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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 24 | 28 | 29 | 41 | 122 |
 Nuggets | 33 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 120 |
LACTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 46-8951.7% | 7-2626.9% | 23-3174.2% | 43 | 26 | 18 |
| DEN | 43-8749.4% | 10-3132.3% | 24-3080.0% | 41 | 27 | 20 |
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LA Clippers122| 31 | 16 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +3.6 | |||||
| 29 | 17 | 6-12 | 2-7 | 3-6 | 0 | −13 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 29 | 8 | 3-12 | 1-4 | 1-2 | −9 | −4.8 | ||||||||
| 23 | 7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | −13 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −6.0 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 25 | 10-18 | 1-6 | 4-5 | +7 | +6.9 | ||||||||
| 27 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 25 | 15 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | +12 | +2.1 | |||||||
| 15 | 18 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 8-9 | +27 | +8.6 | ||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.2 | ||||||
| Team | 122 | 46-8951.7% | 7-2626.9% | 43 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 23-3174.2% | 13 | 12 | 7 | |||
Bench 74 points on 28 for 48 shooting
Did not play: Sindarius Thornwell (coach’s decision); Danilo Gallinari (injury/illness).
Denver Nuggets120| 40 | 19 | 7-15 | 2-6 | 3-3 | −2 | +3.8 | ||||||||
| 39 | 23 | 7-13 | 4-6 | 5-6 | 0 | +1 | +5.1 | |||||||
| 36 | 18 | 7-14 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 0 | −1 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 18 | 7-11 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 | +7 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 28 | 18 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 8-8 | 0 | +6 | +4.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 9 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | −8 | −2.1 | ||||||||
| 22 | 10 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-4 | −6 | +2.2 | ||||||||
| 12 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.0 | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −2.5 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.3 | |
| Team | 120 | 43-8749.4% | 10-3132.3% | 41 | 27 | 20 | 27 | 24-3080.0% | 11 | 11 | 7 | |||
Bench 24 points on 11 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Darrell Arthur, Kenneth Faried and Richard Jefferson (coach’s decision).
Clippers122Nuggets120ClickTap 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 rallied from 19 points down in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 122-120.
The Clippers trailed 82-63 with 4:24 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Nuggets 59-38 the rest of the way.
The Nuggets had the ball down 2 with 7.4 seconds left, but Tobias Harris stole the ball from Jamal Murray, lifting the Clippers’ chance to win from 87% to over 99%. A basket would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Clippers outscored the Nuggets 15-9. Lou Williams scored 8 of the Clippers’ 15 on 2 for 2 shooting and 4 for 5 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Gary Harris had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Murray’s 20-foot jumper that put the Nuggets ahead 90-89, and the Nuggets scored 4 points off them.
Williams had 25 points and 6 assists off the bench, and Boban Marjanovic added 18 points (11 in the fourth quarter) on 5 for 8 shooting off the bench. Williams scored 13 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Nuggets, Gary Harris had 23 points and 3 steals.
The Clippers outscored the Nuggets 74-24 off the bench. The Clippers outscored the Nuggets 39-20 in 10 minutes with Williams, Harrell, Marjanovic, Wallace and Teodosic on the floor together. Wilson Chandler fouled out.
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. The Clippers’ chance bottomed out at 2.2% (3rd quarter, 4:24 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
99 points from the field on 89 shots: 2.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 27-37 | 73.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 9-19 | 47.4% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-12 | 8.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-14 | 42.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 27 | 6 | 3-6 | −3 |
| Will Barton | 23 | 5 | 2-2 | −3 |
| Jamal Murray | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Devin Harris | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 12 | 4-8 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 16 | 9 | 4-4 | +4 |
| Mason Plumlee | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 8 | 1-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 34 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | 19 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Gary Harris | 14 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Wilson Chandler | 12 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Will Barton | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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
LAC
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
G. Harris 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Barton 5 AST)
Q4 0:15
19.8%
4→24
Teodosic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Harrell 2 AST)
Q4 11:28
16.4%
79→62
Marjanovic 2' Layup (13 PTS) (Harris 3 AST)
Q4 5:23
16.0%
56→40
Williams 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (19 PTS)
Q4 4:57
15.5%
53→37
G. Harris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
Q4 6:45
15.4%
21→37
