{"id":427851,"date":"2026-01-21T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427851\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:04:10","slug":"lakers-115-107-nuggets-jan-20-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427851\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers 115-107 Nuggets (Jan 20, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER — \u2014 Luka Doncic<\/a> had 38 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> rallied to beat the Denver Nuggets<\/a> 115-107 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

LeBron James<\/a>, who was not voted an All-Star starter for the first time since his rookie season, scored 19 points for Los Angeles, which played the second half without center Deandre Ayton<\/a> due to a left eye injury.<\/p>\n

Jamal Murray<\/a> scored 26 of his 28 points in the first half for Denver and added 11 assists, but shot just 1 for 5 in the second half.<\/p>\n

With Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II sitting courtside, the short-handed Nuggets led by 16 in the third quarter despite missing four rotation players, including Nikola Jokic<\/a>, who has missed the last 12 games with a hyperextended left knee.<\/p>\n

Aaron Gordon<\/a> and Peyton Watson<\/a> scored 18 apiece for the Nuggets.<\/p>\n

A close game added to the budding rivalry that began in the 2023 Western Conference finals, when Denver swept the Lakers on its way to the NBA title.<\/p>\n

It appeared the Nuggets would cruise to another win after jumping out to a 13-point lead in the first quarter and had a strong end to the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Murray finished the first half with a 35-second flurry to give Denver a 71-57 lead. He fed Gordon for a lob dunk, assisted on Watson\u2019s 3-pointer with 7.3 seconds left and then drained a 56-foot heave at the horn.<\/p>\n

Murray missed both of his shots in the third quarter when Los Angeles outscored the Nuggets 29-17 to close within 88-86.<\/p>\n

The Lakers tied it early in the fourth and took their first lead on two free throws by Doncic with 6:42 left during a 16-0 run that turned a two-point deficit into a 108-96 lead. <\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Lakers: Head back to Los Angeles for a road game at the Clippers on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Nuggets: Begin a three-game road trip at Washington on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER — \u2014 Luka Doncic had 38 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-427851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}