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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | Final/2OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grizzlies | 35 | 25 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 137 |
 Nuggets | 27 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 139 |
MEMTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM | 51-10747.7% | 17-4042.5% | 18-2475.0% | 47 | 33 | 14 |
| DEN | 51-10250.0% | 15-3938.5% | 22-2684.6% | 58 | 30 | 24 |
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Denver Nuggets139| 45 | 47 | 20-31 | 2-6 | 5-6 | 0 | +3 | +14.4 | |||||||
| 44 | 28, Season high (his best before, 24) | 8-19 | 5-6 | 7-8 | −1 | +6.3 | ||||||||
| 43 | 21 | 7-13 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 0 | +17 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 35 | 3 | 1-8 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −12.6 | ||||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −5.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | 10 | 3-9 | 0-4 | 4-4 | 0 | +14 | −4.5 | |||||||
| 23 | 12 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +4.2 | |||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.0 | ||||||
| 13 | 12 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −1 | +4.9 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −4.0 | ||||
| Team | 139 | 51-10250.0% | 15-3938.5% | 58 | 30 | 24 | 19 | 22-2684.6% | 13 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 38 points on 14 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Zeke Nnaji, Markus Howard, JaVale McGee and Bol Bol (coach’s decision).
Memphis Grizzlies137| 45 | 36 | 13-24 | 2-5 | 8-11 | +9 | +12.2 | ||||||||
| 43 | 24 | 8-20 | 3-10 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 41 | 18 | 7-12 | 2-3 | 2-4 | −3 | +4.1 | ||||||||
| 39 | 11 | 4-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −21 | −3.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 41 | 25, Career high (his best before, 24) | 9-17 | 6-10, Ties his career high | 1-2 | 0 | +11 | +9.6 | |||||||
| 23 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.4 | ||||
| 17 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.6 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −5.8 | |||
| Team | 137 | 51-10747.7% | 17-4042.5% | 47 | 33 | 14 | 24 | 18-2475.0% | 10 | 15 | 3 | |||
Bench 45 points on 18 for 37 shooting
Did not play: Killian Tillie, Jontay Porter, Sean McDermott and Tim Frazier (coach’s decision).
Nuggets139Grizzlies137ClickTap 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 47 points (34 in the paint) and 15 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 139-137 in double overtime.
Nikola Jokić made 2 free throws with 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 116, and the Nuggets outscored the Grizzlies 23-21 in the two overtimes.
PJ Dozier’s 2 free throws with 9.4 seconds left in the second overtime made it 139-134 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Grizzlies 30-23. Jokić (No. 5 in clutch points, 2020-21) scored 15 of the Nuggets’ 30 on 6 for 9 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In overtime, Grayson Allen had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Ja Morant’s 3-pointer that put the Grizzlies ahead 130-129, and the Grizzlies scored 3 points off them. With 1:53 left in the second overtime, Facundo Campazzo stole the ball from De'Anthony Melton, and Michael Porter Jr.’s pull-up 3-pointer off it tied the game at 132.
Will Barton had a season-high 28 points (all 11 of an 11-0 run in the first quarter) and 7 assists, and Porter added 21 points with 5 3-pointers. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers. Jokić and Barton set each other up for 10 baskets and 24 points, 5 of them in the fourth quarter or overtime.
For the Grizzlies, Morant had 36 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals, and Melton added a career-high 25 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals off the bench. Allen had 24 points and 3 steals. The Grizzlies had 3 20-point scorers.
The Grizzlies outscored the Nuggets 28-10 on the fast break. The Nuggets outscored the Grizzlies 34-20 in 12 minutes with Barton, Jokić, Dozier, Porter and Campazzo on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsMemphis GrizzliesPS, 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 4.2% (4th quarter, 3:35 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
117 points from the field on 101 shots: 10.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-26 | 69.2% | 64% |
| In the paint | 17-30 | 56.7% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 1-7 | 14.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-4 | 100.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-35 | 31.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Tillman | 50 | 19 | 9-16 | 0 |
| Brandon Clarke | 26 | 18 | 8-10 | +8 |
| Ja Morant | 9 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Grayson Allen | 6 | 9 | 3-4 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 53 points on 99 possessions. He usually scores about 38 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Allen | 41 | 3 | 1-8 | −6 |
| De'Anthony Melton | 21 | 5 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Kyle Anderson | 8 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Ja Morant | 6 | 2 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 12 | 4-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 92 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Anthony Melton | 28 | 0 | 0-2 | −8 |
| Grayson Allen | 17 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Desmond Bane | 15 | 6 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Justise Winslow | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 13 | 4-7 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 90 possessions. He usually scores about 27 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (47 PTS) (Barton 7 AST)
2OT 0:42
40.9%
52→93
Barton 25' 3PT Floating Jump Shot (28 PTS) (Jokic 8 AST)
OT 0:13
38.5%
8→47
Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (34 PTS)
Q4 0:20
28.7%
24→53
Morant 2' Cutting Layup Shot (28 PTS) (Melton 6 AST)
OT 2:51
22.1%
49→27
Morant 26' 3PT Jump Shot (34 PTS) (Anderson 6 AST)
2OT 2:50
21.3%
68→47
