Denver Nuggets Opening Day Rosters

2023-2024 Denver Nuggets Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Christian Braun SG 6-6 220 Apr 17, 2001 22 Kansas 1 2022 1st Rnd, #21, Denver Nuggets
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG 6-5 204 Feb 18, 1993 30 Georgia 10 2013 1st Rnd, #8, Detroit Pistons
Vlatko Cancar PF 6-8 236 Apr 10, 1997 26 KK Mega Bemax (Serbia) 4 2017 2nd Rnd, #49, Denver Nuggets
Collin Gillespie PG 6-1 195 Jun 25, 1999 24 Villanova 1 2022 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Aaron Gordon SF 6-8 235 Sep 16, 1995 28 Arizona 9 2014 1st Rnd, #4, Orlando Magic
Justin Holiday SG 6-6 180 Apr 5, 1989 34 Washington 10 2011 NBA Draft, Undrafted
James Huff C 7-1 240 Aug 25, 1997 26 Virginia 2 2021 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Reggie Jackson PG 6-2 208 Apr 16, 1990 33 Boston College 12 2011 1st Rnd, #24, Oklahoma City Thunder
Nikola Jokic C 6-11 284 Feb 19, 1995 28 KK Mega Bemax (Serbia) 8 2014 2nd Rnd, #41, Denver Nuggets
DeAndre Jordan C 6-11 265 Jul 21, 1988 35 Texas A&M 15 2008 2nd Rnd, #35, Los Angeles Clippers
Braxton Key PF 6-8 225 Feb 14, 1997 26 Virginia 2 2020 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jamal Murray SG 6-4 215 Feb 23, 1997 26 Kentucky 7 2016 1st Rnd, #7, Denver Nuggets
Zeke Nnaji F-C 6-9 240 Jan 9, 2001 22 Arizona 3 2020 1st Rnd, #22, Denver Nuggets
Jalen Pickett PG 6-2 202 Oct 22, 1999 24 Penn State 0 2023 2nd Rnd, #32, Indiana Pacers
Michael Porter, Jr. PF 6-10 218 Jun 29, 1998 25 Missouri 5 2018 1st Rnd, #14, Denver Nuggets
Julian Strawther SG 6-6 205 Apr 18, 2002 21 Gonzaga 0 2023 1st Rnd, #29, Indiana Pacers
Hunter Tyson PF 6-8 215 Jun 13, 2000 23 Clemson 0 2023 2nd Rnd, #37, Oklahoma City Thunder
Peyton Watson SG 6-7 200 Sep 11, 2002 21 UCLA 1 2022 1st Rnd, #30, Oklahoma City Thunder

L.A. Lakers 107, Denver 119

October 24, 2023

Regular Season

Ball Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 19,842

Officials: Kevin Cutler, Scott Twardoski, James Williams

Team Rebounds: Los Angeles (8) Denver (6)

Technicals: Los Angeles (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
LAL (0-1) 20 34 26 27 107
DEN (1-0) 34 29 24 32 119

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
LAL 95 112.3 124.8
DEN 95 124.8 112.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
LAL .511 0.115 0.295 0.167
DEN .604 0.115 0.214 0.099

Los Angeles Lakers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
23 LeBron James Starter PF 29:01 10-16 1-4 0-1 20.4 1.0 7 8 5 1 1 0 0 21
3 Anthony Davis Starter C 34:09 6-17 1-2 4-4 11.5 1.0 7 8 4 3 0 2 2 17
1 D'Angelo Russell Starter PG 36:11 4-12 2-5 1-2 7.8 0.0 4 4 7 3 1 0 3 11
12 Taurean Prince Starter SF 29:53 6-8 4-6 2-2 14.8 1.0 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 18
15 Austin Reaves Starter SG 31:20 4-11 1-2 5-7 13.1 4.0 4 8 4 2 2 0 2 14
35 Christian Wood Bench PF 15:28 3-4 0-1 1-2 5.0 1.0 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 7
28 Rui Hachimura Bench PF 14:38 3-10 0-3 0-0 0.2 2.0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 6
7 Gabe Vincent Bench PG 22:18 3-8 0-4 0-0 0.5 1.0 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 6
5 Cam Reddish Bench SF 17:38 2-4 1-2 2-2 6.8 2.0 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 7
11 Jaxson Hayes Bench C 06:54 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.2 0.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Max Christie Bench PG 01:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Maxwell Lewis Bench SF 01:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   8         1  
        240 41-90 10-29 15-20 94.2 13 31 52 23 18 5 4 12 107
          45.6% 34.5% 75.0%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
5 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Starter SG 36:14 8-12 2-3 2-2 11.5 1.0 1 2 1 5 3 1 3 20
50 Aaron Gordon Starter PF 34:58 7-11 1-2 0-0 20.5 2.0 5 7 5 0 2 1 0 15
15 Nikola Jokic Starter C 36:15 12-22 3-5 2-4 31.5 3.0 10 13 11 2 1 1 2 29
27 Jamal Murray Starter PG 34:14 8-13 3-5 2-2 16.5 0.0 2 2 6 3 0 1 1 21
1 Michael Porter, Jr. Starter SF 30:07 5-13 2-9 0-0 15.2 2.0 10 12 2 1 2 0 0 12
7 Reggie Jackson Bench PG 24:04 3-8 2-5 0-0 4.2 0.0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 8
11 Braxton Key Bench PF 00:44 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Collin Gillespie Bench PG 00:44 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Zeke Nnaji Bench C 11:45 1-3 0-1 2-2 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4
8 Peyton Watson Bench PF 10:51 1-3 1-3 0-0 0.2 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
24 Jalen Pickett Bench SG 00:44 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0 Christian Braun Bench SF 19:20 2-5 0-1 1-2 4.5 1.0 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 5
  Team                   6         1  
        240 48-91 14-34 9-12 115.5 9 33 48 29 15 9 6 12 119
          52.7% 41.2% 75.0%                    

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D'Angelo Russell
11p, 4r, 7a
Austin Reaves
14p, 8r, 4a
Taurean Prince
18p, 3r, 1a
LeBron James
21p, 8r, 5a
Anthony Davis
17p, 8r, 4a
Rotation Gabe Vincent
6p, 1r, 2a
 
 
Cam Reddish
7p, 4r, 0a
Christian Wood
7p, 4r, 0a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Rui Hachimura
6p, 3r, 0a
 
 
Lim PT Max Christie
0p, 0r, 0a
 
 
Maxwell Lewis
0p, 0r, 0a
 
 
Jaxson Hayes
0p, 1r, 0a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jamal Murray
21p, 2r, 6a
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
20p, 2r, 1a
Michael Porter, Jr.
12p, 12r, 2a
Aaron Gordon
15p, 7r, 5a
Nikola Jokic
29p, 13r, 11a
Rotation Reggie Jackson
8p, 3r, 1a
 
 
Christian Braun
5p, 3r, 2a
Peyton Watson
3p, 0r, 0a
Zeke Nnaji
4p, 0r, 1a
Lim PT Collin Gillespie
0p, 0r, 0a
Jalen Pickett
2p, 0r, 0a
 
 
Braxton Key
0p, 0r, 0a