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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 36 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 116 |
 Nuggets | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 115 |
DALTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 36-7250.0% | 17-3647.2% | 27-3187.1% | 35 | 27 | 15 |
| DEN | 40-7851.3% | 13-3240.6% | 22-2878.6% | 36 | 30 | 17 |
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.
Dallas Mavericks116| 37 | 22 | 5-17 | 4-9 | 8-9 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +1.1 | ||||||
| 35 | 19 | 7-13 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 31 | 29, Season high (his best before, 28) | 7-12 | 6-8 | 9-12 | 0 | +4 | +9.8 | |||||||
| 31 | 13 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.6 | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +1.8 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 14 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | +9 | +5.0 | |||||||
| 26 | 9 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.2 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7.7 | |||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −6.2 | ||||
| Team | 116 | 36-7250.0% | 17-3647.2% | 35 | 27 | 15 | 32 | 27-3187.1% | 4 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 25 points on 11 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Theo Pinson, Kemba Walker, Davis Bertans, Jaden Hardy, JaVale McGee and Frank Ntilikina (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets115| 34 | 19 | 7-13 | 0-3 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 32 | 27 | 10-13 | 2-2 | 5-7 | 0 | −6 | +10.1 | |||||||
| 30 | 11 | 2-11 | 0-5 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −7.9 | ||||||
| 30 | 12 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 4-4 | −7 | +2.4 | ||||||||
| 30 | 12 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −1.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 20 | 7-15 | 5-10 | 1-1 | −4 | +3.4 | ||||||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.9 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −3.8 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −1.3 | |||||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.0 | ||||||
| Team | 115 | 40-7851.3% | 13-3240.6% | 36 | 30 | 17 | 28 | 22-2878.6% | 8 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Peyton Watson, DeAndre Jordan, Davon Reed and Ish Smith (coach’s decision).
Mavericks116Nuggets115ClickTap 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.
Dorian Finney-Smith made a 3-pointer on a pass from Luka Dončić with 17 seconds left, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 116-115.
Bruce Brown’s corner 3-pointer had put the Nuggets ahead 112-111 with 37 seconds left.
Jamal Murray’s free throws made it 116-115 with 6.3 seconds left, and Tim Hardaway Jr. missed 2 free throws with the Mavericks up 1 and 4.2 seconds left. The Nuggets had the ball down 1, but Murray missed a 53-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Mavericks 9-5. Brown scored 5 of the Nuggets’ 9 on 1 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Hardaway had 29 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) and 3 steals. Dončić added 22 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists but shot 5 for 17, his 52nd career triple-double, and Finney-Smith had 19 points and 3 steals.
For the Nuggets, Aaron Gordon had 27 points (16 in the paint) and 8 rebounds on 10 for 13 shooting, and Bones Hyland added 20 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench.
The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Mavericks 43-30 in 16 minutes together. Finney-Smith fouled out.
Dallas MavericksDenver 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).
89 points from the field on 72 shots: 12.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-12 | 91.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-19 | 42.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 0-5 | 0.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-13 | 46.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-23 | 47.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 23 | 0 | 0-2 | −6 |
| Jamal Murray | 10 | 3 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Bones Hyland | 9 | 15 | 5-5 | +13 |
| Aaron Gordon | 7 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 7 | 1-2 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 17 | 3 | 1-3 | −5 |
| Bruce Brown | 16 | 1 | 0-1 | −6 |
| Aaron Gordon | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −6 |
| Jamal Murray | 11 | 5 | 1-5 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 12 | 3-11 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 37 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 16 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Jamal Murray | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 10 | 4-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 8 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.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DAL
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Finney-Smith 27' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Doncic 12 AST)
Q4 0:17
50.0%
64→14
Brown 25' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
Q4 0:38
36.4%
27→64
Hyland 25' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Murray 5 AST)
Q4 6:33
16.2%
21→37
Hardaway Jr. 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (27 PTS) (Doncic 11 AST)
Q4 5:03
14.5%
26→11
Caldwell-Pope 3PT Running Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Brown 3 AST)
Q3 10:52
12.0%
40→52
