Newer meeting, Mar 14: DEN 125, LAL 127

Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets: player stats

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Los Angeles Lakers

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

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LAL

Game leaders

DEN

Points
Los Angeles Lakers: Luka Doncic38 PTS12-21 FG, 3-9 3P, 11-12 FT
Denver Nuggets: Jamal Murray28 PTS10-21 FG, 4-8 3P, 4-4 FT
Rebounds
Los Angeles Lakers: Luka Doncic13 REB0 OREB, 13 DREB
Denver Nuggets: Jalen Pickett6 REB1 OREB, 5 DREB
Assists
Los Angeles Lakers: Luka Doncic10 AST38 PTS, 3 TOV
Denver Nuggets: Jamal Murray11 AST28 PTS, 1 TOV

On January 20, 2026 at Ball Arena, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 115-107. Luka Doncic scored 38 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers, and Jamal Murray had 28 for the Denver Nuggets.

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Los Angeles Lakers
Luka DoncicF-G	36:00	38	13	10	12-21	3-9	11-12	2	0	3	2	-2
LeBron JamesF	34:00	19	9	8	8-15	1-1	2-6	0	0	6	2	+13
Marcus SmartG	31:00	15	2	1	4-9	3-6	4-5	0	0	0	2	+6
Jake LaRaviaF	27:00	7	1	2	3-5	0-2	1-1	0	0	3	2	+4
Deandre AytonC	15:00	4	8	0	2-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	-1
Rui HachimuraF	28:00	9	6	1	4-13	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	2	-2
Jaxson HayesC	23:00	9	5	0	4-5	0-0	1-4	0	2	0	2	+16
Jarred VanderbiltF	18:00	0	4	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	-2
Gabe VincentG	17:00	5	0	0	1-2	1-2	2-3	0	0	0	3	+3
Drew TimmeF	11:00	9	3	0	4-6	1-1	0-1	0	0	0	1	+5
Team	240	115	51	24	42-83	10-25	21-32	3	2	12	18

DNP: Bronny James, Dalton Knecht, Chris Mañon, Nick Smith Jr., Adou Thiero, Maxi Kleber, Austin Reaves, Kobe Bufkin

Denver Nuggets box score
Denver Nuggets
Peyton WatsonG	38:00	18	5	3	7-17	4-8	0-0	3	1	3	3	-6
Spencer JonesF	37:00	16	5	0	6-9	4-7	0-0	1	1	1	5	+6
Jamal MurrayG	36:00	28	2	11	10-21	4-8	4-4	0	0	1	2	-3
Aaron GordonF	32:00	18	4	5	6-9	2-4	4-8	0	0	0	1	-8
Jalen PickettG	26:00	7	6	4	3-9	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	2	-4
Tim Hardaway Jr.G	31:00	10	2	2	2-12	0-8	6-7	1	3	0	3	0
Bruce BrownG	22:00	4	4	2	2-6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	3	-21
Zeke NnajiF-C	18:00	6	3	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	2	-4
Team	240	107	31	27	39-87	15-37	14-19	6	7	5	21

DNP: DaRon Holmes II, Julian Strawther, Hunter Tyson, Tamar Bates, Curtis Jones, Cameron Johnson, Jonas Valanciunas, Christian Braun, Nikola Jokic

Team stats

Team stats: Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets
LAL	Stat	DEN
50.6%(better)42-83	Field-goal percentage	44.8%39-87
40.0%10-25	Three-point percentage	40.5%(better)15-37
65.6%21-32	Free-throw percentage	73.7%(better)14-19
51(better)	Rebounds	31
10(better)	Offensive rebounds	5
41(better)	Defensive rebounds	26
24	Assists	27(better)
3	Steals	6(better)
2	Blocks	7(better)
12	Turnovers	5(better)
18(better)	Personal fouls	21
32(better)	Bench points	20

Team advanced
LAL	Stat	DEN
97.2	Pace	97.2
118.3(better)	Off. rating	110.1
110.1(better)	Def. rating	118.3
8.2(better)	Net rating	-8.2
59.2(better)	TS%	56.1
56.6(better)	eFG%	53.4
11.0	TOV%	5.0(better)
27.8(better)	OREB%	10.9
0.386(better)	FT rate	0.218
30.1	3PA rate	42.5(better)

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

LAL 46%DEN 54%

Expected margin: DEN by 1.3
Result: LAL by 8: The projection missed.

The projected margin was 9.3 pts from the result. Its largest input: Net rating so far this season, 2.2 pts toward DEN. 3 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

LAL 2, DEN 1

Jan 20 · this gameLos Angeles Lakers 115, Denver Nuggets 107
Mar 5Los Angeles Lakers 113, Denver Nuggets 120
Mar 14Denver Nuggets 125, Los Angeles Lakers 127

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