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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 31 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 89 |
 Warriors | 16 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 86 |
DENTeam statsGSW| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 34-8341.0% | 8-3324.2% | 13-2065.0% | 44 | 24 | 15 |
| GSW | 30-7241.7% | 10-3231.3% | 16-3151.6% | 43 | 20 | 16 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Denver Nuggets89| 36 | 21 | 7-15 | 4-7 | 0 | 3-3 | +3 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 35 | 22 | 8-19 | 0-5 | 6-8 | +6 | +3.4 | ||||||||
| 34 | 8 | 2-9 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −6.3 | ||||||
| 32 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | +0.2 | ||||||||
| 29 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 | −4.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 8 | 3-11 | 1-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −4.8 | |||||
| 19 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −3.5 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 13 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.2 | ||||
| Team | 89 | 34-8341.0% | 8-3324.2% | 44 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 13-2065.0% | 13 | 10 | 5 | |||
Bench 26 points on 12 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Petr Cornelie (coach’s decision); Vlatko Čančar (injury/illness).
Golden State Warriors86| 39 | 23 | 6-16 | 5-14 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −5.8 | |||||
| 32 | 21 | 8-20 | 3-6 | 2-3 | +1 | +0.7 | ||||||||
| 29 | 11 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 26 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +6 | −1.1 | ||||||||
| 23 | 10 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.6 | ||||||
| 24 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −6.4 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.9 | |||||
| 17 | 9 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 3-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.2 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.4 | ||
| Team | 86 | 30-7241.7% | 10-3231.3% | 43 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 16-3151.6% | 8 | 8 | 2 | |||
Bench 15 points on 5 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Jeff Dowtin Jr. and Quinndary Weatherspoon (coach’s decision).
Nuggets89Warriors86ClickTap 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 21 points (7 during a 13-0 run in the first quarter), and the Denver Nuggets beat the Golden State Warriors 89-86.
The Nuggets never trailed and led by as many as 24.
The Warriors got within 88-86 on Andrew Wiggins’ dunk with 30 seconds to play. They had the ball down 2 with 11 seconds left, but Nikola Jokić blocked Jonathan Kuminga’s layup at the rim, lifting the Nuggets’ chance to win from 87% to 92%. It would have tied the game. Facundo Campazzo followed with a free throw, and the Warriors got no closer. They had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Andre Iguodala missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 7. Barton scored 4 of the Nuggets’ 7 on 1 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Jokić had 22 points, 19 rebounds and a season-high 4 steals.
For the Warriors, Stephen Curry scored 23 points (15 in the fourth quarter) with 5 3-pointers, and Wiggins added 21 points and 8 rebounds. Curry scored 15 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets grabbed 13 offensive rebounds to the Warriors’ 8. The Nuggets outscored the Warriors 12-2 in 4 minutes with Barton, Jokić, Reed, Nnaji and Hyland on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsGolden State WarriorsPS, 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).
76 points from the field on 83 shots: 9.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-18 | 66.7% | 65% |
| In the paint | 9-20 | 45.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 5-10 | 50.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 3-23 | 13.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevon Looney | 35 | 10 | 5-11 | −5 |
| Gary Payton II | 8 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 7 | 3 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Otto Porter Jr. | 6 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 2 | 1-3 | −5 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wiggins | 24 | 2 | 1-5 | −4 |
| Juan Toscano-Anderson | 9 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Otto Porter Jr. | 7 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Stephen Curry | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 9 | 4-9 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Curry | 33 | 6 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Gary Payton II | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Kevon Looney | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 2 | 0-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 8 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 9 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.
GSW win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Barton 3' Tip Layup Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 0:44
28.4%
53→24
Payton II 2' Running Dunk (11 PTS) (Curry 4 AST)
Q4 1:04
28.1%
27→55
Curry 28' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS)
Q4 2:08
19.1%
15→34
Wiggins 1' Dunk (21 PTS) (Iguodala 4 AST)
Q4 0:31
18.8%
6→24
Curry 29' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 2:57
15.7%
14→29
