Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets — Jan 21, 2026

NBA Ball Arena, Denver·January 21, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 26-16, 14-8 Away
115
Final
107
Denver Nuggets DEN 29-15, 12-8 Home
1 2 3 4 T
LAL 28 29 29 29 115
DEN 37 34 17 19 107
Leaders
Points
L.
L. Dončić FG LAL
38 PTS
J.
J. Murray G DEN
28 PTS
Rebounds
L.
L. Dončić FG LAL
13 REB
J.
J. Pickett G DEN
6 REB
Assists
L.
L. Dončić FG LAL
10 AST
J.
J. Murray G DEN
11 AST
Box Scores
Lakers
Nuggets
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
Lakers
Nuggets
50.6% Field Goals 44.8%
40% 3-Point FG 40.5%
65.6% Free Throws 73.7%
51 Rebounds 31
10 OFF 5
41 DEF 26
24 Assists 27
3 Steals 6
2 Blocks 7
12 Turnovers 5
18 Fouls 21
12 Biggest Lead 16
6:42 Time in Lead 39:08
16 Max Pts in Row 8
Four Factors
56.6% eFG% 53.4%
11% TOV% 5%
27.8% ORB% 10.9%
25.3% FT Rate 16.1%
Play-by-Play
Q4 29 - 19 115 - 107
FT L. Dončić
115 - 107 0:42
114 - 107 0:44
A. Gordon 2PT
FT L. Dončić
114 - 105 0:46
FT L. Dončić
113 - 105 0:46
FT M. Smart
112 - 105 0:51
111 - 105 1:05
J. Murray 2PT
111 - 103 1:33
A. Gordon FT
FT L. Dončić
111 - 102 1:33
2PT L. James
110 - 102 1:48
108 - 102 2:15
A. Gordon 3PT
108 - 99 2:25
P. Watson 3PT
3PT M. Smart
108 - 96 2:43
FT L. James
105 - 96 3:14
3PT M. Smart
104 - 96 5:10
FT M. Smart
101 - 96 5:44
FT M. Smart
100 - 96 5:44
FT M. Smart
99 - 96 5:44
FT L. Dončić
98 - 96 6:42
FT L. Dončić
97 - 96 6:42
2PT J. Hayes
96 - 96 7:22
2PT M. Smart
94 - 96 8:27
92 - 96 8:57
Z. Nnaji 2PT
92 - 94 9:21
J. Pickett 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
92 - 92 10:01
90 - 92 10:09
Z. Nnaji 2PT
FT G. Vincent
90 - 90 10:24
FT G. Vincent
89 - 90 10:24
88 - 90 11:04
Z. Nnaji 2PT
2PT D. Timme
88 - 88 11:23
Q3 29 - 17 86 - 88
2PT L. James
86 - 88 1:00
3PT L. James
84 - 88 1:52
81 - 88 2:35
S. Jones 2PT
81 - 86 3:27
S. Jones 2PT
2PT L. Dončić
81 - 84 3:44
79 - 84 4:42
A. Gordon 2PT
2PT L. Dončić
79 - 82 5:01
77 - 82 5:18
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
77 - 81 5:18
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
2PT J. LaRavia
77 - 80 5:44
2PT J. Hayes
75 - 80 6:15
3PT L. Dončić
73 - 80 6:49
2PT L. Dončić
70 - 80 7:18
2PT J. Hayes
68 - 80 7:40
2PT J. LaRavia
66 - 80 8:03
64 - 80 8:20
A. Gordon 3PT
2PT L. James
64 - 77 8:54
62 - 77 9:32
P. Watson 2PT
3PT M. Smart
62 - 75 9:56
59 - 75 10:07
P. Watson 2PT
59 - 73 10:30
P. Watson 2PT
2PT L. James
59 - 71 11:31
Q2 29 - 34 57 - 71
57 - 71
J. Murray 3PT
57 - 68 0:08
P. Watson 3PT
57 - 65 0:35
A. Gordon 2PT
FT L. Dončić
55 - 63 0:53
2PT L. Dončić
56 - 62 0:53
54 - 63 0:53
J. Murray FT
54 - 62 1:19
A. Gordon FT
54 - 61 1:19
A. Gordon FT
54 - 60 1:40
J. Murray 3PT
2PT L. Dončić
54 - 57 2:06
3PT R. Hachimura
52 - 57 2:49
49 - 57 3:03
J. Murray 2PT
49 - 55 4:07
J. Murray 2PT
2PT J. Hayes
49 - 53 4:23
47 - 53 4:38
J. Murray 2PT
3PT G. Vincent
47 - 51 4:53
44 - 51 5:33
A. Gordon 2PT
FT L. Dončić
43 - 49 5:49
FT L. Dončić
43 - 49 5:49
2PT L. James
42 - 49 6:21
FT L. James
40 - 49 6:42
39 - 49 6:57
B. Brown 2PT
39 - 47 7:36
T. Hardaway Jr. 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
39 - 45 7:54
37 - 45 8:41
J. Pickett 2PT
37 - 43 9:27
B. Brown 2PT
37 - 41 9:53
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
37 - 40 9:53
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
2PT D. Timme
37 - 39 10:07
35 - 39 10:29
T. Hardaway Jr. 2PT
2PT L. James
35 - 37 10:42
2PT D. Timme
33 - 37 11:16
3PT D. Timme
31 - 37 11:44
Q1 28 - 37 28 - 37
2PT L. James
28 - 37
26 - 37 0:52
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
26 - 36 0:52
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
2PT R. Hachimura
26 - 35 1:03
2PT R. Hachimura
24 - 35 1:28
22 - 35 2:20
J. Murray FT
22 - 34 2:20
J. Murray FT
22 - 33 2:51
P. Watson 3PT
22 - 30 3:19
J. Murray 2PT
FT L. Dončić
22 - 28 3:32
FT L. Dončić
21 - 28 3:32
20 - 28 3:50
S. Jones 3PT
FT J. Hayes
20 - 25 4:13
19 - 25 4:29
J. Murray FT
FT J. LaRavia
19 - 24 4:33
16 - 24 4:53
S. Jones 3PT
2PT L. Dončić
16 - 21 5:33
14 - 21 5:55
J. Murray 3PT
3PT L. Dončić
14 - 18 6:40
11 - 18 6:54
S. Jones 3PT
2PT L. Dončić
11 - 15 7:24
9 - 15 8:57
A. Gordon FT
3PT L. Dončić
9 - 14 9:15
6 - 14 9:31
J. Murray 3PT
2PT L. Dončić
6 - 11 9:46
4 - 11 10:00
P. Watson 3PT
2PT D. Ayton
4 - 8 10:17
2 - 8 10:34
J. Murray 2PT
2 - 6 11:04
S. Jones 3PT
2PT L. Dončić
2 - 3 11:21
0 - 3 11:44
J. Pickett 3PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: DEN +16 Times Tied: 4
Head-to-Head
Series tied 1-1
Final
LAL Lakers
40273227
126
DEN Nuggets
32393129
131
Final
LAL Lakers
38253327
123
DEN Nuggets
31233313
100
Highlights
Lakers 115 - 107 Nuggets
January 21, 2026
Lakers 115 - 107 Nuggets
January 21, 2026
Ball Arena
Denver, US · 21,000 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Date
January 21, 2026
Time
3:00 am
Duration
48 min