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Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets

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Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

LAL

Season leaders, per game

DEN
The teams side by side: Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets compared, with league ranks
LALStatDEN
53–29Record54–28
Offense
1.8, 14th in the leagueNet rating7th in the league, 5.1(better)
116.2, 8th in the leagueOffensive rating1st in the league, 120.3(better)
100.0, 22nd in the leaguePace20th in the league, 100.2
57.3, 2nd in the leagueeFG%1st in the league, 57.7(better)
12.6, 20th in the leagueTOV%3rd in the league, 10.9(better)
23.9(better), 22nd in the leagueOREB%25th in the league, 23.6
0.320(better), 1st in the leagueFT rate4th in the league, 0.294
Defense
114.4(better), 19th in the leagueDefensive rating21st in the league, 115.3
55.5, 22nd in the leagueOpp. eFG%15th in the league, 54.3(better)
12.6(better), 11th in the leagueOpp. TOV%30th in the league, 10.0
74.3, 13th in the leagueDREB%7th in the league, 75.3(better)
0.241(better), 5th in the leagueOpp. FT rate12th in the league, 0.254

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Los Angeles Lakers

Nobody listed.

Denver Nuggets

Key players · LAL: Los Angeles Lakers key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Luka Doncic35.833.57.78.334.0 / 6.0 / 7.04.6
Austin Reaves34.523.34.75.520.8 / 4.4 / 5.43.2
Quentin Grimes29.513.43.63.39.8 / 2.6 / 1.40.1
Jake LaRavia25.28.24.01.87.2 / 5.2 / 2.0-0.3
Collin Sexton23.715.42.33.318.2 / 5.2 / 3.0-1.0
Key players · DEN: Denver Nuggets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Jamal Murray35.425.44.47.123.6 / 4.6 / 6.82.8
Nikola Jokic34.827.712.910.725.4 / 12.6 / 9.87.2
Christian Braun31.812.04.82.714.6 / 5.0 / 2.00.8
DeMar DeRozan31.318.42.94.121.2 / 2.6 / 4.6-1.0
Cameron Johnson30.512.23.82.415.4 / 5.2 / 3.82.0

Last five games

Los Angeles Lakers: Los Angeles Lakers: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 11 vs OKCLost 110–115––
May 9 vs OKCLost 108–131––
May 7 @ OKCLost 107–125––
May 5 @ OKCLost 90–108––
May 1 @ HOUWon 98–78––
Denver Nuggets: Denver Nuggets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 30 @ MINLost 98–110––
Apr 27 vs MINWon 125–113––
Apr 25 @ MINLost 96–112––
Apr 23 @ MINLost 96–113––
Apr 20 vs MINLost 114–119––
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1OKC6418.780–7-3
2SAS6220.75628-2
3DEN5428.6591010-0
4LAL5329.646117-3
5HOU5230.634129-1
6MIN4933.598155-5

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

LAL attack against DEN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards48.2 (lg 49.8) , 20th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 19th in the league14.1 (lg 14.2) , 18th in the league
Forwards39.3 (lg 37.4) , 7th in the league15.1 (lg 15.3) , 17th in the league7.9 (lg 7.0) , 2nd in the league
Centers10.0 (lg 10.7) , 20th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 24th in the league1.3 (lg 1.9) , 29th in the league
DEN attack against LAL defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards50.7 (lg 49.8) , 12th in the league12.5 (lg 13.6) , 28th in the league15.0 (lg 14.2) , 7th in the league
Forwards37.8 (lg 37.4) , 14th in the league14.4 (lg 15.3) , 23rd in the league7.2 (lg 7.0) , 12th in the league
Centers9.8 (lg 10.7) , 22nd in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 22nd in the league1.9 (lg 1.9) , 13th in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.