Denver
Nuggets
113
–
99
FINAL
New York
Knicks
Date
Saturday, December 4, 2021
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 9 | 30 | 32 | 21 | 113 |
| NYK | 7 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 99 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Zeke Nnaji
DEN
21
PTS
8
REB
0
AST
+22
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections2
Contested Shots4
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending42.9%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.20
Impact Composite58.7
Hustle: 11.5Defense: 43.1Impact: 4.2
5-9 from 3+22 plus/minusonly 10 pts allowed on 49.6 possessions
Box Score MVP
Nikola Jokić
DEN
32
PTS
11
REB
5
AST
+12
+/−
Game Performance
FG14-19 (73.7%)
3PT3-7
FT1-1
TS%82.3%
eFG%81.6%
TOV4
ORTG137
DRTG112
NET+26
32 pointsDouble-Double73.7% FG8 contested shots+12 plus/minusonly 20 pts allowed on 37.4 possessions
Box Score
| DEN | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JaMychal Green | 18:00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-6 | 33% | 1-5 | 20% | 0-0 | 0% | +8 |
| Vlatko Čančar | 3:28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -6 |
| Aaron Gordon | 24:52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2-4 | 50% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | -1 |
| Jeff Green | 25:07 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4-7 | 57% | 1-2 | 50% | 2-2 | 100% | +9 |
| Monte Morris | 26:23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | +6 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Facundo Campazzo | 26:46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3-8 | 38% | 2-5 | 40% | 0-0 | 0% | +9 |
| Nikola Jokić | 26:57 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14-19 | 74% | 3-7 | 43% | 1-1 | 100% | +12 |
| Davon Reed | 24:05 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-4 | 75% | 3-3 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | +5 |
| Will Barton | 30:42 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-13 | 39% | 3-9 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | +6 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 33:40 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7-13 | 54% | 5-9 | 56% | 2-2 | 100% | +22 |
| TOTAL | — | 113 | 42 | 8 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 44-84 | 52% | 20-43 | 47% | 5-5 | 100% | — |
Markus Howard —
Petr Cornelie —
| NYK | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obi Toppin | 20:28 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-8 | 25% | 1-3 | 33% | 2-2 | 100% | +2 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 21:29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 40% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | -4 |
| RJ Barrett | 24:40 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-13 | 39% | 1-7 | 14% | 2-2 | 100% | -17 |
| Alec Burks | 27:29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-6 | 33% | 2-3 | 67% | 5-6 | 83% | -10 |
| Evan Fournier | 35:54 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6-14 | 43% | 3-8 | 38% | 0-0 | 0% | -4 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Nerlens Noel | 18:56 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | 3-4 | 75% | -24 |
| Derrick Rose | 23:50 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5-10 | 50% | 1-5 | 20% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Quentin Grimes | 12:09 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 50% | 2-4 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | +9 |
| Julius Randle | 35:07 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9-18 | 50% | 2-7 | 29% | 4-5 | 80% | -2 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 19:58 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1-7 | 14% | 0-3 | 0% | 1-1 | 100% | -18 |
| TOTAL | — | 99 | 40 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 35-88 | 40% | 12-40 | 30% | 17-21 | 81% | — |
Taj Gibson —
Kevin Knox II —
Wayne Selden —
Kemba Walker —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
DEN44/84 (52%)
Paint
18/28 (64%)
Mid
6/14 (43%)
3PT
20/43 (47%)
ATB3 47%RA 65%Paint 55%Corner 3 46%Mid 43%
NYK35/88 (40%)
Paint
20/44 (45%)
Mid
5/12 (42%)
3PT
12/40 (30%)
ATB3 29%RA 55%Paint 23%Corner 3 33%Mid 75%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Mitchell Robinson
defended Nikola Jokić
6.6 min • 2 pts • 33%
Best Defender
Immanuel Quickley
held Facundo Campazzo
5.2 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Julius Randle
vs Jeff Green
4.9 min • 12 pts • 57%
| NYK Defense | Aaron Gordon | Davon Reed | Facundo Campazzo | JaMychal Green | Jeff Green | Monte Morris | Nikola Jokić | Vlatko Čančar | Will Barton | Zeke Nnaji |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Fournier | — | — | — | — | 1.5m 5pts 50% | 5.5m 5pts 40% | — | — | 1.9m 3pts 50% | 1.4m 0pts 0% |
| Julius Randle | 2.0m 2pts 50% | — | — | — | 4.9m 12pts 57% | — | — | — | — | 2.8m 3pts 50% |
| Alec Burks | 3.7m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 1.7m 3pts 100% | — | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | 2.1m 0pts 0% |
| RJ Barrett | — | — | 1.4m 0pts 0% | — | 1.5m 4pts 67% | — | — | — | 5.1m 7pts 67% | — |
| Mitchell Robinson | — | — | — | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | 6.6m 2pts 33% | — | — | — |
| Nerlens Noel | — | — | — | 3.6m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.7m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Immanuel Quickley | — | — | 5.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Obi Toppin | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | 3.7m 4pts 25% |
| Derrick Rose | — | 4.4m 4pts 50% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other | 3.9m 2pts 13% | 4.2m 4pts 14% | 3.5m 2pts 0% | 1.9m 5pts 29% | 1.1m 10pts 67% | 3.2m 3pts 33% | 2.5m 2pts 17% | 0.8m 2pts 50% | 3.4m 6pts 60% | 2.6m 11pts 100% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = NYK leads, negative = DEN leads
NYK Largest Lead
0
Q1 0:00
DEN Largest Lead
30
Q4 3:20
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
NYK 11-0 run
Q2 11:37 – Q1 4:14
-11 → -2
DEN 9-0 run
Q2 12:00 – Q2 12:00
-11 → -11
DEN 10-0 run
Q3 8:32 – Q3 10:30
-18 → -26
DEN 8-0 run
Q4 1:49 – Q4 3:20
-25 → -30