OUT: Mo. LBJ/AD didn't shoot well and weren't nasty enough to get to the rim.
5 guys in DFs with LBJ/AD getting DD and LBJ 1 RB short of a TD, but they were
13-34 which sucks. Let's hope somebody learns to attack the rim and break the
opponents arms off instead of trying to finesse a score. And keep them out of
the paint and get back in transition and learn to RB (-7 ORBs). I'm not pleased.
103-108 Lakers lose by 5.
FBP: 7 vs 9; PIP: 48 vs 46; POT: 21 vs 14; SCP: 6 vs 7.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF PM EFF
James 22 (47 /0 /100)/ 9/10/ 2/ 4/ 3/ 2/ +4/+34 DD
Reaves 22 (50 /56 /100)/ 3/ 5/ 0/ 1/ 2/ 3/+13/+21
Hachimura 21 (80 /50 /100)/ 2/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 4/ -5/+22
Davis 18 (27 /33 /82 )/14/ 4/ 4/ 1/ 4/ 4/-10/+24 DD
Russell 10 (38 /20 /75 )/ 3/ 5/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 2/-16/+14

Next games following:
WCF Game 3 LAL vs DEN: Sat May 20 17:30 -- -- Ball Arena (ABC)
WCF Game 4 LAL vs DEN: Mon May 22 17:30 -- -- Ball Arena (ESPN)
WCF Game 5 LAL at DEN: Wed May 24 17:30 -- -- Ball Arena (ESPN)

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Quarterly Laker scoring leaders/notes (pluses OR/ST/BL; minuses TO/PF/oOR):

Q1 - Sloppy D, 5 TOs, poor DRBing - shooting 42% vs 46%; pluses 3/2/2; minuses
5/4/3. Reaves 7, Russell/Hachimura 6, Vanderbilt 4. 27-27=+0Q.

Q2 - Lakers settle for a +5 H, but need better RBing/shooting - once again, I'm
not liking the refs calls - shooting 41% vs 36%; pluses 0/1/2; minuses
1/4/3. Hachimura 11, James 8, Davis 5. 26-21=+5Q.

Q3 - DEN shaves 2 off the deficit - Lkaers need to step up the E/E/F in Q4 and
get the split - shooting 48% vs 46%; pluses 0/3/1; minuses 1/3/3. James 6,
Davis/Reaves 5, Russell/Schroder 4. 26-28=-2Q (79-76=+3).

Q4 - Mediocre O/D and 5 TOs cost LA a W - shooting 45% vs 50%; pluses 1/4/2;
minuses 5/8/2. Reaves 8, Davis/James 6. 24-32=-8Q.

H1 - So-so H, but would like to have seen a bigger lead after 1 - shooting 42%
vs 40%; pluses 3/3/4; minuses 6/8/6. Hachimura 17, James 10, Reaves 9,
Davis 7, Russell 6. 53-48=+5H.

H2 - Lakers only 24% from 3 vs 46% and -4 in ORBs costs a W - shooting 46% vs
48%; pluses 1/7/3; minuses 6/11/5. 50-60=-10H.

FG - Lakers didn't have enough O to get a W - D was good enough if they could
make some shots - shooting 44% vs 44%; pluses 4/10/7; minuses 12/19/11.
103-108=-5G.

Team scoring by Q (FG%/FG-AT includes 3P%/3P-AT):
Lakers Opponent Lakers Opponent
Q FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG% 3P% FT% FG% 3P% FT% LAL OPP
Q1 8-19 3-8 8-9 10-22 2-8 5-6 42.1 37.5 88.9 45.5 25 83.3 27 27
Q2 9-22 1-5 7-7 9-25 2-8 1-1 40.9 20 100 36 25 100 26 21
Q3 10-21 1-8 5-6 11-24 3-9 3-3 47.6 12.5 83.3 45.8 33.3 100 26 28
Q4 9-20 3-9 3-4 9-18 7-13 7-8 45 33.3 75 50 53.8 87.5 24 32

H1 17-41 4-13 15-16 19-47 4-16 6-7 41.5 30.8 93.8 40.4 25 85.7 53 48
A3 27-62 5-21 20-22 30-71 7-25 9-10 43.5 23.8 90.9 42.3 28 90 79 76
H2 19-41 4-17 8-10 20-42 10-22 10-11 46.3 23.5 80 47.6 45.5 90.9 50 60
FL 36-82 8-30 23-26 39-89 14-38 16-18 43.9 26.7 88.5 43.8 36.8 88.9 103 108

Team stats by Q (RB includes team RBs):
Lakers Opponent Diff
Q AS RB OR ST BL TO PF OR AS RB ST BL TO PF AS RB OR ST BL TO PF
Q1 7 14 3 2 2 5 4 3 7 11 4 0 5 6 +3 -2 +2 -2
Q2 7 15 0 1 2 1 4 3 8 14 0 0 2 5 -1 +1 -3 +1 +2 -1 -1
Q3 6 10 0 3 1 1 3 3 7 15 0 1 4 4 -1 -5 -3 +3 -3 -1
Q4 6 9 1 4 2 5 8 2 5 13 4 1 6 3 +1 -4 -1 +1 -1 +5

H1 14 29 3 3 4 6 8 6 15 25 4 0 7 11 -1 +4 -3 -1 +4 -1 -3
A3 20 39 3 6 5 7 11 9 22 40 4 1 11 15 -2 -1 -6 +2 +4 -4 -4
H2 12 19 1 7 3 6 11 5 12 28 4 2 10 7 -9 -4 +3 +1 -4 +4
FL 26 48 4 10 7 12 19 11 27 53 8 2 17 18 -1 -5 -7 +2 +5 -5 +1

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 27 26 26 24 103
Denver Nuggets 27 21 28 32 108 - Final

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
LeBron James SF 40 9-19 0-6 4-4 0 9 10 3 4 2 2 22 20 +4 +34
Jarred Vanderbilt PF 16 1-2 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 -10 +5
Anthony Davis C 41 4-15 1-3 9-11 1 14 4 4 1 4 4 18 16 -10 +24
Austin Reaves SG 36 8-16 5-9 1-1 1 3 5 2 1 0 3 22 22 +13 +21
D'Angelo Russell PG 33 3-8 1-5 3-4 0 3 5 1 2 1 2 10 11 -16 +14
Dennis Schroder 30 2-9 0-3 0-0 1 6 0 1 1 0 2 4 5 +5 +3
Lonnie Walker IV 13 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 -6 +2
Rui Hachimura 30 8-10 1-2 4-4 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 21 25 -5 +22
Tristan Thompson 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Malik Beasley 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Troy Brown Jr. 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Max Christie 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Wenyen Gabriel 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Shaquille Harrison 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Mo Bamba DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 36-82 8-30 23-26 4 48 26 12 10 7 19 103
Percent 43.9% 26.7% 88.5%

Fastbreak points: 7
Points in the paint: 48
Points off turnovers: 21
Second chance pts: 6
Biggest lead: 11
Technical fouls: 0

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Michael Porter Jr. SF 31 5-10 4-7 2-2 0 7 3 3 0 0 3 16 19 +1 +18
Aaron Gordon PF 39 5-9 0-2 0-0 2 4 2 3 0 1 2 10 9 +4 +10
Nikola Jokic C 42 9-21 0-3 5-6 4 17 12 5 3 0 3 23 20 +7 +37
Kentavious Caldwel SG 26 3-8 2-5 0-0 1 3 2 1 0 0 3 8 11 -9 +7
Jamal Murray PG 43 11-24 6-14 9-10 2 10 5 3 4 0 1 37 31 +8 +39
Bruce Brown 37 5-11 2-4 0-0 1 5 3 0 1 1 2 12 12 +16 +16
Christian Braun 04 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 -1
Jeff Green 15 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 -1 +1
Reggie Jackson 03 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1 +0
Thomas Bryant 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Vlatko Cancar 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
DeAndre Jordan 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Zeke Nnaji 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Ish Smith 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Peyton Watson 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Totals 240 39-89 14-38 16-18 11 53 27 17 8 2 18 108
Percent 43.8% 36.8% 88.9%

Fastbreak points: 9
Points in the paint: 46
Points off turnovers: 14
Second chance pts: 7
Biggest lead: 12
Technical fouls: 0

Lead changes: 11
Times tied: 9
Officials:
25: Tony Brothers
26: Pat Fraher
16: David Guthrie
45: Brian Forte
Venue: Ball Arena - Denver, CO
Attendance: 19742

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 27 26 26 79
Denver Nuggets 27 21 28 76 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
LeBron James SF 28 6-12 0-3 4-4 0 8 7 2 3 1 1 16 21 +12 +27
Jarred Vanderbilt PF 14 1-2 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 -7 +4
Anthony Davis C 31 2-10 0-0 8-9 0 9 3 1 1 3 3 12 14 -5 +18
Austin Reaves SG 29 5-12 3-7 1-1 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 14 17 +14 +10
D'Angelo Russell PG 28 3-8 1-5 3-4 0 3 5 1 2 1 2 10 13 -10 +14
Dennis Schroder 22 2-8 0-3 0-0 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 4 7 +10 +3
Lonnie Walker IV 08 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1 +1
Rui Hachimura 19 8-9 1-2 2-2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 19 36 +0 +20
Tristan Thompson 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Malik Beasley 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Troy Brown Jr. 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Max Christie 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Wenyen Gabriel 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Shaquille Harrison 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Mo Bamba DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 180 27-62 5-21 20-22 3 39 20 7 6 5 11 79
Percent 43.5% 23.8% 90.9%