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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 36 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 99 |
 Thunder | 23 | 26 | 29 | 17 | 95 |
DENTeam statsOKC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 37-8941.6% | 13-3636.1% | 12-1675.0% | 53 | 28 | 15 |
| OKC | 38-8843.2% | 9-3823.7% | 10-1283.3% | 41 | 29 | 9 |
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Denver Nuggets99| 33 | 22 | 8-21 | 1-3 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | +10 | +8.4 | ||||||
| 30 | 14 | 5-14 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −1.7 | |||||
| 26 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 24 | 4 | 2-9 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −8.4 | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | −1.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 22, Season high (his best before, 12) | 8-13 | 6-9, Season high (his best before, 4) | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7.2 | |||||||
| 22 | 16 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 22 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | −14 | −3.4 | |||||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +0.2 | ||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −6.9 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.1 | ||||
| Team | 99 | 37-8941.6% | 13-3636.1% | 53 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 12-1675.0% | 18 | 7 | 2 | |||
Bench 45 points on 16 for 37 shooting
Oklahoma City Thunder95| 32 | 11 | 4-10 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 31 | 8 | 2-14 | 0-3 | 4-4 | −15 | −6.7 | ||||||||
| 28 | 14 | 4-13 | 1-9 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −3.9 | |||||
| 26 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −1.7 | |||||
| 19 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +2.8 | ||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +5 | +2.6 | |||||
| 18 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 14 | 8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 12 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.4 | |||||
| Team | 95 | 38-8843.2% | 9-3823.7% | 41 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 10-1283.3% | 11 | 9 | 7 | |||
Bench 48 points on 22 for 37 shooting
Did not play: Ty Jerome, Olivier Sarr, Theo Maledon and Paul Watson (coach’s decision).
Nuggets99Thunder95ClickTap 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 22 points (7 during a 12-0 run in the first quarter) and 18 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 99-95.
Jokić’s 2 free throws put the Nuggets ahead for good with 39 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Thunder 11-6. Austin Rivers scored 5 of the Nuggets’ 11 on 2 for 3 shooting. Early in the fourth quarter, Rivers had 2 of his 3 steals, both with the game within five points.
Rivers had a season-high 22 points and 3 steals off the bench.
For the Thunder, Luguentz Dort scored 14 points (11 in the third quarter) but went 1 for 9 from 3.
The Thunder gave up 18 offensive rebounds, about 7 more than usual for the shots the Nuggets missed. The Nuggets outscored the Thunder 18-6 in 6 minutes with Rivers, Barton, Gordon, Jokić and Morris on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsOklahoma City ThunderPS, 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 18% (4th quarter, 4:08 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
87 points from the field on 88 shots: 2.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 6-15 | 40.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 17-31 | 54.8% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 1-7 | 14.3% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 8-13 | 61.5% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-23 | 21.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Favors | 19 | 7 | 2-7 | −1 |
| Mike Muscala | 18 | 8 | 3-6 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 8 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Josh Giddey | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 11 | 5-9 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksej Pokusevski | 11 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Josh Giddey | 11 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 8 | 8 | 3-4 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 5 | 2-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenrich Williams | 13 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Aleksej Pokusevski | 4 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 10 | 4-5 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 42 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.
OKC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Muscala 5' Hook Shot (8 PTS) (Giddey 8 AST)
Q4 0:54
28.1%
27→55
Rivers 24' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Jokic 6 AST)
Q4 2:59
19.5%
73→53
Williams 5' Cutting Dunk Shot (8 PTS) (Pokusevski 1 AST)
Q4 6:47
19.0%
37→56
Rivers 4' Driving Reverse Layup (22 PTS) (Morris 5 AST)
Q4 2:22
19.0%
53→34
Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (21 PTS)
Q4 0:40
15.3%
53→37
