
| 11.0 | Austin Reaves makes technical free throw | 32 | 33 | |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 32 | 33 | |
Regular Season Series
LAL lead 2-1
Game Information
crypto.com Arena
10:00 PM, December 16, 2022Coverage: ESPN
Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18,505
- Referees:
- Josh Tiven
- Eric Dalen
- John Butler
2025-26 Northwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 11 | 1 | .917 | - | W3 |
| Denver | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2 | W5 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.5 | W3 |
| Portland | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5 | L2 |
| Utah | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.5 | W1 |
2025-26 Pacific Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 8 | 3 | .727 | - | W1 |
| Phoenix | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | W3 |
| Golden State | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.5 | L1 |
| LA Clippers | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.5 | L5 |
| Sacramento | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | L3 |

