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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 27 | 29 | 30 | 21 | 107 |
 Mavericks | 32 | 27 | 30 | 17 | 106 |
DENTeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 41-8548.2% | 9-2437.5% | 16-2080.0% | 38 | 27 | 12 |
| DAL | 39-7750.6% | 12-3534.3% | 16-2466.7% | 38 | 27 | 13 |
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.
Denver Nuggets107| 36 | 9 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −5.3 | ||||
| 34 | 15 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 8-8 | −5 | +6.1 | |||||||
| 31 | 14 | 7-18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.4 | |||||
| 31 | 33 | 12-20 | 4-6 | 5-8 | −3 | +13.0 | ||||||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.7 | |||||
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| 26 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +0.4 | |||||
| 17 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +5.2 | ||||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −6.3 | |||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.1 | ||||
| Team | 107 | 41-8548.2% | 9-2437.5% | 38 | 27 | 12 | 22 | 16-2080.0% | 9 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 31 points on 14 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Vlatko Čančar and PJ Dozier (coach’s decision).
Dallas Mavericks106| 37 | 27 | 11-24 | 1-7 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 7 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-2 | +3 | −3.2 | ||||||||
| 31 | 6 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | +3 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 30 | 15 | 5-11 | 3-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.8 | ||
| 27 | 16 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 4-6 | +6 | +6.1 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 14 | 6-10 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +2.1 | |||||
| 23 | 13 | 4-9 | 1-6 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −6 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.6 | |||
| Team | 106 | 39-7750.6% | 12-3534.3% | 38 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 16-2466.7% | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 35 points on 13 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Courtney Lee, Antonius Cleveland, J.J. Barea and Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
Nuggets107Mavericks106ClickTap 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.
Nikola Jokić made a driving layup with 7.9 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-106.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Mavericks 7-6. Jokić (No. 2 in clutch points, 2019-20) scored 5 of the Nuggets’ 7 on 2 for 4 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line.
Jokić had 33 points and 7 assists.
For the Mavericks, Luka Dončić had 27 points (18 in the paint), 9 rebounds and 10 assists but went 1 for 7 from 3, and Dwight Powell added 16 points (12 in the paint) and 8 rebounds.
Denver NuggetsDallas MavericksPS, 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 9.5% (4th quarter, 2:20 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 85 shots: 2.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-29 | 62.1% | 64% |
| In the paint | 10-22 | 45.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 4-10 | 40.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-4 | 75.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-20 | 30.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Powell | 36 | 13 | 5-10 | +1 |
| Maxi Kleber | 11 | 12 | 4-6 | +9 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 5 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Delon Wright | 5 | 4 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 32 | 2 | 0-0 | −4 |
| Luka Dončić | 23 | 5 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Delon Wright | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Justin Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delon Wright | 32 | 4 | 2-9 | −5 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Dwight Powell | 6 | 4 | 2-6 | +2 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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.
DAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
DAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 2' Driving Layup (33 PTS)
Q4 0:08
52.3%
73→21
Beasley 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Hernangomez 2 AST)
Q4 6:54
20.6%
58→37
End of 4th Period (10:01 PM EST)
Q4 0:00
20.5%
21→0
Finney-Smith 27' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Doncic 10 AST)
Q4 2:57
17.8%
55→73
Porter Jr. 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Plumlee 4 AST)
Q4 7:49
14.7%
58→43
