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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 28 | 37 | 38 | 26 | 129 |
 Hawks | 36 | 26 | 24 | 36 | 122 |
DENTeam statsATL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 47-8853.4% | 12-2941.4% | 23-2979.3% | 49 | 29 | 16 |
| ATL | 44-9645.8% | 17-4438.6% | 17-1894.4% | 35 | 25 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets129| 36 | 25 | 9-13 | 1-1 | 6-7 | +8 | +14.2 | ||||||||
| 30 | 8 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −7.8 | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | 12-15 | 4-5 | 1-1 | +14 | +9.4 | ||||||||
| 29 | 18 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 26 | 3 | 1-11 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −11.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 22, Career high (his best before, 21) | 8-16 | 6-11, Career high (his best before, 5) | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +5.7 | ||||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −7 | −3.4 | |||||
| 19 | 12 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +1.4 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | −1 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 11 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.4 | ||||
| Team | 129 | 47-8853.4% | 12-2941.4% | 49 | 29 | 16 | 19 | 23-2979.3% | 14 | 9 | 8 | |||
Bench 46 points on 17 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Hunter Tyson, Justin Holiday, Jalen Pickett and DeAndre Jordan (coach’s decision).
Atlanta Hawks122| 40 | 16 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-4 | −8 | +0.3 | |||||||
| 38 | 21 | 8-22 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 0 | −6 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 28 | 14 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 26 | 19 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +1.6 | ||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.6 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 40, Career high (his best before, 35) | 14-24 | 10-17, NBA season high (the league's best before, 9). Career high (his best before, 8) | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | +14.5 | |||||||
| 28 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +4 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −4.1 | |||||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.1 | ||||
| Team | 122 | 44-9645.8% | 17-4438.6% | 35 | 25 | 10 | 21 | 17-1894.4% | 13 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 49 points on 18 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Patty Mills, Trent Forrest, Seth Lundy and Bruno Fernando (coach’s decision).
Nuggets129Hawks122ClickTap 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 scored 25 points (16 in the paint), and the defending champion Denver Nuggets beat the Atlanta Hawks 129-122.
The Nuggets took control with a 22-5 run in the third quarter and led by as many as 20.
Jamal Murray had 29 points and 9 rebounds on 12 for 15 shooting, and Julian Strawther added a career-high 22 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) and 5 steals off the bench. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Hawks, Bogdan Bogdanović scored a career-high 40 points with 10 3-pointers off the bench, and Dejounte Murray added 21 points.
The Nuggets shot 53.4% from the field and 41.4% from 3 to the Hawks’ 45.8% and 38.6%. The Hawks gave up 14 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Nuggets missed. The Nuggets outscored the Hawks 64-46 in the paint. They did not make a field goal in the last 4:17. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Hawks 48-38 in 18 minutes together.
Denver NuggetsAtlanta HawksPS, 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).
106 points from the field on 88 shots: 8.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-32 | 71.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 9-14 | 64.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-13 | 23.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 0-8 | 0.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-21 | 57.1% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dejounte Murray | 22 | 7 | 3-4 | 0 |
| Trae Young | 15 | 6 | 3-4 | +2 |
| Saddiq Bey | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 15 | 6-7 | +13 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Capela | 36 | 12 | 4-7 | −4 |
| Onyeka Okongwu | 17 | 8 | 3-4 | 0 |
| Dejounte Murray | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Saddiq Bey | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 5 | 2-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 22 | 5 | 2-8 | +1 |
| Wesley Matthews | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Saddiq Bey | 6 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Garrison Mathews | 5 | 6 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 10 | 4-4 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 53 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.
ATL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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50/50
ATL
Highest Leverage Moments
Young 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q3 9:41
13.8%
29→43
Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
Q3 9:59
10.9%
40→30
Bey 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
Q3 10:23
9.5%
37→47
Mathews 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Okongwu 2 AST)
Q2 8:02
9.2%
64→73
Strawther 25' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Jackson 6 AST)
Q2 7:56
9.2%
73→64
