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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jazz | 26 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 91 |
 Nuggets | 23 | 23 | 38 | 15 | 99 |
UTATeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 38-8445.2% | 12-3336.4% | 3-650.0% | 53 | 26 | 17 |
| DEN | 38-8644.2% | 14-3540.0% | 9-1560.0% | 37 | 24 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets99| 37 | 13 | 6-14 | 1-6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −5.4 | |||||
| 33 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −8.6 | ||||
| 33 | 26 | 9-13 | 6-7, Ties his career high | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +10.6 | ||||||
| 32 | 8 | 3-13 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | +6 | −5.4 | |||||||
| 17 | 9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | +3 | +5.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 12 | 5-15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.0 | |||||
| 28 | 26, Career high (his best before, 25) | 9-17 | 4-8 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | +11 | +10.1 | ||||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.4 | |||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.4 | ||
| Team | 99 | 38-8644.2% | 14-3540.0% | 37 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 9-1560.0% | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||
Bench 40 points on 15 for 37 shooting
Did not play: Emmanuel Mudiay, Richard Jefferson, Kenneth Faried and Darrell Arthur (coach’s decision).
Utah Jazz91| 36 | 15 | 6-13 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | +1 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 34 | 14 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | +3 | +0.3 | |||||||
| 32 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +11 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 23 | 15 | 6-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −25 | +3.5 | ||||||
| 21 | 10 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 1-2 | −4 | −0.8 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 12 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −2.1 | |||||||
| 24 | 5 | 2-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −6.0 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | 3-10 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.4 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.9 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.6 | |||
| Team | 91 | 38-8445.2% | 12-3336.4% | 53 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 3-650.0% | 8 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 28 points on 12 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Rudy Gobert (injury/illness); Jonas Jerebko and Naz Mitrou-Long (coach’s decision).
Nuggets99Jazz91ClickTap 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.
Jamal Murray scored 26 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Denver Nuggets went on a 28-9 run in the third quarter to beat the Utah Jazz 99-91.
It was tied at 56 when Murray’s 3-pointer put the Nuggets ahead for good with 7:57 left in the third quarter. Trey Lyles scored 7 points and Nikola Jokić added 6 as they pulled away to an 84-65 lead with 44 seconds left in the quarter.
Lyles scored a career-high 26 points off the bench. Will Barton assisted on 6 of Lyles’ 9 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Jazz, Ricky Rubio scored 15 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) on 6 for 9 shooting.
The Jazz forced 10 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They scored the last 9 points of the game. The Jazz’s starters were outscored 30-17 in 10 minutes together.
Denver NuggetsUtah JazzPS, 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).
90 points from the field on 86 shots: 4.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-34 | 55.9% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-9 | 55.6% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 0-8 | 0.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-4 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-31 | 41.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Rubio | 17 | 11 | 4-4 | +7 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 17 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Joe Ingles | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Alec Burks | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 8 | 3-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekpe Udoh | 13 | 8 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Joe Johnson | 12 | 6 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | 9 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Derrick Favors | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 9 | 3-9 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 22 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Rodney Hood | 21 | 5 | 2-6 | 0 |
| Joe Ingles | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Derrick Favors | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 18 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
UTA
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Rubio 25' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Mitchell 4 AST)
Q3 10:10
12.0%
47→35
Plumlee 2' Reverse Layup (7 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
Q3 7:20
10.4%
62→73
Harris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
Q1 3:54
10.1%
45→55
Murray 24' 3PT Turnaround Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q3 8:29
9.5%
49→59
Harris 1' Running Dunk (7 PTS)
Q3 10:38
9.5%
37→47
