Game Leaders
A. DavisPF - LAL32PTS12/23FG8/9FTN. JokicC - DEN32PTS15/23FG1/2FT
LALDEN
Field Goal %
49.4
46.1
Three Point %
27.6
35.7
Turnovers
12
6
Game Information
Ball Arena
8:30 PM, April 20, 2024Coverage: ABC
Denver, CO
Line
:
DEN -6.5
Over/Under
:
227.5
Attendance
:
19,731
- Referees:
- John Goble
- Eric Dalen
- Mitchell Ervin
- Nick Buchert
Video Highlights
1:28
2:40
Jokic-inspired Nuggets overpower Lakers to take Game 1
0:41
0:21
Nikola Jokic punctuates chaotic sequence with fast-break flush
0:23
Nikola Jokic leads NBA champ Denver Nuggets past LeBron James and Lakers 114-103 in playoff opener— Unlike their crowd that drowned out the Los Angeles Lakers' pregame introductions, the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets were a little late to the playoff party Saturday night.Apr 21, 2025, 07:53 am - AP
Shot Chart
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot driving dunk
- Austin Reaves blocks Jamal Murray 's 4-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 20-foot jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
- Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 1-foot dunk
- LeBron James blocks Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 's 7-foot two point shot
- Peyton Watson makes driving layup
- Christian Braun misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 2-foot driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot dunk (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Justin Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince blocks Christian Braun 's 2-foot driving layup
- Christian Braun misses 2-foot tip shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 68-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
- Peyton Watson misses 11-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- DeAndre Jordan makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Justin Holiday misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Reggie Jackson misses 6-foot two point shot
- Reggie Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot hook shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 68-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 5-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis blocks Jamal Murray 's 2-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 16-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Reggie Jackson misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Reggie Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 1-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis blocks Jamal Murray 's 3-foot driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes 22-foot step back three pointer
- Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 1-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 5-foot driving layup
- Nikola Jokic misses 20-foot jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot dunk
- Jamal Murray misses 17-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
- Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Jamal Murray makes alley oop layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 6-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 5-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Davis misses driving layup
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot (Rui Hachimura assists)
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Taurean Prince makes 1-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Taurean Prince misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 11-foot two point shot
- Taurean Prince misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Taurean Prince makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 9-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura misses driving layup
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot two point shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. blocks Anthony Davis 's 4-foot driving layup
- Jamal Murray blocks LeBron James 's 2-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes dunk
- D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 19-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses 7-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 2-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes 32-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes 29-foot three pointer
- Anthony Davis makes alley oop dunk shot (LeBron James assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses layup
- LeBron James makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. blocks Taurean Prince 's 5-foot driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- DeAndre Jordan blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 4-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three pointer (Austin Reaves assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot
- Taurean Prince makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot
- Austin Reaves makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses layup
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot
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2023-24 Pacific Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Clippers | 51 | 31 | .622 | - | L3 |
| Phoenix | 49 | 33 | .598 | 2 | W3 |
| LA Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 4 | W2 |
| Sacramento | 46 | 36 | .561 | 5 | W1 |
| Golden State | 46 | 36 | .561 | 5 | W1 |
2023-24 Northwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 57 | 25 | .695 | - | W5 |
| Denver | 57 | 25 | .695 | - | W1 |
| Minnesota | 56 | 26 | .683 | 1 | L1 |
| Utah | 31 | 51 | .378 | 26 | L1 |
| Portland | 21 | 61 | .256 | 36 | L5 |
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