Denver
Nuggets
114
–
118
FINAL
Utah
Jazz
Date
Saturday, April 8, 2023
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 19 | 36 | 40 | 19 | 114 |
| UTA | 32 | 26 | 31 | 29 | 118 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Ochai Agbaji
UTA
28
PTS
3
REB
3
AST
-1
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections1
Contested Shots6
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending30.0%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.16
Impact Composite69.9
Hustle: 12.5Defense: 57.4Impact: -0.1
6 contested shotsheld opponents to 30.0% FGonly 9 pts allowed on 54.9 possessions
Box Score MVP
Kris Dunn
UTA
19
PTS
8
REB
14
AST
+20
+/−
Game Performance
FG6-13 (46.2%)
3PT0-0
FT7-8
TS%57.5%
eFG%46.2%
STL3
BLK1
TOV3
ORTG123
DRTG99
NET+24
Double-Double3 steals11 contested shots+20 plus/minusonly 16 pts allowed on 62.8 possessions
Box Score
| DEN | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Nnaji | 12:00 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-3 | 0% | 0-2 | 0% | 1-2 | 50% | -10 |
| Jeff Green | 11:46 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 33% | 0-1 | 0% | 1-2 | 50% | +5 |
| Ish Smith | 6:32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-4 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -6 |
| Vlatko Čančar | 12:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-5 | 20% | 0-3 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -10 |
| Aaron Gordon | 28:28 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6-10 | 60% | 1-2 | 50% | 2-3 | 67% | +1 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Christian Braun | 25:45 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-8 | 63% | 0-2 | 0% | 4-5 | 80% | +4 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 20:07 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-14 | 43% | 3-9 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | -12 |
| Peyton Watson | 17:08 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | 4-7 | 57% | +1 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 28:46 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7-12 | 58% | 6-8 | 75% | 1-1 | 100% | -1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 26:38 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2-5 | 40% | 0-1 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -5 |
| Jamal Murray | 28:28 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7-13 | 54% | 4-10 | 40% | 2-2 | 100% | +1 |
| Reggie Jackson | 22:22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-12 | 25% | 1-8 | 13% | 0-0 | 0% | +12 |
| TOTAL | — | 114 | 41 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 41-90 | 46% | 15-46 | 33% | 17-24 | 71% | — |
Jack White —
DeAndre Jordan —
Thomas Bryant —
| UTA | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Juzang | 15:24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-9 | 11% | 0-4 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -18 |
| Juan Toscano-Anderson | 30:24 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2-9 | 22% | 0-2 | 0% | 3-3 | 100% | +15 |
| Udoka Azubuike | 30:24 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3-4 | 75% | 0-0 | 0% | 2-3 | 67% | +12 |
| Ochai Agbaji | 35:08 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10-25 | 40% | 3-11 | 27% | 5-5 | 100% | -1 |
| Kris Dunn | 36:56 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6-13 | 46% | 0-0 | 0% | 7-8 | 88% | +20 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Simone Fontecchio | 22:33 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6-15 | 40% | 3-8 | 38% | 0-0 | 0% | +1 |
| Micah Potter | 21:06 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-7 | 57% | 2-4 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | -9 |
| Damian Jones | 17:31 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-4 | 75% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -10 |
| Luka Samanic | 30:33 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9-14 | 64% | 3-6 | 50% | 2-4 | 50% | +10 |
| TOTAL | — | 118 | 59 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 44-100 | 44% | 11-35 | 31% | 19-23 | 83% | — |
Talen Horton-Tucker —
Collin Sexton —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
DEN41/90 (46%)
Paint
23/35 (66%)
Mid
3/11 (27%)
3PT
15/46 (33%)
ATB3 27%RA 83%Paint 23%Corner 3 56%Mid 43%
UTA44/100 (44%)
Paint
32/58 (55%)
Mid
1/12 (8%)
3PT
11/35 (31%)
RA 69%Paint 36%ATB3 33%Corner 3 25%Mid 20%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Udoka Azubuike
defended Nikola Jokić
5.8 min • 4 pts • 100%
Best Defender
Micah Potter
held Jeff Green
2.4 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Kris Dunn
vs Jamal Murray
2.6 min • 6 pts • 40%
| UTA Defense | Aaron Gordon | Christian Braun | Ish Smith | Jamal Murray | Jeff Green | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Michael Porter Jr. | Nikola Jokić | Peyton Watson | Reggie Jackson | Vlatko Čančar | Zeke Nnaji |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Dunn | 1.2m 6pts 75% | 2.4m 0pts 0% | — | 2.6m 6pts 40% | — | 2.4m 2pts 0% | — | — | 1.7m 0pts 0% | 1.8m 2pts 50% | — | — |
| Udoka Azubuike | 2.4m 2pts 100% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.8m 4pts 100% | — | — | — | 2.0m 0pts 0% |
| Ochai Agbaji | — | 3.3m 2pts 25% | — | 2.6m 4pts 33% | — | 2.2m 3pts 100% | 1.7m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Toscano-Anderson | 2.3m 3pts 50% | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 1.9m 2pts 100% | — | 1.0m 2pts 0% | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — |
| Luka Samanic | 1.3m 3pts 100% | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | 1.6m 9pts 75% | — | 2.2m 1pts 0% | 2.6m 4pts 67% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Micah Potter | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | 2.4m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Simone Fontecchio | — | 1.8m 2pts 33% | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.6m 2pts 33% | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — |
| Damian Jones | 1.4m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% |
| Johnny Juzang | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2m 2pts 17% | — | — |
| Other | 2.3m 11pts 50% | 1.7m 4pts 67% | 1.6m 2pts 50% | 2.0m 2pts 100% | 2.5m 3pts 50% | — | 1.3m 2pts 100% | 2.5m 14pts 60% | 3.5m 5pts 29% | 3.5m 6pts 43% | 3.6m 2pts 33% | 2.0m 5pts 67% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = UTA leads, negative = DEN leads
UTA Largest Lead
19
Q2 1:23
DEN Largest Lead
9
Q4 2:37
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
UTA 9-0 run
Q1 2:13 – Q1 3:40
+5 → +11
UTA 10-0 run
Q1 2:13 – Q1 3:40
+5 → +12
UTA 11-0 run
Q1 2:13 – Q1 4:44
+5 → +13
DEN 9-0 run
Q2 1:45 – Q2 2:45
+16 → +10