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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wizards | 23 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 95 |
 Nuggets | 34 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 90 |
WASTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | 37-9240.2% | 6-2425.0% | 15-2075.0% | 54 | 24 | 10 |
| DEN | 35-9337.6% | 7-3619.4% | 13-2065.0% | 57 | 18 | 11 |
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Washington Wizards95| 42 | 24, Career high (his best before, 15) | 9-16 | 5-7, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +10 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 40 | 20 | 9-16 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | +4 | +4.6 | |||||||
| 36 | 5 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | +8 | −5.4 | |||||||
| 36 | 17 | 6-16 | 0-4 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −9.0 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 20 | 8-16 | 1-5 | 3-6 | +7 | +0.9 | ||||||||
| 20 | 7 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | +15 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.7 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.4 | |||||
| Team | 95 | 37-9240.2% | 6-2425.0% | 54 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 15-2075.0% | 9 | 9 | 6 | |||
Bench 27 points on 11 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Jeff Green, Sam Dekker and Ian Mahinmi (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets90| 34 | 9 | 4-13 | 1-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −11.1 | |||||
| 31 | 13 | 3-13 | 0-1 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 30 | 23 | 11-15 | 0-2 | 1-3 | +1 | +9.4 | ||||||||
| 29 | 10 | 4-15 | 2-10 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 22 | 12 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −5.2 | ||||
| 25 | 9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | −12 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 19 | 6 | 2-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −5.2 | |||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.1 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.1 | |||
| Team | 90 | 35-9337.6% | 7-3619.4% | 57 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 13-2065.0% | 12 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Jarred Vanderbilt, Isaiah Thomas and Juancho Hernangomez (coach’s decision).
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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.
Troy Brown Jr. scored a career-high 24 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Washington Wizards rallied from 15 points down in the second quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 95-90.
The Wizards trailed 46-31 with 8:03 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Nuggets 64-44 the rest of the way.
Jabari Parker’s free throw with 11.5 seconds left made it 95-90 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Wizards outscored the Nuggets 9-8. Thomas Bryant scored 4 of the Wizards’ 9 on 2 for 4 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Parker had 2 of his 3 steals, both with the game within five points.
Bryant had 20 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Parker added 20 points (14 in the paint) and 3 steals off the bench. The Wizards had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 23 points and 14 rebounds on 11 for 15 shooting, and Gary Harris went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Wizards shot 40.2% from the field and 25.0% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 37.6% and 19.4%. They outscored the Nuggets 26-12 on the fast break. The Nuggets did not make a field goal in the last 3:47. The Wizards outscored the Nuggets 21-3 in 9 minutes with Satoransky, McRae, Parker, Bryant and Brown on the floor together.
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. The Wizards’ chance bottomed out at 14% (2nd quarter, 7:43 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
80 points from the field on 92 shots: 19.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-41 | 63.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-13 | 23.1% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 2-14 | 14.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-6 | 16.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-18 | 27.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Barton | 40 | 3 | 1-3 | −4 |
| Monte Morris | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Malik Beasley | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 5 | 5 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 7 | 3-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 35 | 4 | 2-4 | −4 |
| Mason Plumlee | 18 | 10 | 5-6 | +6 |
| Gary Harris | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Trey Lyles | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 8 | 3-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Millsap | 15 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Mason Plumlee | 13 | 1 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Monte Morris | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Torrey Craig | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 17 | 7-9 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 66 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
WAS
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 2' Reverse Layup (23 PTS)
Q4 3:47
17.6%
37→55
Bryant 3' Driving Layup (18 PTS) (Beal 5 AST)
Q4 3:31
16.9%
37→21
Morris 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
Q4 10:18
15.5%
37→53
Beal 3' Cutting Layup Shot (15 PTS) (Satoransky 5 AST)
Q4 4:12
15.5%
53→37
Bryant 1' Alley Oop Dunk (20 PTS) (Beal 6 AST)
Q4 1:58
14.9%
30→15
