Nuggets 91, 
Lakers 99
6:30 PM ET, January 2, 2005
STAPLES Center
Los Angeles, CA
| DENVER NUGGETS | |||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Carmelo Anthony, SF | 39 | 7-21 | 0-2 | 13-14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Kenyon Martin, PF | 28 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Nene, C | 37 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| DerMarr Johnson, SF | 35 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Andre Miller, PG | 30 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Francisco Elson, C | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Bryon Russell, SF | 16 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Earl Boykins, PG | 21 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Rodney White, SF | 11 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Nikoloz Tskitishvili, SF | 3 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Camby, C | DNP BACK STRAIN | ||||||||||||
| Greg Buckner, SG | DNP RIGHT GROIN STRAIN | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 33-89 | 1-12 | 24-31 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 91 | ||
| 37.1% | 08.3% | 77.4% | Team TO (pts off): 14 (15) | ||||||||||
| LOS ANGELES LAKERS | |||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Caron Butler, SF | 39 | 4-13 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Lamar Odom, PF | 39 | 6-14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Chris Mihm, C | 24 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Kobe Bryant, SG | 36 | 14-29 | 2-6 | 12-16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 42 |
| Chucky Atkins, PG | 37 | 2-9 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Brian Cook, PF | 12 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Brian Grant, PF | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jumaine Jones, SF | 22 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Tierre Brown, PG | 11 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Slava Medvedenko, PF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| Luke Walton, SF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| Sasha Vujacic, SG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 34-87 | 7-27 | 24-29 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 99 | ||
| 39.1% | 25.9% | 82.8% | Team TO (pts off): 15 (11) | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls: 2 LALAKERS ( K Bryant 1 ) DENVER ( K Martin 1 )
Officials: Anthony Jordan , Steve Javie , Tony Brothers
Attendance: 18,997
Time of Game: 02:19