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DEN logoDENDenver Nuggets54-28 · 2025-26 final
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LAL logoLALLos Angeles Lakers53-29 · 2025-26 final

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers preview

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Numbers to know

  • 1LAL has lost its last 4 games (2025-26, incl. playoffs).
  • 2DEN has lost its last 3 road games (2025-26, incl. playoffs).
  • 3Last meeting: LAL beat DEN 127–125 — Mar 14, 2026.
DEN logo

DEN recent form

Last 5 games played (2025-26, incl. playoffs)

  • L4/30@ MIN logo MIN98–110Playoffs
  • W4/27vs MIN logo MIN125–113Playoffs
  • L4/25@ MIN logo MIN96–112Playoffs
  • L4/23@ MIN logo MIN96–113Playoffs
  • L4/20vs MIN logo MIN114–119Playoffs
LAL logo

LAL recent form

Last 5 games played (2025-26, incl. playoffs)

  • L5/11vs OKC logo OKC110–115Playoffs
  • L5/9vs OKC logo OKC108–131Playoffs
  • L5/7@ OKC logo OKC107–125Playoffs
  • L5/5@ OKC logo OKC90–108Playoffs
  • W5/1@ HOU logo HOU98–78Playoffs

Key players

Nikola Jokić

DEN

Nikola Jokić

27.7 PTS · 12.9 REB · 10.7 AST per game

2025-26 regular season · 65 games

Luka Dončić

LAL

Luka Dončić

33.5 PTS · 7.7 REB · 8.3 AST per game

2025-26 regular season · 64 games

NBA: the top scorer per game on the current roster over the latest regular season in our logs (2025-26; min. 20 games).

Head to head

DEN 2 – 3 LAL · last 5

Meetings since the 2024-25 season, incl. playoffs.

  • 3/14/26DEN 125 @ LAL 127
  • 3/5/26LAL 113 @ DEN 120
  • 1/20/26LAL 115 @ DEN 107
  • 3/19/25DEN 108 @ LAL 120
  • 3/14/25LAL 126 @ DEN 131

All numbers come from our own schedule and game-log tables; each section states its window. Results our logs can't settle reliably (e.g. a tied run or goal sum) show as “–” and are left out of streaks. Not betting advice.