The Denver Nuggets lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, 103 to 97, in Game 3 of the 2009 Western Conference Finals on May 23, 2009.

2008-09 Denver Nuggets

Final

LAL

Lakers

2-1

103

DEN

Nuggets

1-2

97

Team

1

26

28

2

22

24

3

23

27

4

32

18

Total

103

97

Team Stats

Player Stats

Lakers

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

33-72

33-84

Field Goal %

45.8

39.3

3PT Made - Attempted

6-19

5-27

3PT %

31.6

18.5

FT Made - Attempted

31-45

26-31

Free Throw %

68.9

83.9

Rebounds

43

43

Offensive Rebounds

8

11

Defensive Rebounds

35

32

Assists

15

21

Steals

7

10

Blocks

7

5

Turnovers

12

11

Personal Fouls

24

31

Lakers

Nuggets

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Pau Gasol	43	20	11	1	0	1	7-12	0-0	6-8	2	2	+9	1	10	58.3		75.0
Kobe Bryant	41	41	6	5	2	0	12-24	2-5	15-17	1	4	+4	1	5	50.0	40.0	88.2
Trevor Ariza	32	16	4	2	2	1	5-8	3-5	3-4	1	4	+8	1	3	62.5	60.0	75.0
Derek Fisher	26	4	3	2	3	0	2-6	0-1	0-2	2	2	+4	2	1	33.3	0.0	0.0
Andrew Bynum	21	7	4	0	0	3	2-6	0-0	3-6	1	3	+1	0	4	33.3		50.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Lamar Odom	30	8	7	1	0	0	2-5	0-2	4-6	1	4	+3	3	4	40.0	0.0	66.7
Luke Walton	14	0	3	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	0	0	+4	0	3	0.0		0.0
Jordan Farmar	14	2	2	3	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	2	-4	0	2	33.3	0.0
Sasha Vujacic	12	3	2	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	2	-5	0	2	25.0	33.3
Shannon Brown	8	2	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	+6	0	1	33.3	0.0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Chauncey Billups	40	18	6	7	2	0	5-15	2-7	6-7	4	1	-1	0	6	33.3	28.6	85.7
Carmelo Anthony	37	21	5	3	3	0	4-13	1-7	12-14	4	6	-1	0	5	30.8	14.3	85.7
Kenyon Martin	35	6	7	1	0	2	3-10	0-0	0-0	1	6	-7	2	5	30.0
Nene	31	13	6	1	1	0	5-9	0-0	3-4	1	5	-2	1	5	55.6		75.0
Dahntay Jones	17	10	2	1	1	0	4-6	0-0	2-2	0	5	-2	1	1	66.7		100.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
JR Smith	26	10	3	6	1	0	4-15	2-10	0-0	1	4	-5	2	1	26.7	20.0
Chris Andersen	24	15	7	0	0	3	6-9	0-0	3-4	0	2	-6	2	5	66.7		75.0
Anthony Carter	15	0	1	1	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	-7	1	0	0.0	0.0
Linas Kleiza	14	4	6	1	1	0	2-6	0-2	0-0	0	0	+1	2	4	33.3	0.0

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More Nuggets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

29.5

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

RPG

16.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

APG

9.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.4

5th

DRTG

113.0

8th

NETRTG

5.4

4th

3P%

37.4

10th

2023-24 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	25	.695
2	Nuggets	57	25	.695
3	Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0
4	Clippers	51	31	.622	6.0
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	DEN	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Sat 4/27	DEN	@	LAL	8:30 PM
Mon 4/29	LAL	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Thu 5/2	DEN	@	LAL	1:00 PM
Sat 5/4	LAL	@	DEN	1:00 PM

Last Game

DEN

2-0

101

Final

99

LAL

0-2

Mon 22 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

36.5

Siakam

Pascal Siakam

34.5

Lillard

Damian Lillard

34.0

Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

Playoff RPG Leaders

20.0

Valanciunas

Jonas Valanciunas

19.0

Allen

Jarrett Allen

16.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Playoff APG Leaders

10.0

James

LeBron James

10.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

10.0

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

Playoff SPG Leaders

2.5

Irving

Kyrie Irving

2.5

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.5

Jr.

Kelly Oubre Jr.

Playoff BPG Leaders

5.0

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

3.0

III

Trey Murphy III

2.5

Davis

Anthony Davis

Playoff 3PM Leaders

6.0

Lillard

Damian Lillard

5.0

III

Trey Murphy III

5.0

Wright

Delon Wright

Playoff TS% Leaders

121.4

Wright

Delon Wright

100.0

Hauser

Sam Hauser

85.0

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

Celtics

129.5

Knicks

119.2

Timberwolves

118.9

Nuggets

115.8

Pacers

114.3

76ers

113.6

Playoff DRtg Rankings

Cavaliers

89.7

Thunder

98.9

Timberwolves

99.4

Pelicans

101.1

Magic

102.5

Clippers

105.6

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

Celtics

22.7

Timberwolves

19.6

Cavaliers

12.7

Nuggets

7.0

Knicks

5.5

Clippers

4.9

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

Magic

0-2

Heat

0-1

Pelicans

0-1

Suns

0-2

76ers

0-2

Lakers

0-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

Magic

51-33

Mavericks

49-35

76ers

49-36

Rockets

45-35-2

Thunder

46-36-1

Pelicans

46-38-1

Worst Record ATS

Hawks

29-54

34-48

Bucks

36-48

Suns

36-47-1

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	64	18	.780
2	Knicks	50	32	.610	14.0
3	Bucks	49	33	.598	15.0
4	Cavaliers	48	34	.585	16.0
5	Magic	47	35	.573	17.0
6	Pacers	47	35	.573	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	25	.695
2	Nuggets	57	25	.695
3	Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0
4	Clippers	51	31	.622	6.0
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 4/22	PHX	@	MIN	93-105
Mon 4/22	DAL	@	LAC	96-93
Mon 4/22	IND	@	MIL	125-108
Sun 4/21	PHI	@	NYK	101-104
Sun 4/21	LAL	@	DEN	99-101

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	MIA	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Wed 4/24	NOP	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Thu 4/25	CLE	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Thu 4/25	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Thu 4/25	DEN	@	LAL	10:00 PM