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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 30 | 31 | 18 | 25 | 104 |
 Jazz | 28 | 32 | 22 | 26 | 108 |
DENTeam statsUTA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 42-7953.2% | 11-2839.3% | 9-1275.0% | 39 | 24 | 14 |
| UTA | 42-8648.8% | 7-2924.1% | 17-2277.3% | 37 | 21 | 7 |
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Utah Jazz108| 39 | 18 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +6.8 | |||||
| 35 | 15 | 5-16 | 0-3 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −4.3 | |||||
| 34 | 15 | 6-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +10 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 28 | 17 | 6-14 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +5.9 | ||||||||
| 22 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +11 | +2.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 10 | 5-11 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −6.4 | ||||
| 26 | 15 | 6-14 | 0-5 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −2.7 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.5 | ||
| Team | 108 | 42-8648.8% | 7-2924.1% | 37 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 17-2277.3% | 8 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 35 points on 15 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Jordan Clarkson and Hassan Whiteside (injury/illness).
Denver Nuggets104| 35 | 14 | 6-16 | 1-4 | 1-3 | −6 | −5.1 | ||||||||
| 31 | 15 | 7-13 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +1.2 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −6.4 | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | −4.9 | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −0.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 26 | 10-13 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +7.6 | |||||
| 30 | 13 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +14 | +5.5 | ||||||
| 20 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.6 | ||||||
| 16 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | +2.6 | ||||||
| Team | 104 | 42-7953.2% | 11-2839.3% | 39 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 9-1275.0% | 7 | 5 | 7 | |||
Bench 57 points on 22 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Markus Howard and Facundo Campazzo (coach’s decision).
Jazz108Nuggets104ClickTap 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.
The Utah Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets 108-104 to end a 5-game losing streak.
Rudy Gay’s layup put the Jazz ahead for good with 3:26 left in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets got within 106-104 on Bryn Forbes’ 9-foot floater with 18 seconds to play, but Bojan Bogdanovic answered with 2 free throws, and the Nuggets got no closer.
During clutch time, the Jazz outscored the Nuggets 10-9. Gay scored 4 of the Jazz’s 10 on 2 for 3 shooting and 0 for 2 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Mike Conley had 3 of his 4 steals, one of them leading to Gay’s layup that put the Jazz ahead 99-97, and the Jazz scored 6 points off them.
Trent Forrest had 18 points and 8 assists.
For the Nuggets, Forbes scored 26 points on 10 for 13 shooting off the bench.
The Nuggets forced 8 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Jazz outscored the Nuggets 64-36 in the paint. The Nuggets’ starters were outscored 33-20 in 14 minutes together.
Utah JazzDenver 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 85 shots: about what the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 22-28 | 78.6% | 65% |
| In the paint | 10-22 | 45.5% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-24 | 20.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Forbes | 21 | 9 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Monte Morris | 12 | 7 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Austin Rivers | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Davon Reed | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Rivers | 15 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Davon Reed | 14 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Monte Morris | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| JaMychal Green | 5 | 8 | 2-2 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 8 | 3-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Barton | 30 | 2 | 1-7 | −7 |
| Austin Rivers | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Davon Reed | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 3-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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.
UTA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
UTA
Highest Leverage Moments
Gay 2' Driving Dunk (15 PTS) (Forrest 8 AST)
Q4 2:56
15.5%
66→82
O'Neale 2' Running Layup (13 PTS)
Q4 6:18
14.9%
62→77
Nnaji 22' Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Reed 4 AST)
Q4 6:00
14.9%
77→62
Forbes 14' Pullup Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 4:32
14.9%
77→62
Forrest 3' Driving Reverse Layup (17 PTS)
Q4 5:45
14.1%
62→76
