Denver 85, L.A. Lakers 110

April 2, 1997

Regular Season

The Forum (Inglewood, California)

Attendance: 17,141

Officials: Joe DeRosa, Tim Donaghy, Bill Oakes

Team Rebounds: Denver (11) Los Angeles (3)

Technicals: Denver (0) Los Angeles (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (20-53) 2 16 18 25 85
LAL (50-23) 21 26 34 29 110

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 95 89.5 115.8
LAL 95 115.8 89.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .433 0.179 0.347 0.078
LAL .533 0.095 0.212 0.130

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Dale Ellis Starter PF 33:00 5-10 1-4 0-0 6.5 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 3 11
20 LaPhonso Ellis Starter PF 44:00 7-24 2-6 1-7 8.1 4 5 9 5 2 2 1 3 17
5 Anthony Goldwire Starter PG 24:00 1-7 1-4 0-0 6.2 1 2 3 6 2 1 0 0 3
50 Ervin Johnson Starter C 19:00 3-4 0-0 0-0 14.0 3 8 11 1 4 0 4 1 6
24 Antonio McDyess Starter PF 38:00 9-18 0-0 3-6 6.8 3 2 5 0 2 1 1 4 21
53 Jerome Allen Bench SG 12:00 2-7 0-2 0-1 1.1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
30 Kenny Smith Bench PG 24:00 3-6 3-5 1-1 6.1 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 3 10
6 Brooks Thompson Bench SG 23:00 1-6 1-4 0-0 4.0 0 4 4 5 3 1 0 2 3
25 George Zidek Bench C 04:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tom Hammonds Bench PF 19:00 4-7 0-0 2-3 12.9 4 5 9 2 3 1 1 1 10
  Team                   11         1  
        240 35-90 8-25 7-18 85.8 17 32 60 26 18 7 7 18 85
          38.9% 32.0% 38.9%                    

Los Angeles Lakers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
43 Corie Blount Starter PF 38:00 7-12 0-1 1-1 14.1 1 12 13 2 5 0 0 1 15
6 Eddie Jones Starter SG 32:00 9-14 3-5 6-6 25.8 0 4 4 6 1 4 0 1 27
12 Jerome Kersey Starter SF 26:00 1-7 0-0 1-2 6.8 2 7 9 2 3 1 3 2 3
45 Sean Rooks Starter C 28:00 7-10 0-0 0-0 12.2 2 3 5 1 1 0 2 1 14
9 Nick Van Exel Starter PG 38:00 7-16 2-5 2-2 19.5 0 3 3 12 0 1 0 1 18
24 Kobe Bryant Bench SG 16:00 2-6 0-0 2-2 5.8 1 2 3 3 1 1 0 1 6
2 Derek Fisher Bench PG 10:00 2-7 0-1 0-0 3.0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 4
5 Robert Horry Bench PF 20:00 3-9 1-2 0-0 10.5 3 5 8 0 3 4 2 1 7
24 George McCloud Bench SF 24:00 6-10 4-7 0-0 13.2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 16
4 Byron Scott Bench SG 08:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 1.5 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
  Team                   3         1  
        240 44-92 10-21 12-13 114.4 11 41 55 32 17 12 8 10 110
          47.8% 47.6% 92.3%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Anthony Goldwire
6.3p, 1.4r, 3.3a		 Dale Ellis
16.1p, 3.5r, 1.8a		 LaPhonso Ellis
22.1p, 7.1r, 2.4a		 Antonio McDyess
17.8p, 7.1r, 1.4a		 Ervin Johnson
7p, 10.5r, 0.9a
Rotation Kenny Smith
5.9p, 0.8r, 2.1a		 Brooks Thompson
6.5p, 1.3r, 2.9a		  
 		 Tom Hammonds
4.8p, 4.7r, 0.7a		  
 
Rotation  
 		 Jerome Allen
3p, 1.2r, 2a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 George Zidek
2.7p, 1.6r, 0.2a

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Nick Van Exel
15.4p, 2.9r, 8.6a		 Eddie Jones
17.7p, 4.2r, 3.4a		 Jerome Kersey
7.1p, 5.3r, 1.4a		 Corie Blount
4.5p, 4.8r, 0.6a		 Sean Rooks
2.6p, 1.9r, 0.4a
Rotation Derek Fisher
3.7p, 1.2r, 1.4a		 Kobe Bryant
7.2p, 1.9r, 1.1a		 George McCloud
10.6p, 2.9r, 1.8a		 Robert Horry
7.6p, 4.2r, 1.9a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Byron Scott
6.8p, 1.5r, 1.3a		  
 		  
 		  
 

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