Newer meeting, Mar 14: DEN 125, LAL 127

Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets: player stats (Mar 14, 2025)

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Los Angeles Lakers

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

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LAL

Game leaders

DEN

Points
Los Angeles Lakers: Austin Reaves37 PTS13-26 FG, 4-10 3P, 7-7 FT
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic28 PTS8-16 FG, 0-4 3P, 12-17 FT
Rebounds
Los Angeles Lakers: Austin Reaves8 REB0 OREB, 8 DREB
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic7 REB1 OREB, 6 DREB
Assists
Los Angeles Lakers: Austin Reaves13 AST37 PTS, 4 TOV
Denver Nuggets: Russell Westbrook7 AST17 PTS, 4 TOV

The Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 131-126 on March 14, 2025 at Ball Arena. Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets with 28 points; Austin Reaves scored 37 for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Los Angeles Lakers
Austin ReavesG	39:00	37	8	13	13-26	4-10	7-7	4	0	4	3	0
Dalton KnechtF	37:00	32	2	1	13-27	5-13	1-2	0	0	0	5	-10
Jordan GoodwinG	34:00	10	6	2	4-8	2-3	0-0	1	1	0	2	-8
Shake MiltonG	28:00	16	5	3	7-11	1-2	1-1	1	0	2	1	+10
Jarred VanderbiltF	24:00	9	7	7	3-6	1-2	2-4	3	0	1	4	-13
Markieff MorrisF	24:00	7	5	3	3-11	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	2	-5
Christian KolokoC	20:00	8	7	2	4-7	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	5	+13
Bronny JamesG	16:00	5	2	0	1-5	1-5	2-2	1	0	0	0	+8
Alex LenC	12:00	2	5	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	3	-8
Cameron ReddishF-G	7:00	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	-12
Team	241	126	47	32	49-105	15-40	13-16	10	2	8	25

DNP: Dorian Finney-Smith, LeBron James, Maxi Kleber, Jaxson Hayes, Gabe Vincent, Luka Doncic, Rui Hachimura, Trey Jemison

Denver Nuggets box score
Denver Nuggets
Jamal MurrayG	39:00	26	4	5	9-16	5-9	3-3	0	1	2	2	+6
Nikola JokicC	38:00	28	7	5	8-16	0-4	12-17	3	1	4	5	+2
Christian BraunG	35:00	22	5	6	9-10	2-3	2-2	1	0	1	1	+8
Michael Porter Jr.F	33:00	13	4	2	5-11	1-4	2-2	0	0	1	3	+11
Aaron GordonF	31:00	17	7	4	3-6	2-4	9-10	0	1	0	1	+16
Russell WestbrookG	28:00	17	6	7	7-16	3-6	0-0	1	0	4	2	+2
Zeke NnajiF-C	17:00	4	5	0	2-5	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	-11
Peyton WatsonG	16:00	4	1	1	1-5	0-1	2-4	2	1	0	0	-8
Jalen PickettG	2:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	-1
Team	239	131	39	30	44-85	13-31	30-38	7	5	12	15

DNP: PJ Hall, Trey Alexander, Dario Saric, DaRon Holmes II, Julian Strawther, Hunter Tyson, Spencer Jones, DeAndre Jordan, Vlatko Cancar

Team stats

Team stats: Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets
LAL	Stat	DEN
46.7%49-105	Field-goal percentage	51.8%(better)44-85
37.5%15-40	Three-point percentage	41.9%(better)13-31
81.3%(better)13-16	Free-throw percentage	78.9%30-38
47(better)	Rebounds	39
19(better)	Offensive rebounds	9
28	Defensive rebounds	30(better)
32(better)	Assists	30
10(better)	Steals	7
2	Blocks	5(better)
8(better)	Turnovers	12
25	Personal fouls	15(better)

Team advanced
LAL	Stat	DEN
102.5	Pace	103.3(better)
122.5	Off. rating	127.3(better)
127.3	Def. rating	122.5(better)
-4.9	Net rating	4.9(better)
56.2	TS%	64.4(better)
53.8	eFG%	59.4(better)
6.7(better)	TOV%	10.6
38.8(better)	OREB%	24.3
0.152	FT rate	0.447(better)
38.1(better)	3PA rate	36.5

Keel projection

How the projections do →

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

LAL 22%DEN 78%

Expected margin: DEN by 9.6
Result: DEN by 5: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 4.6 pts from the result. Its largest input: Roster strength (Impact × minutes), 3.6 pts toward DEN. 5 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

LAL 2, DEN 2

Nov 23Denver Nuggets 127, Los Angeles Lakers 102
Feb 22Los Angeles Lakers 123, Denver Nuggets 100
Mar 14 · this gameLos Angeles Lakers 126, Denver Nuggets 131
Mar 19Denver Nuggets 108, Los Angeles Lakers 120

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