The Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, winning Game 5, 117-107.

Now, the Lakers will advance to their first NBA Finals since 2009-10, when they defeated the Boston Celtics to hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy. They will take on either the Miami Heat or Boston Celtics; Miami currently leads the Eastern Conference Finals series 3-2.

LeBron James dominated with 38 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists while shooting 15-25 from the field. Anthony Davis chipped in 27 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 threes (while shooting 50 percent from the field, 50 percent from three and 100 percent from the free-throw line).

L.A. held Jamal Murray in check, as he finished with just 19 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds and 5 turnovers (on 7-17 shooting from the field, including 0-4 from three). Nikola Jokic had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals in the losing effort. 

Here are the complete highlights from Game 5:

ASSOCIATED PRESS RECAP

LeBron James is going to a 10th NBA Finals — and for the first time in a decade, so are the Los Angeles Lakers.

James punctuated his 27th postseason triple-double with a big fourth quarter, powering the Lakers to a 117-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night to win the Western Conference finals in five games.

James finished with 38 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists to become the fourth player to reach 10 NBA Finals. It took him two seasons to make it with the Lakers, after falling short of the playoffs in an injury-plagued first season following eight consecutive trips with Miami and Cleveland.

The Lakers will face either Miami or Boston in their 32nd NBA Finals appearance, most in league history. They haven't played for the title since beating the Celtics in 2010 for the last of their 16 titles.

Anthony Davis added 27 points and will end his first season with Los Angeles by playing in his first NBA Finals.

Nikola Jokic and Jerami Grant each scored 20 points for the Nuggets, who had fought off elimination six times before the Lakers finally put them away. Jamal Murray added 19 points and eight assists but the star guard struggled with some leg or foot pain and lacked his usual explosiveness.

The Nuggets had come back from 3-1 down in the first two rounds before being finally ousted a month since they would have departed the bubble had they lost the first time they faced elimination, in Game 5 against Utah on Aug. 25.