NBA 2025-26Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers113–120Denver Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Thursday 5 March 2026
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 2025-26Regular season
Meeting: 240th meetingof 241 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Luka Dončić	40:24	11–24	3–10	2–4	1	10	11	7	4	0	3	3	27	0
LeBron James	33:42	7–11	0–2	2–2	0	5	5	8	3	1	1	2	16	-10
Marcus Smart	32:11	3–9	3–6	0–0	1	0	1	2	1	0	4	4	9	+3
Rui Hachimura	28:58	6–9	4–5	0–0	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	3	16	+10
Jaxson Hayes	27:28	8–10	0–0	3–5	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	19	+7
Luke Kennard	20:27	3–6	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	-7
Jake LaRavia	10:21	1–6	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	-16
Deandre Ayton	4:30	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-13
Jarred Vanderbilt	3:58	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5
Team totals	201:59	39–76	12–29	7–11	4	23	27	23	9	1	10	19	97	—

Incomplete box score: the players’ points add up to 97 of 113.

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Christian Braun	39:53	6–12	2–6	1–2	0	5	5	4	0	0	1	0	15	+8
Jamal Murray	38:21	8–17	5–9	7–7	0	4	4	7	0	0	2	3	28	+9
Nikola Jokić	37:45	10–15	0–1	8–8	3	9	12	13	1	1	9	4	28	+6
Bruce Brown	29:57	3–8	2–3	0–0	2	4	6	1	0	0	0	1	8	+3
Julian Strawther	28:46	6–10	2–5	4–5	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	4	18	-1
Tim Hardaway Jr.	25:38	4–7	2–4	4–5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	+5
Zeke Nnaji	23:47	2–4	1–2	0–0	1	4	5	1	1	0	1	3	5	0
Jonas Valančiūnas	10:10	0–0	0–0	4–4	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	1	4	+1
Tyus Jones	5:43	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	+4
Team totals	240:00	39–75	14–31	28–31	7	34	41	27	3	1	18	16	120	—

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 2025-26.

20 Jan 2026Los Angeles Lakers 115–107 Denver Nuggets
5 Mar 2026113–120 this game
14 Mar 2026Denver Nuggets 125–127 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 37–24
Denver Nuggets: 38–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 98, Los Angeles Lakers 143.

20 Jan 2026Los Angeles Lakers 115–107 Denver Nuggets
14 Mar 2026Denver Nuggets 125–127 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.