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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hawks | 25 | 38 | 35 | 27 | 125 |
 Nuggets | 34 | 20 | 35 | 32 | 121 |
ATLTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 44-8353.0% | 15-3444.1% | 22-3464.7% | 45 | 30 | 14 |
| DEN | 46-10444.2% | 11-4126.8% | 18-2281.8% | 40 | 31 | 3 |
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.
Atlanta Hawks125| 41 | 42 | 13-21 | 8-13, Ties his career high | 8-11 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +13.8 | ||||||
| 40 | 12 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.4 | |||||
| 33 | 20 | 8-18 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +2.2 | ||||||
| 16 | 11 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +5.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 22 | 17 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 4-8 | 0 | +18 | +4.1 | |||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −3.5 | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.6 | ||||
| 9 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.9 | |||||
| Team | 125 | 44-8353.0% | 15-3444.1% | 45 | 30 | 14 | 21 | 22-3464.7% | 10 | 1 | 5 | |||
Bench 32 points on 11 for 26 shooting
Did not play: John Collins (nwt_league_suspension); Allen Crabbe (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets121| 40 | 10 | 4-15 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −8.3 | |||||||
| 36 | 21 | 8-16 | 4-7 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −2 | +6.3 | ||||||
| 33 | 18 | 7-16 | 0-4 | 0 | 4-4 | +10 | +4.1 | |||||||
| 31 | 20 | 7-19 | 1-8 | 5-6 | 0 | −2 | +2.1 | |||||||
| 30 | 19 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | +1 | +6.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 14 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3.6 | ||||
| 18 | 10 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.7 | ||||
| 17 | 7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +2.6 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.3 | ||
| Team | 121 | 46-10444.2% | 11-4126.8% | 40 | 31 | 3 | 24 | 18-2281.8% | 15 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 33 points on 14 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Juancho Hernangomez and Jarred Vanderbilt (coach’s decision); Malik Beasley (injury/illness).
Hawks125Nuggets121ClickTap 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.
Trae Young had 42 points (24 on 8 3-pointers) and 11 assists, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Denver Nuggets 125-121.
Alex Len’s 2 free throws put the Hawks ahead for good with 7:06 left in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets got within 107-104 on Nikola Jokić’s 3-pointer with 6:04 to play, but Young answered with a 30-foot 3-pointer.
During clutch time, the Hawks outscored the Nuggets 9-2.
Jabari Parker had 20 points (14 in the paint) and 9 rebounds. Young scored 15 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Nuggets, Will Barton had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Jokić had 20 points, 7 assists and 3 steals but went 1 for 8 from 3. Paul Millsap scored 19 points. The Nuggets had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Hawks shot 53.0% from the field and 44.1% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 44.2% and 26.8%. The Hawks outscored the Nuggets 25-14 in 9 minutes with Len, Parker, Bembry, Young and Hunter on the floor together.
Atlanta HawksDenver 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).
103 points from the field on 83 shots: 11.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-32 | 71.9% | 64% |
| In the paint | 5-12 | 41.7% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 1-5 | 20.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-10 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-24 | 45.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 32 | 13 | 3-6 | +1 |
| Jamal Murray | 15 | 10 | 4-5 | +4 |
| Monte Morris | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 7 | 3-7 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 9 | 3-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 42 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Millsap | 33 | 9 | 4-8 | −3 |
| Jerami Grant | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Nikola Jokić | 6 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Jamal Murray | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 10 | 5-7 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 23 | 11 | 5-7 | +8 |
| Mason Plumlee | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 43 possessions. He usually scores about 5 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
ATL
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Young 30' 3PT Jump Shot (33 PTS)
Q4 5:13
14.4%
35→21
Harris 2' Cutting Layup Shot (8 PTS) (Murray 8 AST)
Q4 8:19
13.5%
40→54
Young 29' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (30 PTS)
Q4 6:23
13.4%
37→24
Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Millsap 2 AST)
Q4 6:04
13.4%
24→37
Grant 25' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Murray 7 AST)
Q3 1:06
12.5%
14→27
