Video Highlights

  • 1:28

    Joker's near triple-double powers Nuggets past Lakers in Game 1

  • 2:40

    Jokic-inspired Nuggets overpower Lakers to take Game 1

  • 0:41

    LeBron shaken up after fall

  • 0:21

    Nikola Jokic punctuates chaotic sequence with fast-break flush

  • 0:23

    Nikola Jokic finishes a fastbreak 'slam'

Nikola Jokic leads NBA champ Denver Nuggets past LeBron James and Lakers 114-103 in playoff opener

— Unlike their crowd that drowned out the Los Angeles Lakers' pregame introductions, the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets were a little late to the playoff party Saturday night.
Apr 21, 2024, 12:53 pm - AP

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot driving dunk
  • Austin Reaves blocks Jamal Murray 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 20-foot jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes 1-foot dunk
  • LeBron James blocks Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 's 7-foot two point shot
  • Peyton Watson makes driving layup
  • Christian Braun misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot dunk (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Justin Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Taurean Prince blocks Christian Braun 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Christian Braun misses 2-foot tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 68-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Peyton Watson misses 11-foot jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • DeAndre Jordan makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Justin Holiday misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Reggie Jackson misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Reggie Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot hook shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes tip shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 68-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 5-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis blocks Jamal Murray 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Reggie Jackson misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Reggie Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis blocks Jamal Murray 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Jamal Murray makes 22-foot step back three pointer
  • Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses 20-foot jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot dunk
  • Jamal Murray misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes alley oop layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes 6-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 5-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Anthony Davis misses driving layup
  • LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • LeBron James makes two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
  • LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • LeBron James misses two point shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Taurean Prince makes 1-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Taurean Prince misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 11-foot two point shot
  • Taurean Prince misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Taurean Prince makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses driving layup
  • Anthony Davis makes 1-foot two point shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
  • LeBron James makes two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. blocks Anthony Davis 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Jamal Murray blocks LeBron James 's 2-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes dunk
  • D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes 19-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis misses 7-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 2-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 32-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Austin Reaves makes 29-foot three pointer
  • Anthony Davis makes alley oop dunk shot (LeBron James assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses layup
  • LeBron James makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
  • LeBron James makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. blocks Taurean Prince 's 5-foot driving layup
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Taurean Prince makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • DeAndre Jordan blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three pointer (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes two point shot
  • Taurean Prince makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Austin Reaves makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis misses layup
  • LeBron James misses two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot
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