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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 31 | 31 | 19 | 20 | 101 |
 Clippers | 20 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 94 |
DENTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 39-8148.1% | 13-2552.0% | 10-1471.4% | 38 | 28 | 13 |
| LAC | 35-8541.2% | 10-3429.4% | 14-1687.5% | 45 | 17 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets101| 39 | 14 | 6-13 | 1-4 | 1-4 | +12 | +2.8 | ||||||||
| 39 | 23 | 9-18 | 3-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +1.8 | |||||
| 36 | 14 | 6-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | −5.0 | |||||||
| 35 | 19 | 7-14 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 32 | 20 | 7-11 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0 | +6 | +2.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | +0.7 | |||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.1 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.3 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.1 | |||
| Team | 101 | 39-8148.1% | 13-2552.0% | 38 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 10-1471.4% | 7 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 11 points on 4 for 9 shooting
Did not play: Zeke Nnaji, JaVale McGee, Markus Howard, Gary Clark, Vlatko Čančar and Bol Bol (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers94| 39 | 24 | 10-22 | 2-4 | 2-2 | −14 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 32 | 17 | 5-15 | 2-7 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −7 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | 2-9 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −7.4 | |||||
| 26 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 27 | 18 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −6.1 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.6 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 94 | 35-8541.2% | 10-3429.4% | 45 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 14-1687.5% | 13 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 30 points on 12 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Rajon Rondo (injury/illness).
Nuggets101Clippers94ClickTap 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 20 points (10 in the paint), and the Denver Nuggets beat the LA Clippers 101-94 for their fourth straight win.
The Nuggets never trailed and led by as many as 18.
The Clippers got within 84-83 on Terance Mann’s 12-foot pull-up jumper with 6:53 to play, but Porter answered with a putback, and the Clippers got no closer.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Clippers 7-2. Early in the fourth quarter, Nicolas Batum had 2 of his 3 steals, 1 of them during an 11-0 Clippers run, and the Clippers scored 3 points off them.
Jamal Murray had 23 points (11 in the second quarter) and 8 rebounds. Nikola Jokić and Aaron Gordon set each other up for 6 baskets and 13 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard had 24 points and 12 rebounds.
The Nuggets shot 48.1% from the field and 52.0% from 3 to the Clippers’ 41.2% and 29.4%. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Clippers 63-48 in 26 minutes together.
Denver NuggetsLA ClippersPS, 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).
91 points from the field on 81 shots: 6.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-22 | 72.7% | 64% |
| In the paint | 5-18 | 27.8% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-16 | 31.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-4 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-21 | 52.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawhi Leonard | 18 | 4 | 2-2 | −1 |
| Terance Mann | 12 | 8 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Nicolas Batum | 10 | 2 | 1-5 | −1 |
| Paul George | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 10 | 4-10 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul George | 20 | 2 | 1-2 | −4 |
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Nicolas Batum | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 8 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 10 | 3-6 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Jackson | 28 | 12 | 5-8 | +6 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 9 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 7 | 2 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Terance Mann | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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.
LAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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50/50
LAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Gordon 5 AST)
Q4 5:20
16.1%
37→21
Batum 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Mann 2 AST)
Q4 4:40
13.2%
21→34
Porter Jr. Cutting Dunk Shot (20 PTS) (Jokic 7 AST)
Q4 2:48
12.6%
29→17
Barton 3' Driving Layup (18 PTS)
Q4 4:07
12.5%
34→21
Murray 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (21 PTS)
Q4 2:05
10.4%
15→4
