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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 27 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 104 |
 Clippers | 29 | 21 | 30 | 29 | 109 |
DENTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 42-9743.3% | 5-2520.0% | 15-1883.3% | 54 | 23 | 19 |
| LAC | 40-8746.0% | 10-3033.3% | 19-3161.3% | 48 | 22 | 20 |
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.
LA Clippers109| 36 | 20 | 9-19 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 36 | 17 | 6-18 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 0 | +6 | −5.3 | |||||||
| 32 | 9 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −4.2 | |||||||
| 31 | 15 | 5-9 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +3.8 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −6.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 18 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-13 | 0 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 29 | 15 | 3-9 | 3-8 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.9 | |||||
| 16 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +2.0 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | +2.6 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.3 | ||
| Team | 109 | 40-8746.0% | 10-3033.3% | 48 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 19-3161.3% | 17 | 10 | 5 | |||
Bench 44 points on 14 for 25 shooting
Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (injury/illness).
Denver Nuggets104| 36 | 19 | 7-13 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 17 | 7-15 | 1-5 | 2-2 | −6 | +3.7 | ||||||||
| 34 | 18 | 7-18 | 1-8 | 3-4 | −10 | −1.3 | ||||||||
| 33 | 6 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +3 | −5.2 | ||||||||
| 31 | 16 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | −5 | +2.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 11 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | −2.2 | |||||||
| 15 | 11 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | +2 | +1.0 | |||||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.8 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.5 | |||||
| Team | 104 | 42-9743.3% | 5-2520.0% | 54 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 15-1883.3% | 20 | 13 | 7 | |||
Bench 28 points on 11 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Juancho Hernangomez, Darrell Arthur and Torrey Craig (coach’s decision).
Clippers109Nuggets104ClickTap 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.
The LA Clippers beat the Denver Nuggets 109-104 for their sixth straight win.
Milos Teodosic’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Clippers ahead for good with 4:25 left in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets got within 99-98 on Nikola Jokić’s 15-foot turnaround jumper with 3:44 to play, but Montrezl Harrell answered with a free throw, and the Nuggets got no closer. They had the ball down 2 with 14 seconds left, but Sindarius Thornwell stole the ball from Will Barton, lifting the Clippers’ chance to win from 89% to 95%. A basket would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Clippers outscored the Nuggets 15-7. Wesley Johnson scored 5 of the Clippers’ 15 on 1 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Teodosic had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Harrell’s driving layup that put the Clippers ahead 89-87, and the Clippers scored 3 points off them.
Blake Griffin had 20 points (16 in the paint) and 12 rebounds, and Harrell added 18 points and 8 rebounds off the bench.
For the Nuggets, Gary Harris had 19 points (11 in the second quarter) and 4 steals, and Jokić went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Clippers shot 46.0% from the field and 33.3% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 43.3% and 20.0%. The Nuggets gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Clippers missed. The Nuggets’ starters were outscored 50-35 in 21 minutes together.
LA ClippersDenver 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).
90 points from the field on 87 shots: 7.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-42 | 54.8% | 63% |
| In the paint | 4-11 | 36.4% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-4 | 75.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-8 | 37.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-22 | 31.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Plumlee | 33 | 7 | 3-5 | −2 |
| Nikola Jokić | 10 | 9 | 4-8 | +6 |
| Trey Lyles | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Wilson Chandler | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 6 | 3-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Lyles | 19 | 6 | 2-6 | +1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 15 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 |
| Kenneth Faried | 10 | 8 | 4-4 | +5 |
| Mason Plumlee | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 2 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 41 | 3 | 1-5 | −10 |
| Will Barton | 10 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Mason Plumlee | 6 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Nikola Jokić | 5 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 3 | 1-4 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 24 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.
LAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
LAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Barton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS)
Q4 6:33
19.3%
58→39
Teodosic 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (15 PTS)
Q4 4:25
18.0%
53→71
Barton 19' Pullup Jump Shot (13 PTS)
Q4 5:56
15.3%
53→37
Griffin 1' Layup (20 PTS) (Williams 5 AST)
Q4 5:47
15.3%
37→53
Williams 18' Pullup Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q4 6:17
14.1%
39→53
