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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 25 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 98 |
 Jazz | 32 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 95 |
DENTeam statsUTA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 39-9043.3% | 7-3023.3% | 13-1872.2% | 52 | 23 | 11 |
| UTA | 36-8641.9% | 14-3935.9% | 9-1464.3% | 46 | 20 | 14 |
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Denver Nuggets98| 43 | 31 | 12-26 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0 | +5 | +0.1 | |||||||
| 42 | 15 | 7-12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −0.1 | |||||||
| 40 | 30 | 14-24 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0 | +10 | +17.2 | |||||||
| 38 | 5 | 0-13 | 0-6 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −13.4 | ||||||
| 36 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | −0.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +2 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −7 | −3.7 | ||||||
| Team | 98 | 39-9043.3% | 7-3023.3% | 52 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 13-1872.2% | 13 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 9 points on 3 for 9 shooting
Did not play: Will Barton, Michael Porter Jr., Paul Millsap and Jerami Grant (coach’s decision); Mason Plumlee (injury/illness).
Utah Jazz95| 39 | 16 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −2 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 36 | 18 | 8-24 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −13.1 | ||||||
| 34 | 21 | 6-13 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 0 | +1 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 16 | 6-18 | 3-10 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +3 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 30 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −7.3 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 16 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +5.4 | |||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.3 | |||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.3 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.2 | |||
| Team | 95 | 36-8641.9% | 14-3935.9% | 46 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 9-1464.3% | 7 | 5 | 1 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Juwan Morgan, Rayjon Tucker, Ed Davis and Emmanuel Mudiay (coach’s decision).
Nuggets98Jazz95ClickTap 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 had 30 points (20 in the paint), 21 rebounds and 10 assists, his 39th career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 15 points down in the third quarter to beat the Utah Jazz 98-95.
The Nuggets trailed 71-56 with 6:14 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Jazz 42-24 the rest of the way.
The Jazz had the ball down 3, but Bojan Bogdanovic missed a pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Jazz 11-3. Jokić (No. 2 in clutch points, 2019-20) scored 6 of the Nuggets’ 11 on 3 for 5 shooting and 0 for 2 at the line. With 1:17 left, Monte Morris stole the ball from Donovan Mitchell, and Jokić’s 18-foot step-back jumper off it put the Nuggets ahead 96-95.
Jamal Murray scored 31 points. The Nuggets had 2 30-point scorers. Jokić assisted on 7 of Murray’s 12 baskets.
For the Jazz, Mike Conley had 21 points (8 during a 10-0 run in the third quarter) and 8 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson scored 16 points off the bench.
The Nuggets grabbed 13 offensive rebounds to the Jazz’s 7. The Jazz did not make a field goal in the last 3:20.
Denver NuggetsUtah JazzPS, 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 5.5% (4th quarter, 6:24 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
85 points from the field on 88 shots: 4.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-23 | 73.9% | 64% |
| In the paint | 6-21 | 28.6% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 9-16 | 56.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 0-6 | 0.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-24 | 29.2% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 33 | 10 | 4-7 | +1 |
| Rudy Gobert | 12 | 5 | 2-10 | +2 |
| Royce O'Neale | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Mike Conley | 9 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 4 | 2-5 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Gobert | 50 | 14 | 7-15 | −3 |
| Joe Ingles | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Tony Bradley | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 14 | 7-9 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Conley | 37 | 5 | 2-3 | −2 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 14 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Royce O'Neale | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 8 | 4-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 16 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.
UTA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 18' Step Back Jump Shot (30 PTS) (Morris 3 AST)
Q4 0:60
24.9%
62→37
Jokic 16' Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Murray 4 AST)
Q4 3:58
13.5%
77→64
Morris 18' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (11 PTS)
Q4 11:14
12.1%
58→46
Mitchell 19' Pullup Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 3:20
11.0%
68→79
Morris 2' Running Layup (15 PTS) (Jokic 10 AST)
Q4 4:23
10.6%
79→68
