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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 18 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 85 |
 Clippers | 16 | 12 | 27 | 32 | 87 |
DENTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 32-8040.0% | 4-3312.1% | 17-2085.0% | 56 | 24 | 19 |
| LAC | 34-8440.5% | 10-3429.4% | 9-1275.0% | 31 | 23 | 9 |
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LA Clippers87| 43 | 18 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +7.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 12 | 5-15 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0 | −2 | −8.3 | |||||||
| 31 | 13 | 5-15 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0 | −22 | −5.1 | |||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −5.1 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −4.6 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 13 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | +9 | −2.1 | |||||||
| 26 | 11 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +28 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 22 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −3.0 | |||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.3 | ||
| Team | 87 | 34-8440.5% | 10-3429.4% | 31 | 23 | 9 | 22 | 9-1275.0% | 3 | 12 | 4 | |||
Bench 36 points on 15 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Jay Scrubb, Xavier Moon and Wenyen Gabriel (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets85| 37 | 21 | 9-14 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | +7.7 | |||||||
| 35 | 30, Season high (his best before, 28) | 11-16 | 1-4 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +6.2 | ||||||
| 34 | 11 | 5-11 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 30 | 4 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −8.5 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +15 | −2.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 2 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −6.3 | ||||||
| 21 | 12 | 5-16 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −6.8 | ||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.0 | |||||
| 11 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +0.9 | |||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.1 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.5 | |||
| Team | 85 | 32-8040.0% | 4-3312.1% | 56 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 17-2085.0% | 13 | 4 | 2 | |||
Bench 19 points on 7 for 33 shooting
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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.
The LA Clippers rallied from 25 points down in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 87-85.
The Clippers trailed 41-28 at halftime and 59-34 with 7:04 left in the third quarter. Their chance to win fell to 4.2% with 6:55 left in the third quarter, and they outscored the Nuggets 53-26 the rest of the way.
Nikola Jokić’s turnaround jumper made it 87-85 with 28.6 seconds left, and Jokić missed a pull-up 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds left. The Nuggets had the ball down 2, but Aaron Gordon missed a tip attempt at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Clippers outscored the Nuggets 11-8. Reggie Jackson (No. 7 in clutch points, 2021-22) scored 4 of the Clippers’ 11 on 1 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Jokić had 4 of his 8 assists, 2 of them on baskets by Gordon that put the Nuggets ahead.
Amir Coffey had 18 points (9 on 3 3-pointers), 7 assists and 4 steals.
For the Nuggets, Gordon had a season-high 30 points (20 in the paint) and 12 rebounds on 11 for 16 shooting, and Jokić added 21 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists.
The Clippers held the Nuggets to 85 points. The Nuggets turned it over 20 times, about 7 more than usual for this many possessions. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Clippers 41-26 in 18 minutes together.
LA ClippersDenver NuggetsPS, 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 Clippers’ chance bottomed out at 4.2% (3rd quarter, 6:55 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
78 points from the field on 84 shots: 7.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-16 | 75.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 6-13 | 46.2% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 6-21 | 28.6% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 1-6 | 16.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-28 | 32.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Morris | 35 | 5 | 2-2 | −1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 12 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Davon Reed | 5 | 5 | 1-1 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 5 | 2-6 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 20 | 5 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Austin Rivers | 13 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Monte Morris | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Nikola Jokić | 7 | 6 | 3-9 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facundo Campazzo | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Davon Reed | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Aaron Gordon | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Austin Rivers | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 13 | 5-10 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 10 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.
LAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
LAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Coffey 27' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Jackson 3 AST)
Q4 2:30
24.9%
43→68
Jackson 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Bledsoe 9 AST)
Q4 5:40
21.1%
37→59
Batum 27' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Jackson 4 AST)
Q4 1:47
18.8%
73→92
Jokic 6' Turnaround Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Campazzo 5 AST)
Q4 0:29
17.5%
95→77
Gordon 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (28 PTS) (Jokic 7 AST)
Q4 3:15
16.5%
46→29
