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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 40 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 128 |
 Warriors | 34 | 18 | 36 | 35 | 123 |
DENTeam statsGSW| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 46-8653.5% | 15-3444.1% | 21-2584.0% | 41 | 30 | 20 |
| GSW | 42-8847.7% | 15-4434.1% | 24-2788.9% | 35 | 34 | 18 |
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 Nuggets128| 34 | 26 | 7-13 | 1-2 | 11-11 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +7.9 | ||||||
| 33 | 17 | 7-14 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 31 | 20 | 8-10 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 29 | 10 | 5-12 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −7.0 | ||||||
| 28 | 17 | 6-12 | 5-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +2.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | +14 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 19 | 14 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −2.2 | ||||
| 19 | 10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +2.5 | |||||
| 14 | 9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +8 | +3.0 | ||||||
| 11 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +0.1 | ||||||
| Team | 128 | 46-8653.5% | 15-3444.1% | 41 | 30 | 20 | 22 | 21-2584.0% | 12 | 10 | 2 | |||
Bench 38 points on 13 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Vlatko Čančar, Zeke Nnaji, Ish Smith, Peyton Watson and Jack White (coach’s decision).
Golden State Warriors123| 37 | 23 | 8-17 | 2-8 | 0 | 5-7 | +7 | +7.1 | |||||||
| 36 | 34 | 10-22 | 5-11 | 9-9 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 27 | 13 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0 | +11 | +7.6 | |||||||
| 24 | 16 | 6-14 | 4-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −2.0 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.8 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 7 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −1.0 | |||||
| 24 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | −3.7 | |||||||
| 16 | 11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −3.2 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −2.5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.6 | ||||
| Team | 123 | 42-8847.7% | 15-4434.1% | 35 | 34 | 18 | 23 | 24-2788.9% | 7 | 10 | 3 | |||
Bench 33 points on 12 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Patrick Baldwin Jr. (injury/illness); Ryan Rollins (coach’s decision).
Nuggets128Warriors123ClickTap 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 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, his 77th career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets beat the defending champion Golden State Warriors 128-123.
The Nuggets took control with a 22-7 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 20.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Warriors 9-4. Bruce Brown scored 6 of the Nuggets’ 9 on 3 for 3 shooting.
Brown scored 20 points on 8 for 10 shooting, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 17 points (9 in the first quarter). The Nuggets had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Warriors, Stephen Curry scored 34 points with 5 3-pointers, and Andrew Wiggins added 23 points (12 in the paint), 8 rebounds and 3 steals. Draymond Green had 13 points and 9 assists.
The Nuggets shot 53.5% from the field and 44.1% from 3 to the Warriors’ 47.7% and 34.1%. The Warriors were outscored 23-11 in 6 minutes with Green, DiVincenzo, Poole, Wiseman and Kuminga on the floor together. Draymond Green fouled out.
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).
107 points from the field on 86 shots: 17.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-16 | 75.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 10-21 | 47.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 9-15 | 60.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-10 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-24 | 41.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevon Looney | 26 | 11 | 4-7 | 0 |
| Draymond Green | 20 | 7 | 2-4 | −1 |
| James Wiseman | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Stephen Curry | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 2-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Curry | 26 | 7 | 3-4 | +2 |
| Klay Thompson | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Jordan Poole | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 7 | 3-3 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wiggins | 31 | 5 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Klay Thompson | 11 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Jordan Poole | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Kevon Looney | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 6 | 2-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 60 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.
GSW win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Brown 1' Running Dunk (20 PTS) (Jokic 10 AST)
Q4 0:13
18.6%
24→6
Poole 3' Layup (7 PTS)
Q4 0:15
15.6%
8→24
Curry 26' 3PT Jump Shot (31 PTS) (Thompson 3 AST)
Q4 2:38
15.0%
6→21
Jokic 16' Fadeaway Jumper (21 PTS)
Q4 4:21
12.1%
21→8
Caldwell-Pope 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Jokic 8 AST)
Q4 8:08
11.7%
21→9
