OUT: Mo. What totally frosts me is a team that is 3rd from the bottom in
allowing ORBs, still hasn't done anything to rectify it. C'mon Laker coaches,
tell these guys to block out and teach them to dive for the paint when a shot
goes up - -10 in ORBs again. Only 4 guys in DFs with AD/LBJ getting the DDs.
AR was really good and Rui was good, but where are the rest of these guys? Work on transition D and RBing and take gae 2. 126-132 Lakers lose by 6.
DEN was +5 in SCPs and +5 in FBP - more than enough to get the W.

FBP: 3 vs 8; PIP: 48 vs 50; POT: 14 vs 5; SCP: 13 vs 18.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF PM EFF
Davis 40 (61 /100/100)/10/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 0/ 3/ -8/+49 DD
James 26 (56 /0 /73 )/12/ 9/ 1/ 0/ 3/ 1/ -6/+35 DD
Reaves 23 (50 /56 /100)/ 2/ 8/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 5/ -3/+26
Hachimura 17 (73 /100/0 )/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 4/+10/+16

Next games following:
WCF Game 2 LAL at DEN: Thu May 18 17:30 -- -- Ball Arena (ESPN)
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)

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

Q1 - Mediocre O/D and terrible DRBing again - shooting 40% vs 50%; pluses 1/1/2;
minuses 2/4/9. James 8, Davis 6. 25-37=-12Q.

Q2 - O better, but D/RB need work - shooting 50% vs 52%; pluses 1/2/2; minuses
1/6/4. Davis 12, Hachimura 7. 29-35=-6Q.

Q3 - Lakers still not playing enough D to pull this off - shooting 79% vs 70%;
pluses 1/2/0; minuses 1/1/0. Davis 13, James 8, Reaves 7, Russell 6,
Hachimura 4. 38-34=+4Q (92-106=-14).

Q4 - Lakers get 8 more back, but still 6 short - shooting 56% vs 50%; pluses
2/1/0; minuses 3/10/2. Reaves 11, Davis 9, James 7, Hachimura 4. 34-26=+8Q.

H1 - Not a pretty H1, but pretty much the same mistakes as usual - shooting 45%
vs 51%; pluses 2/3/4; minuses 3/10/13. Davis 18, James 11, Hachimura 9,
Walker 6, Reaves 5. 54-72=-18H.

H2 - Lakers dug a hole in H1, but almost climbed out in H2 - shooting 69% vs
61%; pluses 3/3/0; minuses 4/11/2. 72-60=+12H.

FG - Lakers just got too deep in debt in H1 to buy their way out in H2 -
shooting 55% vs 55%; pluses 5/6/4; minuses 7/21/15. 126-132=-6G.

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 10-25 3-6 2-2 15-30 3-9 4-4 40 50 100 50 33.3 100 25 37
Q2 12-24 2-7 3-4 13-25 3-6 6-6 50 28.6 75 52 50 100 29 35
Q3 15-19 1-3 7-7 14-20 6-9 0-0 78.9 33.3 100 70 66.7 0 38 34
Q4 9-16 5-8 11-13 8-16 3-8 7-12 56.3 62.5 84.6 50 37.5 58.3 34 26

H1 22-49 5-13 5-6 28-55 6-15 10-10 44.9 38.5 83.3 50.9 40 100 54 72
A3 37-68 6-16 12-13 42-75 12-24 10-10 54.4 37.5 92.3 56 50 100 92 106
H2 24-35 6-11 18-20 22-36 9-17 7-12 68.6 54.5 90 61.1 52.9 58.3 72 60
FL 46-84 11-24 23-26 50-91 15-32 17-22 54.8 45.8 88.5 54.9 46.9 77.3 126 132

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 8 1 1 2 2 4 9 9 22 2 4 2 3 -2 -14 -8 -1 -2 +1
Q2 8 10 1 2 2 1 6 4 7 15 1 2 3 4 +1 -5 -3 +1 -2 +2
Q3 7 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 8 4 0 0 4 6 -1 +2 +1 +2 -3 -5
Q4 8 12 2 1 0 3 10 2 5 10 2 1 2 8 +3 +2 -1 -1 +1 +2

H1 15 18 2 3 4 3 10 13 16 37 3 6 5 7 -1 -19 -11 -2 -2 +3
A3 22 24 3 5 4 4 11 13 24 41 3 6 9 13 -2 -17 -10 +2 -2 -5 -2
H2 15 17 3 3 0 4 11 2 13 11 2 1 6 14 +2 +6 +1 +1 -1 -2 -3
FL 30 30 5 6 4 7 21 15 29 47 5 7 11 21 +1 -17 -10 +1 -3 -4

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 25 29 38 34 126
Denver Nuggets 37 35 34 26 132 - Final

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Austin Reaves SF 42 7-14 5-9 4-4 1 2 8 0 0 0 5 23 20 -3 +26
LeBron James PF 40 9-16 0-4 8-11 3 12 9 3 0 1 1 26 23 -6 +35
Anthony Davis C 42 14-23 1-1 11-11 1 10 3 0 3 2 3 40 34 -8 +49
D'Angelo Russell SG 26 4-11 0-3 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 8 11 -25 +3
Dennis Schroder PG 32 2-3 2-2 0-0 0 3 5 2 0 0 3 6 7 -6 +11
Lonnie Walker IV 20 2-6 2-4 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 11 +3 +6
Rui Hachimura 28 8-11 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 17 22 +10 +16
Jarred Vanderbilt 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 +5 +2
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
Tristan Thompson 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 46-84 11-24 23-26 5 36 30 7 6 4 21 126
Percent 54.8% 45.8% 88.5%

Fastbreak points: 3
Points in the paint: 48
Points off turnovers: 14
Second chance pts: 13
Biggest lead: 2
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 35 6-12 3-6 0-0 3 10 2 1 0 2 2 15 15 +20 +22
Aaron Gordon PF 36 4-9 0-3 4-8 3 3 3 2 0 0 1 12 12 +11 +7
Nikola Jokic C 42 12-17 3-3 7-8 6 21 14 5 0 2 4 34 29 +11 +60
Kentavious Caldwel SG 36 9-17 3-8 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 1 5 21 21 +16 +20
Jamal Murray PG 37 12-20 4-8 3-3 1 5 5 1 3 1 5 31 30 +3 +36
Bruce Brown 24 6-11 1-1 3-3 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 16 24 -5 +17
Christian Braun 12 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -16 +0
Jeff Green 18 1-3 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 -10 +1
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
Reggie Jackson 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 50-91 15-32 17-22 15 51 29 11 5 7 21 132
Percent 54.9% 46.9% 77.3%

Fastbreak points: 8
Points in the paint: 50
Points off turnovers: 5
Second chance pts: 18
Biggest lead: 21
Technical fouls: 0

Lead changes: 1
Times tied: 1
Officials:
26: Pat Fraher
15: Zach Zarba
42: Eric Lewis
46: Ben Taylor
Venue: Ball Arena - Denver, CO
Attendance: 19633

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 25 29 38 92
Denver Nuggets 37 35 34 106 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Austin Reaves SF 30 4-10 2-5 2-2 1 2 7 0 0 0 2 12 14 -11 +15
LeBron James PF 28 8-12 0-2 3-4 2 8 5 1 0 1 0 19 24 -14 +27
Anthony Davis C 32 12-19 0-0 7-7 0 6 2 0 2 2 1 31 35 -13 +36
D'Angelo Russell SG 26 4-11 0-3 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 8 11 -25 +3
Dennis Schroder PG 25 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 4 -14 +6
Lonnie Walker IV 15 2-6 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 14 +3 +5
Rui Hachimura 16 6-8 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13 29 +2 +12
Jarred Vanderbilt 08 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 +2 +3
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
Tristan Thompson 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 37-68 6-16 12-13 3 24 22 4 5 4 11 92
Percent 54.4% 37.5% 92.3%

Fastbreak points: 3
Points in the paint: 40
Points off turnovers: 10
Second chance pts: 10
Biggest lead: 2
Technical fouls: 0