Los Angeles Lakers – Denver Nuggets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 29 April 2024

LAL106–108DEN

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 89% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 22 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ DEN winsLAL wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when DEN leads and falls when LAL does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jamal Murray decided it, the Denver Nuggets player with the most points (32, with 3 rebounds and 7 assists; +3 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Michael Porter Jr.'s (+12). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Denver Nuggets 108-106 Los Angeles Lakers (April 29, 2024) was hit by Jamal Murray: a jump shot with 4.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Denver Nuggets up 108-106. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Denver Nuggets 108-106 Los Angeles Lakers (April 29, 2024) was a 12-0 run by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second quarter (from 9:50 to 6:38), from 29-34 to 41-34. The Denver Nuggets' best was a 10-0 run in the first quarter (from 1:26 to 1.1 s), from 18-24 to 28-24.

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Play: Jamal Murray makes 14-foot pullup jump shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Jamal Murray decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 4 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 7 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Murray decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

29 April 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401655085:608; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAL

James · Davis · Hachimura · Reaves · Prince

Closing lineup · DEN

Gordon · Porter · Jokic · Murray · Caldwell-Pope

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LAL

LeBron James

44′ · +3

Anthony Davis

40′ · -4

D'Angelo Russell

39′ · +7

Rui Hachimura

34′ · -11

Austin Reaves

34′ · +1

Taurean Prince

19′ · -5

Gabe Vincent

9′ · -5

Spencer Dinwiddie

14′ · -5

Jaxson Hayes

7′ · +6

DEN

Aaron Gordon

46′ · +3

Michael Porter Jr.

46′ · +12

Nikola Jokic

41′ · +7

Jamal Murray

41′ · +3

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

33′ · -1

Peyton Watson

5′ · -5

Justin Holiday

4′ · -10

Reggie Jackson

18′ · -2

Christian Braun

6′ · +3

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. LAL and DEN.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Los Angeles Lakers

Russell, Hachimura, Reaves, Davis, and James played 25.2 minutes together.
Russell, Prince, Hayes, Dinwiddie, and James played 6.8 minutes together.
Prince, Vincent, Reaves, Davis, and James played 3.6 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Los Angeles Lakers lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Denver Nuggets

Murray, Porter, Caldwell-Pope, Gordon, and Jokic played 27.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Murray, Porter, Braun, Jackson, and Gordon played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Porter, Jackson, Caldwell-Pope, Gordon, and Jokic played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Russell, Prince, Davis, Dinwiddie, and James played 2.9 minutes together.
Prince, Hachimura, Vincent, Reaves, and Davis played 2.4 minutes together.
Hachimura, Vincent, Reaves, Davis, and James played 2.2 minutes together.
Russell, Prince, Hachimura, Davis, and Dinwiddie played 1.5 minutes together.
Russell, Hachimura, Davis, Dinwiddie, and James played 1.5 minutes together.
Russell, Prince, Hachimura, Dinwiddie, and James played 1.0 minutes together.

Denver Nuggets

Murray, Porter, Jackson, Gordon, and Jokic played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Murray, Porter, Watson, Jackson, and Gordon played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Porter, Braun, Jackson, Gordon, and Jokic played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Murray, Holiday, Caldwell-Pope, Gordon, and Jokic played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Murray, Porter, Watson, Holiday, and Jokic played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Aaron Gordon covered 5.08 km, more than anyone in the game.

Nikola Jokić touched the ball 111 times, a game high.
Nikola Jokić made 81 passes, a game high.
Nikola Jokić defended 9 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Nikola Jokić had 30 rebound chances, a game high.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
D'Angelo Russell	4.47	6.4	66	47
LeBron James	4.44	5.7	95	68
Anthony Davis	4.07	5.7	61	46
Rui Hachimura	3.96	6.6	31	13
Austin Reaves	3.77	6.3	58	41
Taurean Prince	2.09	6.1	14	6
Spencer Dinwiddie	1.48	6.1	21	15
Gabe Vincent	1.08	7.1	12	10
Jaxson Hayes	0.77	6.4	10	8

Denver Nuggets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Aaron Gordon	5.08	6.2	57	46
Michael Porter Jr.	4.97	6.1	47	31
Jamal Murray	4.62	6.5	80	49
Nikola Jokić	4.51	6.2	111	81
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	3.67	6.3	51

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2023-24 regular season, not this game.

Los Angeles Lakers

Anthony Davis contested 11.2 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 5 of 373 in the league.
Austin Reaves recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 11 of 373 in the league.
Taurean Prince drew 0.14 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 27 of 373 in the league.

Denver Nuggets

Nikola Jokić deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 8 of 373 in the league.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 25 of 373 in the league.
Jamal Murray contested 5.6 shots per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 71 of 373 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Denver Nuggets have won 98 of their 241 games against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Game context

Attendance

19.861

101.7% of capacity

Ball Arena · Denver

Series

Game 5

First round

DEN 4-1

Scoring

214

combined points

2.8 above the season average (211.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

30 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Loose Ball · 00:38.1

Austin Reaves → Aaron Gordon

Reaves (LAL) clamps and holds Gordon's (DEN) arm, which affects his ability to secure the rebound with both hands.