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113-120
Final
March 5, 2026 · Ball Arena
Denver NuggetsDenver Nuggets39-24

Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets · March 5, 2026

The Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 120-113 on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at home. Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists. Luka Doncic led the Lakers with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 steals. The Nuggets are 39-24 and the Lakers 37-25.

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Top performers · fantasy points · tap for shot chart

Nikola JokicDEN · 28 pts · 12 reb · 13 ast24.3 LeBron JamesLAL · 16 pts · 5 reb · 8 ast22.2 Luka DoncicLAL · 27 pts · 11 reb · 7 ast21.4 Austin ReavesLAL · 16 pts · 5 reb · 7 ast20.7 Jamal MurrayDEN · 28 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast20.1 Jaxson HayesLAL · 19 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast15.2

Shot charts

Lakers · 45/87 FG

Q1 11:26 · Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point jumper Q1 6:03 · Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot Q1 5:16 · Luka Doncic makes 13-foot pullup jump shot Q1 4:44 · Luka Doncic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaxson Hayes assists) Q1 2:16 · Luka Doncic misses running pullup jump shot Q2 7:31 · Luka Doncic makes 14-foot fade away jump shot Q2 7:01 · Luka Doncic makes 9-foot pullup jump shot Q2 5:52 · Luka Doncic misses 12-foot pullup jump shot Q2 5:31 · Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot Q2 4:11 · Luka Doncic makes 13-foot pullup jump shot Q2 2:49 · Luka Doncic makes 27-foot three point jumper Q2 32.6 · Luka Doncic misses driving layup Q3 11:07 · Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot Q3 8:08 · Luka Doncic misses driving layup Q3 7:54 · Luka Doncic makes two point shot Q3 5:40 · Luka Doncic makes running layup (LeBron James assists) Q3 1:53 · Luka Doncic makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot Q3 1:05 · Luka Doncic makes 30-foot three point jumper (Jake LaRavia assists) Q3 16.2 · Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point shot (Austin Reaves assists) Q4 6:24 · Luka Doncic misses 13-foot fade away jump shot Q4 5:21 · Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point jumper Q4 2:29 · Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot Q4 20.1 · Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point jumper Q4 1.9 · Luka Doncic misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot Q1 10:55 · Austin Reaves misses 12-foot pullup jump shot Q1 7:13 · Austin Reaves misses 11-foot pullup jump shot Q1 5:54 · Austin Reaves makes running layup Q2 5:08 · Austin Reaves makes driving layup Q2 4:42 · Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot Q3 10:06 · Austin Reaves makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) Q3 8:55 · Austin Reaves makes 13-foot pullup jump shot Q3 8:27 · Austin Reaves misses driving layup Q3 4:07 · Austin Reaves makes driving layup Q4 10:59 · Austin Reaves makes two point shot Q4 9:56 · Austin Reaves misses driving layup Q1 10:20 · Deandre Ayton misses driving layup Q1 9:22 · LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper Q1 8:10 · LeBron James makes 2-foot layup (Austin Reaves assists) Q1 6:35 · LeBron James makes 1-foot dunk (Luka Doncic assists) Q1 12.3 · LeBron James makes 12-foot two point shot Q2 8:21 · LeBron James makes two point shot (Marcus Smart assists) Q2 1.6 · LeBron James makes 18-foot turnaround jump shot Q3 7:59 · LeBron James misses running layup Q3 1:24 · LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper Q4 11:04 · LeBron James misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot Q4 7:29 · LeBron James makes running layup (Rui Hachimura assists) Q4 4:05 · LeBron James makes driving layup (Austin Reaves assists) Q1 7:43 · Marcus Smart misses driving floating jump shot Q3 10:34 · Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper Q3 7:22 · Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists) Q3 5:53 · Marcus Smart misses driving layup Q3 4:42 · Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists) Q4 4:52 · Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists) Q4 1:29 · Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point jumper Q4 57.3 · Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper Q4 19.4 · Marcus Smart misses tip shot Q1 4:12 · Rui Hachimura makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists) Q2 3:34 · Rui Hachimura makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists) Q3 6:27 · Rui Hachimura makes 28-foot running jump shot (Austin Reaves assists) Q3 2:52 · Rui Hachimura misses 17-foot jumper Q3 2:28 · Rui Hachimura misses running layup Q4 10:33 · Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper Q4 9:38 · Rui Hachimura makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) Q4 7:02 · Rui Hachimura makes running layup (LeBron James assists) Q4 3:06 · Rui Hachimura makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Austin Reaves assists) Q1 3:04 · Luke Kennard makes 9-foot fade away jump shot (Jaxson Hayes assists) Q2 11:48 · Luke Kennard makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) Q2 10:42 · Luke Kennard misses 10-foot pullup jump shot Q2 1:52 · Luke Kennard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists) Q3 29.7 · Luke Kennard misses 23-foot three point jumper Q4 11:29 · Luke Kennard misses 12-foot pullup jump shot Q1 2:30 · Jaxson Hayes misses layup Q2 9:10 · Jaxson Hayes makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists) Q2 8:11 · Jaxson Hayes makes 1-foot dunk (Marcus Smart assists) Q2 6:27 · Jaxson Hayes makes alley oop layup (Austin Reaves assists) Q3 11:44 · Jaxson Hayes makes alley oop layup (Luka Doncic assists) Q4 9:52 · Jaxson Hayes misses tip shot Q4 8:38 · Jaxson Hayes makes 5-foot layup (LeBron James assists) Q4 8:01 · Jaxson Hayes makes 2-foot dunk (LeBron James assists) Q4 5:53 · Jaxson Hayes makes alley oop layup (Luka Doncic assists) Q4 3:45 · Jaxson Hayes makes alley oop layup (Luka Doncic assists) Q1 1:38 · Jake LaRavia misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot Q1 48.2 · Jake LaRavia misses 23-foot three point jumper Q2 11:03 · Jake LaRavia misses driving floating jump shot Q3 3:27 · Jake LaRavia misses 26-foot three point jumper Q3 1:10 · Nikola Jokic blocks Jake LaRavia 's 5-foot driving layup Q4 7.9 · Jake LaRavia makes layup
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Nuggets · 39/76 FG

Q1 11:09 · Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jamal Murray assists) Q1 6:18 · Nikola Jokic makes two point shot Q1 5:32 · Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Christian Braun assists) Q1 3:21 · Nikola Jokic misses two point shot Q2 1:33 · Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot layup (Christian Braun assists) Q2 10.4 · Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists) Q2 0.2 · Nikola Jokic misses heave jump shot Q3 9:49 · Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot Q3 9:47 · Nikola Jokic makes two point shot Q3 9:20 · Nikola Jokic misses layup Q3 5:02 · Nikola Jokic misses 5-foot two point shot Q3 3:40 · Nikola Jokic makes tip shot Q3 1.7 · Nikola Jokic misses 23-foot three point shot Q4 6:11 · Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists) Q4 1:45 · Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot Q4 22.3 · Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot Q1 10:35 · Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 9:05 · Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer Q2 11:21 · Jamal Murray makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot Q2 10:19 · Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot Q2 9:28 · Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three pointer (Zeke Nnaji assists) Q2 8:52 · Jamal Murray misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 7:13 · Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 5:46 · Jamal Murray makes 22-foot running jump shot (Christian Braun assists) Q2 4:53 · Jamal Murray makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot Q2 3:47 · Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 3:08 · Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot Q3 11:27 · Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q3 6:16 · Jamal Murray makes 17-foot step back jumpshot Q4 10:44 · Jamal Murray misses 20-foot step back jumpshot Q4 6:44 · Jamal Murray misses 19-foot step back jumpshot Q4 3:19 · Jamal Murray misses 10-foot fade away jump shot Q4 34.3 · Jamal Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper Q1 10:15 · Christian Braun misses running layup Q1 9:41 · Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point jumper Q1 8:19 · Christian Braun misses running layup Q1 8:04 · Christian Braun makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists) Q1 4:27 · Christian Braun makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 2:23 · Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper Q2 6:09 · Christian Braun makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q3 9:09 · Christian Braun makes 2-foot reverse layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q3 7:37 · Christian Braun makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q3 5:24 · Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper Q3 4:25 · Christian Braun misses 22-foot three point jumper Q3 3:12 · Christian Braun makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 8:35 · Julian Strawther misses 24-foot three point jumper Q1 7:30 · Julian Strawther makes 5-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 6:21 · Julian Strawther misses driving floating jump shot Q2 2:16 · Julian Strawther makes running layup Q2 1:12 · Julian Strawther makes 26-foot running jump shot (Jamal Murray assists) Q2 46.8 · Julian Strawther misses 23-foot three point jumper Q3 10:49 · Julian Strawther makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q4 5:36 · Julian Strawther makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q4 4:22 · Julian Strawther makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot Q4 2:44 · Julian Strawther misses 27-foot three point jumper Q1 7:04 · Zeke Nnaji misses running layup Q2 9:58 · Zeke Nnaji makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Jonas Valanciunas assists) Q4 10:16 · Zeke Nnaji makes two point shot Q4 9:12 · Zeke Nnaji misses 23-foot three point jumper Q1 3:46 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Bruce Brown assists) Q1 2:52 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 30-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 1:52 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 16-foot fade away jump shot (Christian Braun assists) Q1 1:00 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 29-foot three point jumper Q2 10:05 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper Q4 11:51 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) Q4 8:22 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses driving layup Q1 2.8 · LeBron James blocks Tyus Jones 's 6-foot driving layup Q3 2:34 · Tyus Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper Q1 0.2 · Bruce Brown misses two point shot Q2 10:57 · Bruce Brown misses running dunk Q2 6:45 · Bruce Brown makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q2 4:26 · Bruce Brown makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists) Q3 3:45 · Bruce Brown misses driving layup Q3 2:17 · Bruce Brown makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q4 10:20 · Bruce Brown misses two point shot Q4 1:12 · Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
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Los Angeles Lakers box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Luka Doncic › 4027117403 11-243-102-43021.4
Austin Reaves › 381657300 6-111-23-42-420.7
LeBron James › 341658311 7-110-22-22-1022.2
Marcus Smart › 32912104 3-93-60-04+3-0.3
Rui Hachimura › 291623101 6-94-50-03+1013.3
Jaxson Hayes › 271952000 8-100-03-51+715.2
Luke Kennard › 20800001 3-62-30-02-71.9
Jake LaRavia › 10201000 1-60-30-02-16-2.4
Deandre Ayton › 5020000 0-10-00-01-130.3
Jarred Vanderbilt › 4010000 0-00-00-01-50.6
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Denver Nuggets box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Christian Braun › 401554001 6-122-61-20+89.8
Nikola Jokic › 38281213119 10-150-18-84+624.3
Jamal Murray › 382847002 8-175-97-73+920.1
Bruce Brown › 30861000 3-82-30-01+36.0
Julian Strawther › 291820102 6-102-54-54-19.9
Tim Hardaway Jr. › 261420000 4-72-44-50+59.5
Zeke Nnaji 24551101 2-41-20-0305.9
Jonas Valanciunas › 10441002 0-00-04-41+14.4
Tyus Jones › 6010001 0-20-10-00+4-2.7
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Rotation · who was on the floor, quarter by quarter

Los Angeles Lakers
Q1Q2Q3Q4
MIN
L. Doncic S
40
A. Reaves S
38
L. James S
34
M. Smart S
32
D. Ayton S
4
R. Hachimura
29
J. Hayes
28
L. Kennard
20
J. LaRavia
10
J. Vanderbilt
4
Denver Nuggets
Q1Q2Q3Q4
MIN
C. Braun S
40
J. Murray S
38
N. Jokic S
38
J. Strawther S
29
Z. Nnaji S
24
B. Brown
30
T. Hardaway Jr.
26
J. Valanciunas
10
T. Jones
6

Bars show when each player was on the court (hover or tap for the exact clock). S = starter. Rebuilt from the play-by-play substitutions.

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