Game completed

Los Angeles Lakers37-25113atDenver Nuggets39-24120 winner

Thu, Mar 5, 10:00 PM ESTBall Arena, Denver, COPrime Video · Spectrum SportsNet

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
LAL	22	32	32	27	113
DEN	32	32	29	27	120

Los Angeles Lakers

113

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron JamesSF	34	16	5	8	3	1	1	7-11	0-2	2-2	-10
Marcus SmartPF	32	9	1	2	1	0	4	3-9	3-6	0-0	+3
Deandre AytonC	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-13
Austin ReavesSG	38	16	5	7	3	0	0	6-11	1-2	3-4	-4
Luka DončićPG	40	27	11	7	4	0	3	11-24	3-10	2-4	0
Jaxson Hayes	27	19	5	2	0	0	0	8-10	0-0	3-5	+7
Rui Hachimura	29	16	2	3	1	0	1	6-9	4-5	0-0	+10
Luke Kennard	20	8	0	0	0	0	1	3-6	2-3	0-0	-7
Jake LaRavia	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-6	0-3	0-0	-16
Jarred Vanderbilt	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Team		113	38	30	12	1	10	45-87	13-31	10-15

DNP: Kobe Bufkin, Bronny James, Dalton Knecht, Adou Thiero, Maxi Kleber (injury), Chris Mañon, Nick Smith Jr., Drew Timme

Denver Nuggets

120

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian BraunSF	40	15	5	4	0	0	1	6-12	2-6	1-2	+8
Zeke NnajiPF	24	5	5	1	1	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	0
Nikola JokićC	38	28	12	13	1	1	9	10-15	0-1	8-8	+6
Julian StrawtherSG	29	18	2	0	1	0	2	6-10	2-5	4-5	-1
Jamal MurrayPG	38	28	4	7	0	0	2	8-17	5-9	7-7	+9
Tim Hardaway Jr.	26	14	2	0	0	0	0	4-7	2-4	4-5	+5
Bruce Brown	30	8	6	1	0	0	0	3-8	2-3	0-0	+3
Tyus Jones	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	+4
Jonas Valančiūnas	10	4	4	1	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	4-4	+1
Team		120	49	27	3	1	18	39-75	14-31	28-31

DNP: DaRon Holmes II, Jalen Pickett, David Roddy, Aaron Gordon (injury), Cameron Johnson (injury), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway), Spencer Jones (injury), KJ Simpson, Peyton Watson (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · DEN: 15
Biggest lead · LAL: 0
Times tied: 0
Lead changes: 0
Longest run · LAL: 12

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: DENTravel tax: LAL4 in 6: LALNational TV

DEN has the rest edge with 73h between tipoffs, 25.5h more than LAL.
LAL is carrying the heavier travel load at 831 mi from its previous stop.
LAL is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	LAL	DEN
Record	37-25	39-24
Days rest	1 day	2 days edge
Hours rest	47.5h	73h
Rest swing	-25.5h	+25.5h
Travel in	831 mi	370 mi edge
Zone change	+1h	0h
Body clock	1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 1	Homestand · 1 of 2
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	4 in 6	—
Fatigue Index	6	0 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

LAL carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 6 vs. DEN's 0.

How each side got here831 mi vs 370 mi

How each side got here

LAL

831 mi

Los Angeles, CADenver, CO

LAL came from Los Angeles, CA with 831 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Los Angeles, CA to Denver, CO

DEN

370 mi

Salt Lake City, UTDenver, CO

DEN came from Salt Lake City, UT with 370 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Salt Lake City, UT to Denver, CO

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 1 vs homestand 1 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

LAL

Road trip

LAL is on game 1 of 1 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles831 mi

DEN

Homestand

DEN is in game 1 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: streamingPrime Video
Local TV: LALSpectrum SportsNetin-market
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Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMLALESPN LA 710/980 KFWBSiriusXM

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