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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nets | 30 | 31 | 37 | 24 | 122 |
 Nuggets | 30 | 39 | 18 | 33 | 120 |
BKNTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKN | 42-8450.0% | 17-4438.6% | 21-2487.5% | 28 | 32 | 8 |
| DEN | 45-9050.0% | 12-3138.7% | 18-2475.0% | 49 | 27 | 15 |
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.
Brooklyn Nets122| 38 | 15 | 5-8 | 5-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −15 | +1.6 | ||||||
| 38 | 25 | 7-16 | 3-8 | 0 | 8-9 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +1.8 | |||||
| 38 | 15 | 5-15 | 0-7 | 5-6 | 0 | −2 | +0.7 | |||||||
| 29 | 14 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +2.3 | ||||
| 28 | 20 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +11.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 11 | 4-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 19 | 12 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +1.0 | ||||
| 13 | 9 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +3.0 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.3 | |||
| Team | 122 | 42-8450.0% | 17-4438.6% | 28 | 32 | 8 | 21 | 21-2487.5% | 4 | 11 | 2 | |||
Bench 33 points on 12 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Edmond Sumner, Day'Ron Sharpe, Cam Thomas, David Duke Jr., Patty Mills and Yuta Watanabe (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets120| 39 | 35 | 14-23 | 0-1 | 7-10 | +14 | +20.0 | ||||||||
| 37 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 28 | 16 | 5-19 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −8.1 | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | 9-12 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | +10.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 9 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −6 | −3.6 | |||||||
| 19 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | −15 | +0.4 | ||||||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −2.7 | ||||
| 12 | 7 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +2.7 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −4.3 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 120 | 45-9050.0% | 12-3138.7% | 49 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 18-2475.0% | 15 | 4 | 8 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 22 shooting
Did not play: DeAndre Jordan and Thomas Bryant (coach’s decision).
Nets122Nuggets120ClickTap 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.
Nic Claxton scored 20 points (14 in the paint), and the Brooklyn Nets held off the Denver Nuggets 122-120.
The Nuggets came back from 10 down to tie it at 80 midway through the third quarter, but the Nets answered with an 18-7 run and led 109-94 with 8:11 left. The Nuggets got within 121-120 with 41 seconds left.
The Nuggets got within 121-120 on Nikola Jokić’s free throw with 41 seconds to play, but Mikal Bridges answered with a free throw, and the Nuggets got no closer. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Jokić missed a corner 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Nets 7-6. Jokić scored all 7 of the Nuggets’ points on 2 for 5 shooting and 3 for 4 at the line.
Bridges scored 25 points, and Spencer Dinwiddie added 15 points (8 in the third quarter) and a season-high 16 assists but shot 5 for 15. The Nets had 7 players in double-digit scoring. Dinwiddie assisted on 5 of Dorian Finney-Smith’s 5 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Nuggets, Jokić had 35 points, 20 rebounds and 11 assists, his 103rd career triple-double, and Michael Porter Jr. added 23 points on 9 for 12 shooting.
The Nuggets forced 10 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Nets 56-34 in the paint. The Nuggets were outscored 21-9 in 6 minutes with Green, Jackson, Murray, Čančar and Brown on the floor together.
Brooklyn NetsDenver 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).
101 points from the field on 84 shots: 10.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-16 | 68.8% | 67% |
| In the paint | 6-15 | 40.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-9 | 88.9% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-12 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-32 | 34.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | 20 | 14 | 5-7 | +9 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 15 | 2 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Bruce Brown | 15 | 1 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Nikola Jokić | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 7 | 2-9 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 27 | 8 | 4-4 | +2 |
| Jeff Green | 7 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Bruce Brown | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Jamal Murray | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Porter Jr. | 19 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Nikola Jokić | 16 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Aaron Gordon | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Jeff Green | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 9 | 3-5 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 71 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.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BKN
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Finney-Smith 25' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Dinwiddie 16 AST)
Q4 1:43
23.0%
37→14
Jokic 5' Turnaround Jump Shot (30 PTS) (Gordon 2 AST)
Q4 2:46
19.0%
27→46
Dinwiddie 17' Fadeaway Jumper (15 PTS) (Finney-Smith 1 AST)
Q4 2:18
19.0%
46→27
Brown 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Jokic 11 AST)
Q4 3:13
15.7%
14→29
Jokic Tip Layup Shot (32 PTS)
Q4 1:56
13.4%
24→37
