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Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

January 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Nuggets 115-107 on 2026-01-20 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 21 points (9/12) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 19 points (8/19) in his matchups, with Jake LaRavia as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DEN

Denver Nuggets 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson GS	37:45	18	5	3	3	1	3	3	7-17	4-8	0-0	-6
Spencer Jones GS	36:47	16	5	0	1	1	1	5	6-9	4-7	0-0	+6
Jamal Murray GS	36:05	28	2	11	0	0	1	2	10-21	4-8	4-4	-3
Aaron Gordon GS	31:51	18	4	5	0	0	0	1	6-9	2-4	4-8	-8
Jalen Pickett GS	26:14	7	6	4	1	0	0	2	3-9	1-2	0-0	-4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	30:43	10	2	2	1	3	0	3	2-12	0-8	6-7	0
Bruce Brown	22:00	4	4	2	0	0	0	3	2-6	0-0	0-0	-21
Zeke Nnaji	18:35	6	3	0	0	2	0	2	3-4	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		107	31	27	6	7	5	21	39-87	15-37	14-19

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	35:39	38	13	10	2	0	3	2	12-21	3-9	11-12	-2
LeBron James GS	34:25	19	9	8	0	0	6	2	8-15	1-1	2-6	+13
Marcus Smart GS	31:15	15	2	1	0	0	0	2	4-9	3-6	4-5	+6
Jake LaRavia GS	26:45	7	1	2	0	0	3	2	3-5	0-2	1-1	+4
Deandre Ayton GS	14:49	4	8	0	0	0	0	1	2-5	0-0	0-0	-1
Rui Hachimura	28:15	9	6	1	1	0	0	2	4-13	1-3	0-0	-2
Jaxson Hayes	22:52	9	5	0	0	2	0	2	4-5	0-0	1-4	+16
Jarred Vanderbilt	17:47	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Gabe Vincent	17:28	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1-2	1-2	2-3	+3
Drew Timme	10:45	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	4-6	1-1	0-1	+5
Totals		115	51	24	3	2	12	18	42-83	10-25	21-32

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 10.6 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 11.6 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Spencer Jones 7.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 3.8 min
Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson 3.1 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 6.3 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 7.5 min
LeBron James · Jarred Vanderbilt · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Drew Timme 5.5 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Drew Timme 4.6 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes 4.3 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Nuggets defense

Luka Dončić 21 pts (9/12) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (20 %, 2 pts) · Spencer Jones (16 %, 5 pts) · Jamal Murray (16 %, 6 pts)
LeBron James 14 pts (5/13) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Gordon (32 %, 3 pts) · Spencer Jones (21 %, 3 pts) · Jalen Pickett (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Marcus Smart: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Peyton Watson	Jake LaRavia: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Spencer Jones	Jaxson Hayes: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LeBron James: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Aaron Gordon	LeBron James: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Gabe Vincent: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Jalen Pickett	Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Marcus Smart: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Deandre Ayton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Jamal Murray 19 pts (8/19) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Jake LaRavia (24 %, 3 pts) · Marcus Smart (19 %, 0 pts) · Rui Hachimura (15 %, 0 pts)
Aaron Gordon 18 pts (7/10) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (35 %, 2 pts) · Luka Dončić (18 %, 5 pts) · Marcus Smart (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Peyton Watson: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Aaron Gordon: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
LeBron James	Aaron Gordon: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Spencer Jones: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Marcus Smart	Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Rui Hachimura	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Peyton Watson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jake LaRavia	Jamal Murray: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaxson Hayes	Spencer Jones: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Gordon: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Gabe Vincent	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Spencer Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zeke Nnaji: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Pickett: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)