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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 27 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 124 |
 Pacers | 37 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 116 |
DENTeam statsIND| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 46-8752.9% | 8-2729.6% | 24-2788.9% | 47 | 27 | 10 |
| IND | 43-8252.4% | 12-2646.2% | 18-2572.0% | 34 | 32 | 9 |
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Denver Nuggets124| 38 | 22 | 8-18 | 2-7 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +5.0 | |||||
| 37 | 12 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 33 | 14 | 4-12 | 1-5 | 5-6 | 0 | −6 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 27 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −4 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 24 | 22 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 0 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +1.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | +17 | +5.1 | ||||||||
| 23 | 25, Career high (his best before, 19) | 11-12 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +9.5 | |||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +0.1 | ||||
| 14 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.1 | ||
| Team | 124 | 46-8752.9% | 8-2729.6% | 47 | 27 | 10 | 21 | 24-2788.9% | 15 | 7 | 2 | |||
Bench 48 points on 21 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Jarred Vanderbilt, Juancho Hernangomez, Torrey Craig and Malik Beasley (coach’s decision).
Indiana Pacers116| 38 | 18 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-6 | −2 | +9.2 | |||||||
| 38 | 20 | 8-15 | 2-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −1 | +3.2 | ||||||
| 37 | 30, Season high (his best before, 25) | 9-13 | 5-5, Season high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 7-7 | 0 | +1 | +12.5 | ||||||
| 35 | 21 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 22 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.9 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | +1.6 | |||||||
| 22 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | −2.8 | |||||||
| 13 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −4.9 | |||
| 9 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.9 | ||||
| Team | 116 | 43-8252.4% | 12-2646.2% | 34 | 32 | 9 | 21 | 18-2572.0% | 9 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 21 points on 8 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Alize Johnson, T.J. Leaf and JaKarr Sampson (coach’s decision).
Nuggets124Pacers116ClickTap 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.
Michael Porter Jr. scored a career-high 25 points (18 in the paint), and the Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 124-116.
Monte Morris’ corner 3-pointer put the Nuggets ahead for good with 30 seconds left in the third quarter.
The Pacers got within 107-104 on Myles Turner’s 3-pointer with 6:33 to play, but Nikola Jokić answered with a turnaround jumper, and the Pacers got no closer than 111-107.
Jamal Murray had 22 points (9 in the first quarter) and 7 assists, and Jokić added 22 points. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Pacers, Jeremy Lamb scored a season-high 30 points on 9 for 13 shooting, and Turner added 21 points. T.J. Warren scored 20 points. Domantas Sabonis had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists on 8 for 12 shooting. Turner scored 12 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter. The Pacers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Pacers gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Nuggets missed. The Nuggets outscored the Pacers 48-21 off the bench. The Nuggets’ starters were outscored 46-34 in 17 minutes together.
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 18% (1st quarter, 5:23 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
100 points from the field on 87 shots: 6.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-34 | 67.6% | 64% |
| In the paint | 10-13 | 76.9% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-13 | 38.5% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-21 | 28.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Holiday | 16 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| T.J. Warren | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lamb | 7 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Doug McDermott | 7 | 7 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 13 | 6-7 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 47 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Turner | 28 | 9 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lamb | 5 | 6 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Domantas Sabonis | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| T.J. Warren | 4 | 3 | 1-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 4 | 6 | 2-3 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 45 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Holiday | 23 | 11 | 4-8 | +5 |
| T.J. Warren | 17 | 3 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Myles Turner | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lamb | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 6 | 2-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 71 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.
IND win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Lamb 27' 3PT Jump Shot (28 PTS) (Sabonis 9 AST)
Q4 5:10
19.3%
14→34
Barton 27' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Morris 3 AST)
Q4 8:37
15.7%
29→14
Porter Jr. 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Harris 5 AST)
Q3 2:08
13.2%
56→43
McDermott 28' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Sabonis 8 AST)
Q3 1:36
13.2%
43→56
Morris 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Plumlee 4 AST)
Q3 0:30
13.2%
56→43
