Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers — Mar 15, 2026

NBA Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles·March 15, 2026
Denver Nuggets DEN 41-27, 23-14 Away
125
Final/OT
127
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 42-25, 23-12 Home
1 2 3 4 OT T
DEN 26 24 37 31 7 125
LAL 34 27 26 31 9 127
Leaders
Points
A.
A. Gordon F DEN
27 PTS
A.
A. Reaves G LAL
32 PTS
Rebounds
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
16 REB
L.
L. Dončić FG LAL
11 REB
Assists
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
14 AST
L.
L. Dončić FG LAL
13 AST
Box Scores
Nuggets
Lakers
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Nuggets
Lakers
46.3% Field Goals 51.6%
38.8% 3-Point FG 33.3%
81.8% Free Throws 65.4%
41 Rebounds 46
7 OFF 7
34 DEF 39
33 Assists 31
13 Steals 10
5 Blocks 6
15 Turnovers 16
22 Fouls 20
8 Biggest Lead 17
11:43 Time in Lead 35:20
9 Max Pts in Row 9
Four Factors
56.3% eFG% 59.1%
12.5% TOV% 13.3%
15.2% ORB% 17.1%
18.9% FT Rate 18.3%
Play-by-Play
Q5 7 - 9 125 - 127
125 - 127 0:01
L. Dončić 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
125 - 125 0:16
123 - 125 0:31
M. Smart 3PT
3PT A. Gordon
123 - 122 0:47
120 - 122 1:12
D. Ayton 2PT
FT C. Braun
120 - 120 2:36
FT C. Braun
119 - 120 2:36
118 - 120 4:13
D. Ayton 2PT
Q4 31 - 31 118 - 118
118 - 118 0:02
A. Reaves 2PT
118 - 116 0:06
A. Reaves FT
FT C. Johnson
118 - 115 0:07
FT C. Johnson
117 - 115 0:07
116 - 115 0:10
A. Reaves FT
116 - 114 0:10
A. Reaves FT
FT A. Gordon
116 - 113 0:10
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
115 - 113 0:32
112 - 113 0:47
M. Smart 2PT
112 - 111 1:18
A. Reaves 2PT
3PT A. Gordon
112 - 109 1:34
109 - 109 1:57
L. Dončić FT
109 - 108 1:57
L. Dončić FT
109 - 107 1:57
L. Dončić FT
109 - 106 2:33
L. Dončić 3PT
109 - 103 3:28
J. Hayes FT
3PT A. Gordon
109 - 102 3:49
106 - 102 4:12
J. Hayes FT
106 - 101 4:12
J. Hayes FT
106 - 100 4:58
A. Reaves 2PT
3PT S. Jones
106 - 98 5:13
103 - 98 5:28
L. James 2PT
3PT B. Brown
103 - 96 5:38
FT J. Murray
100 - 96 5:50
2PT C. Johnson
99 - 96 6:59
97 - 96 7:09
J. LaRavia 2PT
3PT A. Gordon
97 - 94 7:37
FT B. Brown
94 - 94 8:54
FT B. Brown
93 - 94 8:54
92 - 94 9:06
A. Reaves 3PT
92 - 91 9:46
J. LaRavia 2PT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
92 - 89 10:25
90 - 89 10:46
A. Reaves 2PT
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
90 - 87 11:45
Q3 37 - 26 87 - 87
2PT B. Brown
87 - 87 0:29
3PT B. Brown
85 - 87 0:57
82 - 87 1:08
M. Smart 2PT
2PT C. Johnson
82 - 85 1:31
2PT S. Jones
80 - 85 1:55
78 - 85 2:06
L. Dončić 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
78 - 83 2:51
76 - 83 3:20
L. Dončić 2PT
76 - 81 3:34
A. Reaves 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
76 - 79 3:52
FT N. Jokić
74 - 79 4:07
3PT N. Jokić
73 - 79 4:07
3PT C. Johnson
70 - 79 4:29
67 - 79 4:52
L. Dončić 2PT
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
67 - 77 5:14
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
66 - 77 5:14
65 - 77 5:28
L. Kennard 3PT
2PT C. Braun
65 - 74 6:05
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
63 - 74 6:24
60 - 74 6:32
A. Reaves FT
60 - 73 6:32
A. Reaves FT
2PT A. Gordon
60 - 72 7:05
58 - 72 7:26
D. Ayton 2PT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
58 - 70 7:34
56 - 70 7:52
D. Ayton 2PT
56 - 68 8:27
L. James 2PT
56 - 66 9:18
A. Reaves 2PT
2PT A. Gordon
56 - 64 9:39
2PT N. Jokić
54 - 64 10:09
2PT A. Gordon
52 - 64 11:06
50 - 64 11:39
M. Smart 3PT
Q2 24 - 27 50 - 61
FT A. Gordon
50 - 61 0:22
FT A. Gordon
49 - 61 0:22
48 - 61 0:34
R. Hachimura 2PT
3PT C. Johnson
48 - 59 0:56
45 - 59 1:10
L. Dončić FT
FT N. Jokić
45 - 58 1:26
2PT N. Jokić
44 - 58 1:26
42 - 58 1:53
L. James 2PT
42 - 56 2:20
J. Hayes 2PT
42 - 54 3:24
L. Dončić 3PT
3PT A. Gordon
42 - 51 3:42
39 - 51 4:05
M. Smart 2PT
2PT C. Braun
39 - 49 4:25
2PT C. Braun
37 - 49 4:53
3PT C. Johnson
35 - 49 5:15
32 - 49 6:34
D. Ayton FT
32 - 48 7:05
L. James 2PT
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
32 - 46 7:36
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
31 - 46 7:36
30 - 46 8:13
L. James FT
30 - 45 8:13
L. James FT
2PT B. Brown
30 - 44 8:29
28 - 44 8:45
A. Reaves 2PT
28 - 42 9:45
L. James 2PT
28 - 40 10:39
L. James 3PT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
28 - 37 11:23
26 - 37 11:44
M. Smart 3PT
Q1 26 - 34 26 - 34
2PT N. Jokić
26 - 34 0:07
24 - 34 0:24
L. Dončić 2PT
24 - 32 1:05
M. Smart 3PT
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
24 - 29 1:19
2PT C. Braun
21 - 29 2:18
19 - 29 2:48
R. Hachimura 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
19 - 27 3:07
17 - 27 3:22
L. Dončić FT
17 - 26 3:46
R. Hachimura 2PT
17 - 24 4:16
L. Dončić FT
17 - 23 4:16
L. Dončić 2PT
17 - 21 4:58
A. Reaves 2PT
FT J. Murray
17 - 19 5:15
2PT C. Braun
16 - 19 5:41
14 - 19 6:27
L. James 2PT
3PT N. Jokić
14 - 17 6:43
3PT C. Johnson
11 - 17 7:22
8 - 17 7:28
A. Reaves 2PT
8 - 15 8:01
L. Dončić 3PT
FT A. Gordon
8 - 12 8:15
7 - 12 8:31
A. Reaves 3PT
7 - 9 9:04
A. Reaves 3PT
7 - 6 9:23
M. Smart 3PT
2PT N. Jokić
7 - 3 10:03
2PT A. Gordon
5 - 3 10:35
3 - 3 11:12
L. Dončić 3PT
3PT J. Murray
3 - 0 11:32
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 6 Biggest Lead: LAL +17 Times Tied: 7
Head-to-Head
Series tied 1-1
Final
DEN Nuggets
29301831
108
LAL Lakers
46273215
120
Final
DEN Nuggets
31263733
127
LAL Lakers
27361524
102
Highlights
Nuggets 125 - 127 Lakers
March 15, 2026
Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles, US · 20,000 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Date
March 15, 2026
Time
12:30 am
Duration
1h 0m