Game completed

Denver Nuggets41-27125atLos Angeles Lakers42-25127

Sat, Mar 14, 8:30 PM EDTCrypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CAABC

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	T
DEN	26	24	37	31	7	125
LAL	34	27	26	31	9	127

Denver Nuggets

125

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	43	18	4	3	1	1	2	6-13	4-10	2-2	+15
Aaron GordonPF	35	27	5	2	0	2	3	9-16	5-10	4-7	-3
Nikola JokićC	43	24	16	14	5	1	4	10-19	2-6	2-2	+6
Christian BraunSG	33	12	1	3	1	0	1	5-9	0-2	2-2	-6
Jamal MurrayPG	36	5	6	6	2	0	2	1-14	1-7	2-3	-9
Tim Hardaway Jr.	29	20	1	3	2	0	1	6-13	4-10	4-4	+2
Spencer Jones	23	5	3	0	1	0	0	2-4	1-1	0-0	-2
Bruce Brown	20	12	4	2	1	1	0	4-6	2-3	2-2	-5
Jonas Valančiūnas	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Team		125	52	33	13	5	15	44-95	19-49	18-22

DNP: Tyus Jones, Zeke Nnaji, Jalen Pickett, David Roddy, Julian Strawther, DaRon Holmes II (gleague on assignment), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway), KJ Simpson (gleague twoway), Peyton Watson (injury)

Los Angeles Lakers

127

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron JamesSF	40	17	6	5	2	0	5	7-13	1-3	2-3	+6
Marcus SmartPF	35	21	3	2	5	1	0	8-15	5-12	0-0	+16
Deandre AytonC	27	9	9	2	0	1	2	4-6	0-0	1-4	+1
Austin ReavesSG	46	32	7	6	1	1	3	12-21	3-8	5-6	+7
Luka DončićPG	43	30	11	13	1	3	6	10-26	4-14	6-9	-4
Luke Kennard	16	3	1	2	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-9
Rui Hachimura	25	6	4	0	0	0	0	3-6	0-3	0-0	-8
Jaxson Hayes	21	5	4	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	3-4	-2
Jake LaRavia	12	4	1	1	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Team		127	59	31	10	6	16	48-93	14-42	17-26

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

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · LAL: 17
Biggest lead · DEN: 8
Times tied: 7
Lead changes: 9
Longest run · LAL: 9

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Travel tax: DENBody clock: DEN4 in 6: DENNational TV

DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,206 mi from its previous stop.
DEN is dealing with west-to-east pressure: -1h on the body clock and -2h of zone shift.
DEN is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
DEN is in game 2 of 2 on the road with 805 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	LAL
Record	41-27	42-25
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	47.5h	46h
Rest swing	+1.5h	-1.5h
Travel in	1,206 mi	0 mi
Zone change	-2h	0h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 2	Homestand · 5 of 5
Miles before tip	805 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	4 in 6	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

DEN

1,206 mi

San Antonio, TXLos Angeles, CA

DEN came from San Antonio, TX with 1,206 mi of travel and -2h of time-zone change.

San Antonio, TX to Los Angeles, CA

LAL

0 mi

Los Angeles, CANo travel

LAL stayed in Los Angeles, CA between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Los Angeles, CA

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 2 of 2 on the road, with 805 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip805 mi

Segment miles2,011 mi

LAL

Homestand

LAL is in game 5 of 5 on this homestand.

Game in segment5 of 5

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

National: ABC
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Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMLALESPN LA 710/980 KFWBSiriusXM

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