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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wizards | 29 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 109 |
 Nuggets | 29 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 104 |
WASTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | 37-8444.0% | 9-3030.0% | 26-2892.9% | 38 | 24 | 15 |
| DEN | 39-8048.8% | 8-2334.8% | 18-2378.3% | 44 | 27 | 23 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Washington Wizards109| 38 | 14 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +12 | −0.3 | |||||||
| 35 | 20 | 8-17 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 0 | +5 | −0.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 19 | 3-13 | 0-3 | 13-15 | 0 | +5 | +3.8 | |||||||
| 32 | 17 | 6-13 | 3-6 | 2-2 | +12 | +7.8 | ||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −1.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −3.5 | ||||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −8.0 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −5.7 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −4 | +6.4 | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +2.6 | ||
| Team | 109 | 37-8444.0% | 9-3030.0% | 38 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 26-2892.9% | 10 | 13 | 3 | |||
Bench 26 points on 9 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Carrick Felix and Chris McCullough (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets104| 35 | 29 | 9-14 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 0 | −1 | +6.1 | |||||||
| 34 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −9.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 30 | 17 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.0 | |||||
| 29 | 8 | 4-12 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 12 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.7 | |||||
| 19 | 15 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | −2 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +3.2 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.3 | |||||
| Team | 104 | 39-8048.8% | 8-2334.8% | 44 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 18-2378.3% | 9 | 5 | 2 | |||
Bench 41 points on 15 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Trey Lyles, Darrell Arthur and Richard Jefferson (coach’s decision).
Wizards109Nuggets104ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Otto Porter Jr. had 17 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) and 10 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat the Denver Nuggets 109-104.
Marcin Gortat’s dunk put the Wizards ahead for good with 11:32 left in the third quarter.
The Nuggets got within 104-102 on Jamal Murray’s 18-foot jumper with 32 seconds to play, but Bradley Beal answered with a free throw, and the Nuggets got no closer.
John Wall’s 16-foot jumper with 44.3 seconds left made it 104-100, and his 2 free throws with 7.5 seconds left put it away at 109-104.
During clutch time, the Wizards outscored the Nuggets 10-9. Wall scored 5 of the Wizards’ 10 on 1 for 2 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line.
Beal scored 20 points.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 29 points (13 in the fourth quarter) and 9 rebounds, and Paul Millsap added 17 points and 8 rebounds.
The Nuggets committed 23 turnovers to the Wizards’ 15. The Nuggets’ starters were outscored 32-21 in 13 minutes together. Gortat fouled out.
Washington WizardsDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
83 points from the field on 84 shots: about what the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-14 | 78.6% | 63% |
| In the paint | 9-19 | 47.4% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 8-21 | 38.1% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-10 | 20.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-20 | 35.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 36 | 2 | 1-2 | −11 |
| Will Barton | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Jamal Murray | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Wilson Chandler | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 7 | 3-10 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | 35 | 0 | 0-5 | −10 |
| Gary Harris | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Paul Millsap | 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Will Barton | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 6 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Millsap | 21 | 0 | 0-4 | −4 |
| Wilson Chandler | 13 | 9 | 4-4 | +6 |
| Will Barton | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Jamal Murray | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 5 | 2-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
WAS
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Wall 16' Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q4 0:44
24.4%
29→5
Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (29 PTS) (Murray 5 AST)
Q4 1:05
20.9%
9→29
Murray 18' Jump Shot (8 PTS)
Q4 0:32
19.4%
5→24
Mudiay 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Harris 6 AST)
Q4 6:05
16.2%
21→37
Beal 5' Driving Layup (20 PTS) (Wall 12 AST)
Q4 0:12
13.9%
14→1
