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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pacers | 36 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 100 |
 Nuggets | 25 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 102 |
INDTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 34-7545.3% | 6-2425.0% | 26-3770.3% | 41 | 20 | 9 |
| DEN | 39-8247.6% | 11-3828.9% | 13-2065.0% | 39 | 27 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets102| 37 | 17 | 7-15 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 35 | 17 | 5-10 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 34 | 26 | 11-21 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 34 | 15 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 5-7 | 0 | +1 | +0.3 | |||||||
| 29 | 10 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-2 | +9 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −4.3 | ||||||
| 23 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.5 | |||||
| 19 | 11 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +3.5 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 102 | 39-8247.6% | 11-3828.9% | 39 | 27 | 10 | 22 | 13-2065.0% | 9 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 17 points on 7 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Isaiah Thomas and Jarred Vanderbilt (coach’s decision); Trey Lyles.
Indiana Pacers100| 36 | 15 | 3-9 | 0-4 | 9-11 | 0 | −3 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 18 | 8-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 32 | 7 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 32 | 16 | 5-12 | 0-5 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.6 | |||||
| 30 | 17 | 7-12 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 16 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 0 | +1 | +2.4 | |||||||
| 21 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.9 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.7 | ||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −1.1 | |
| Team | 100 | 34-7545.3% | 6-2425.0% | 41 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 26-3770.3% | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Kyle O'Quinn, T.J. Leaf and Aaron Holiday (coach’s decision).
Nuggets102Pacers100ClickTap 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.
Paul Millsap made a driving layup on a pass from Jamal Murray with 7.0 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 18 points down in the second quarter to beat the Indiana Pacers 102-100.
The Nuggets trailed 49-31 with 6:51 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Pacers 71-51 the rest of the way.
The Pacers had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Bojan Bogdanovic missed a step-back 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Pacers outscored the Nuggets 7-6. Myles Turner scored 6 of the Pacers’ 7 on 1 for 1 shooting and 4 for 5 at the line.
Nikola Jokić scored 26 points (18 in the paint). Will Barton added 17 points (12 on 4 3-pointers), and Millsap had 15 points and 13 rebounds.
For the Pacers, Thaddeus Young had 18 points and 10 rebounds.
The Pacers forced 11 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. Mason Plumlee fouled out.
Denver NuggetsIndiana PacersPS, 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 Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 14% (2nd quarter, 6:51 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
89 points from the field on 82 shots: 2.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-23 | 69.6% | 63% |
| In the paint | 11-16 | 68.8% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 1-5 | 20.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-4 | 50.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-34 | 26.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Turner | 39 | 19 | 9-13 | +6 |
| Domantas Sabonis | 9 | 4 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Thaddeus Young | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Darren Collison | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Matthews | 45 | 9 | 3-4 | −1 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Darren Collison | 4 | 2 | 0-2 | +1 |
| Myles Turner | 4 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Collison | 29 | 4 | 2-7 | −4 |
| Cory Joseph | 18 | 6 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Thaddeus Young | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Myles Turner | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 20 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Millsap 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (15 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
Q4 0:07
38.9%
53→92
Turner 3' Layup (13 PTS) (Bogdanovic 2 AST)
Q4 0:48
18.9%
92→73
Turner Free Throw 2 of 2 (15 PTS)
Q4 0:28
18.2%
71→53
Millsap 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Barton 5 AST)
Q4 2:42
15.8%
73→89
Young 4' Floating Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Sabonis 2 AST)
Q4 10:58
12.9%
66→53
