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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pacers | 20 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 98 |
 Nuggets | 23 | 21 | 25 | 32 | 101 |
INDTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 40-8447.6% | 11-3135.5% | 7-1163.6% | 48 | 22 | 12 |
| DEN | 36-8442.9% | 12-3040.0% | 17-2085.0% | 39 | 19 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets101| 34 | 30 | 11-19 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +8.1 | ||||||
| 33 | 8 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | +2 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 30 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +11 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 28 | 12 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.9 | ||||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −6.4 | ||||||
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| 25 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 22 | 12 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.3 | |||||
| 20 | 19 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −3 | +7.1 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −5.0 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.8 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.5 | |||
| Team | 101 | 36-8442.9% | 12-3040.0% | 39 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 17-2085.0% | 11 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 39 points on 14 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Bol Bol (coach’s decision).
Indiana Pacers98| 35 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −9.0 | ||||
| 35 | 25 | 11-21 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0 | −5 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 20 | 9-14 | 1-2 | 1-1 | −1 | +6.6 | ||||||||
| 31 | 13 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −2 | +1.5 | ||||||
| 21 | 6 | 2-9 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −6.3 | |||||
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| 29 | 16 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +8.3 | ||||||
| 22 | 5 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | −5 | −3.4 | |||||||
| 19 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.4 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.5 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.4 | ||
| Team | 98 | 40-8447.6% | 11-3135.5% | 48 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 7-1163.6% | 10 | 5 | 11 | |||
Bench 28 points on 12 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Brad Wanamaker and Goga Bitadze (coach’s decision).
Nuggets101Pacers98ClickTap 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.
Will Barton scored 30 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 101-98.
Zeke Nnaji’s 3-pointer put the Nuggets ahead for good with 7:59 left in the fourth quarter.
The Pacers got within 87-86 on Malcolm Brogdon’s 13-foot pull-up jumper with 5:29 to play, but Barton answered with a pull-up 3-pointer, and the Pacers got no closer than 94-92. They had the ball down 2 with 53 seconds left, but Jeff Green blocked Domantas Sabonis’ cutting layup. It would have tied the game.
Barton’s floater with 27.2 seconds left made it 98-94. The Pacers had the ball down 3, but Jeremy Lamb missed a 30-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Pacers 14-8. Barton scored 5 of the Nuggets’ 14 on 2 for 4 shooting.
For the Pacers, Brogdon had 25 points and 3 steals, and Sabonis added 20 points and 19 rebounds. T.J. McConnell had 16 points (all 16 in the paint) and 9 assists on 8 for 11 shooting off the bench. Brogdon scored 14 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets went 17 for 20 at the line to the Pacers’ 7 for 11.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
84 points from the field on 84 shots: 1.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-17 | 94.1% | 65% |
| In the paint | 5-24 | 20.8% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-13 | 23.1% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 0-5 | 0.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-25 | 48.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Holiday | 29 | 6 | 2-5 | −1 |
| Torrey Craig | 15 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Chris Duarte | 7 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| T.J. McConnell | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Turner | 15 | 2 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Domantas Sabonis | 14 | 9 | 4-5 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 7 | 3-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 39 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domantas Sabonis | 14 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Myles Turner | 11 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Justin Holiday | 9 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Torrey Craig | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 10 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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
Barton 5' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (30 PTS)
Q4 0:27
24.2%
73→97
Barton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
Q4 6:19
19.2%
58→77
Brogdon 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 6:02
19.2%
77→58
Barton 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (28 PTS)
Q4 4:45
19.2%
58→77
Sabonis Putback Dunk (20 PTS)
Q4 1:36
17.7%
90→73
