OUT: Vando, JHS. Looks like they haven't learned how to beat DEN yet. Rule #1
don't let DEN into the paint. Rule #2 always drive on Joker and curl to get
him in FT. 5 Lakers in DFs - 3 close to DDs. D'lo with only 11 and AD/AR/D'lo
all shooting in the 30s - gotta shoot better than that. 107-119 Lakers lose by
12.

FBP: 9 vs 7; PIP: 58 vs 52; POT: 18 vs 20; SCP: 4 vs 17.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF PM EFF
James 21 (63 /25 /0 )/ 8/ 5/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 1/ +7/ +0
Prince 18 (75 /67 /100)/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 0/-14/ +0
Davis 17 (35 /50 /100)/ 8/ 4/ 2/ 0/ 2/ 3/-17/ +0
Reaves 14 (36 /50 /71 )/ 8/ 4/ 0/ 2/ 2/ 2/-14/ +0
Russell 11 (33 /40 /50 )/ 4/ 7/ 0/ 1/ 3/ 3/ +1/ +0

Next games following:
Game 2 LAL vs PHO: Thu Oct 26 19:00 -- -- Crypto.com Arena
Game 3 LAL at SAC: Sun Oct 29 18:00 -- -- Golden 1 Center
Game 4 LAL vs ORL: Mon Oct 30 19:30 BT -- Crypto.com Arena

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

Q1 - Really poor shooting/D - shooting 32/20/100% vs 61/40/67%; pluses 3/3/2;
minuses 3/3/2. Davis/Prince 6, James 4. 20-34=-14Q.

Q2 - Much better shooting, but too much fouling - shooting 58/67/100% vs
40/43/73%; pluses 3/0/1; minuses 2/9/3. Davis 11, James 6, Wood/Reaves 4.
34-29=+5Q.

Q3 - O from 2 needs to improve, but getting back into it - shooting 42/38/75%
vs 48/30/100%; pluses 3/2/1; minuses 3/3/1. Russell/Prince 7,
Hachimura/Vincent 4. 26-24=+2Q (80-87=-7).

Q4 - 4 TOs plus poor D == loss - shooting 53/38/60% vs 64/57/0%; pluses 4/0/0;
minuses 4/3/3. James 9, Reaves 6, Reddish 4. 27-32=-5Q.

H1 - Q1 sucked, Q2 better, but need to defend better and get AD/LBJ more into
the game - shooting 45/31/100% vs 50/41/73%; pluses 6/3/3; minuses 5/12/5.
Davis 17, James 10, Prince 8, Reaves 6. 54-63=-9H.

H2 - Not enough D or O to pull off the W - shooting 46/38/64% vs 56/41/100%;
pluses 7/2/1; minuses 7/6/4. 53-56=-3H.

FG - Like to have seen more aggression from AD & LBJ taking it to Joker -
shooting 46/35/75% vs 53/41/75%; pluses 13/5/4; minuses 12/18/9.
107-119=-12G.

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 8-25 2-10 2-2 14-23 4-10 2-3 32 20 100 60.9 40 66.7 20 34
Q2 14-24 2-3 4-4 10-25 3-7 6-8 58.3 66.7 100 40 42.9 75 34 29
Q3 10-24 3-8 3-4 10-21 3-10 1-1 41.7 37.5 75 47.6 30 100 26 24
Q4 9-17 3-8 6-10 14-22 4-7 0-0 52.9 37.5 60 63.6 57.1 0 27 32

H1 22-49 4-13 6-6 24-48 7-17 8-11 44.9 30.8 100 50 41.2 72.7 54 63
A3 32-73 7-21 9-10 34-69 10-27 9-12 43.8 33.3 90 49.3 37 75 80 87
H2 19-41 6-16 9-14 24-43 7-17 1-1 46.3 37.5 64.3 55.8 41.2 100 53 56
FL 41-90 10-29 15-20 48-91 14-34 9-12 45.6 34.5 75 52.7 41.2 75 107 119

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 3 11 3 3 2 3 3 2 8 16 3 2 4 1 -5 -5 +1 -1 +2
Q2 9 16 3 0 1 2 9 3 6 11 1 3 1 2 +3 +5 -1 -2 +1 +7
Q3 6 14 3 2 1 3 3 1 7 12 2 0 6 5 -1 +2 +2 +1 -3 -2
Q4 5 11 4 0 0 4 3 3 9 9 3 1 1 7 -4 +2 +1 -3 -1 +3 -4

H1 12 27 6 3 3 5 12 5 14 27 4 5 5 3 -2 +1 -1 -2 +9
A3 18 41 9 5 4 8 15 6 21 39 6 5 11 8 -3 +2 +3 -1 -1 -3 +7
H2 11 25 7 2 1 7 6 4 16 21 5 1 7 12 -5 +4 +3 -3 -6
FL 23 52 13 5 4 12 18 9 30 48 9 6 12 15 -7 +4 +4 -4 -2 +3

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 20 34 26 27 107
Denver Nuggets 34 29 24 32 119 - Final

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Taurean Prince SF 30 6-8 4-6 2-2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 18 22 -14 +20
LeBron James PF 29 10-16 1-4 0-1 1 8 5 0 1 0 1 21 26 +7 +28
Anthony Davis C 34 6-17 1-2 4-4 1 8 4 2 0 2 3 17 18 -17 +18
Austin Reaves SG 31 4-11 1-2 5-7 4 8 4 2 2 0 2 14 16 -14 +17
D'Angelo Russell PG 36 4-12 2-5 1-2 0 4 7 3 1 0 3 11 11 +1 +11
Gabe Vincent 22 3-8 0-4 0-0 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 6 10 -17 +3
Rui Hachimura 15 3-10 0-3 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 14 -8 +2
Cam Reddish 18 2-4 1-2 2-2 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 7 14 +7 +10
Jaxson Hayes 07 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -7 +1
Christian Wood 16 3-4 0-1 1-2 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 7 16 +2 +8
Max Christie 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Maxwell Lewis 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Colin Castleton DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Alex Fudge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
D'Moi Hodge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Jalen Hood-Schifin DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Jarred Vanderbilt DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 41-90 10-29 15-20 13 52 23 12 5 4 18 107
Percent 45.6% 34.5% 75.0%

Fastbreak points: 9
Points in the paint: 58
Points off turnovers: 18
Second chance pts: 4
Biggest lead: 4
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 30 5-13 2-9 0-0 2 12 2 0 2 0 1 12 14 +12 +20
Aaron Gordon PF 35 7-11 1-2 0-0 2 7 6 0 2 1 0 15 15 +6 +27
Nikola Jokic C 36 12-22 3-5 2-4 3 13 11 2 1 1 2 29 29 +15 +41
Kentavious Caldwel SG 36 8-12 2-3 2-2 1 2 1 3 3 1 5 20 20 +10 +20
Jamal Murray PG 34 8-13 3-5 2-2 0 2 6 1 0 1 3 21 22 +3 +24
Reggie Jackson 24 3-8 2-5 0-0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 8 12 +11 +6
Christian Braun 19 2-5 0-1 1-2 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 5 9 +5 +6
Peyton Watson 11 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 10 +1 +1
Zeke Nnaji 12 1-3 0-1 2-2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 12 -3 +2
Braxton Key 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Collin Gillespie 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jalen Pickett 01 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 72 +0 +2
Justin Holiday 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
Julian Strawther 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Vlatko Cancar DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Jay Huff DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Hunter Tyson DNP - UNKNOWN
Totals 240 48-91 14-34 9-12 9 48 30 12 9 6 15 119
Percent 52.7% 41.2% 75.0%

Fastbreak points: 7
Points in the paint: 52
Points off turnovers: 20
Second chance pts: 17
Biggest lead: 18
Technical fouls: 1

Lead changes: 1
Times tied: 1
Officials:
34: Kevin Cutler
52: Scott Twardoski
60: James Williams
Venue: Ball Arena - Denver, CO
Attendance: 19842

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 20 34 26 80
Denver Nuggets 34 29 24 87 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Taurean Prince SF 23 5-7 3-5 2-2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 15 23 -9 +18
LeBron James PF 21 6-11 0-2 0-0 1 7 4 0 1 0 1 12 21 +4 +19
Anthony Davis C 26 6-15 1-1 4-4 0 6 3 2 0 2 3 17 24 -9 +17
Austin Reaves SG 24 3-9 0-0 2-2 4 8 3 1 2 0 0 8 12 -9 +14
D'Angelo Russell PG 27 4-11 2-4 1-2 0 3 7 1 2 0 2 11 15 +2 +14
Gabe Vincent 16 2-5 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 4 9 -13 +0
Rui Hachimura 15 3-10 0-3 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 14 -8 +2
Cam Reddish 13 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 8 +7 +5
Jaxson Hayes 06 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -7 +1
Christian Wood 09 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 16 +7 +3
Max Christie 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Maxwell Lewis 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Colin Castleton DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Alex Fudge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
D'Moi Hodge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Jalen Hood-Schifin DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Jarred Vanderbilt DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 180 32-73 7-21 9-10 9 41 18 8 5 4 15 80
Percent 43.8% 33.3% 90.0%