Nikola Jokić
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 37 | 20 | 8-14 | +5 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 14 | 3 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 4 | 2-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 113 | |
| 37 | 29 | 34 | 25 | 125 |
| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 42-8947.2% | 13-3339.4% | 16-2272.7% | 35 | 30 | 8 |
| DEN | 50-9055.6% | 14-3342.4% | 11-1573.3% | 48 | 30 | 15 |
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| 34 | 20 | 8-15 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +2.2 | |||||
| 33 | 20 | 8-12 | 2-5 | 2-3 | +14 | +4.9 | ||||||||
| 32 | 27 | 11-17 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | +12 | +14.8 | |||||||
| 31 | 11 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +1.0 | ||||
| 31 | 15 | 7-12 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −2.1 | ||||||
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| 24 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −4.3 | |||||
| 17 | 4 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −6.1 | |||||
| 15 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | +9 | +1.5 | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | +3.8 | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.6 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +0.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.3 | ||
| Team | 125 | 50-9055.6% | 14-3342.4% | 48 | 30 | 15 | 18 | 11-1573.3% | 10 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 32 points on 12 for 25 shooting
| 35 | 30 | 13-22 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | −7 | +7.2 | |||||||
| 34 | 9 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −6.5 | |||||
| 30 | 12 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +0.3 | ||||||
| 26 | 17 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +2.2 | |||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 6 | 2-9 | 2-8 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −1.9 | ||||
| 20 | 13 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | +6.0 | |||||||
| 17 | 10 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | +7 | +2.2 | |||||
| 12 | 6 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.5 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.5 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.5 | |
| Team | 113 | 42-8947.2% | 13-3339.4% | 35 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 16-2272.7% | 8 | 9 | 3 | |||
Bench 37 points on 13 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Cody Zeller (coach’s decision).
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Nikola Jokić had 27 points (16 in the paint), 10 rebounds and 14 assists, his 117th career triple-double, and the defending champion Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 125-113.
The Nuggets took control with a 29-7 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 22.
Michael Porter Jr. had 20 points and 10 rebounds on 8 for 12 shooting, and Jamal Murray added 20 points (10 in the fourth quarter) and 9 assists. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers. Jokić assisted on 5 of Aaron Gordon’s 7 baskets.
For the Pelicans, Zion Williamson scored 30 points. Williamson scored 18 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets shot 55.6% from the field and 42.4% from 3 to the Pelicans’ 47.2% and 39.4%. The Pelicans got 8 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed.
PS, 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).
114 points from the field on 90 shots: 10.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-38 | 68.4% | 66% |
| In the paint | 2-8 | 25.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-11 | 72.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-9 | 22.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-24 | 50.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 37 | 20 | 8-14 | +5 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 14 | 3 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 4 | 2-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Ingram | 24 | 6 | 2-2 | −1 |
| Trey Murphy III | 18 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Herbert Jones | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| CJ McCollum | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Jones | 20 | 0 | 0-2 | −7 |
| CJ McCollum | 15 | 6 | 3-5 | +1 |
| Dyson Daniels | 14 | 5 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Trey Murphy III | 5 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 3 | 1-2 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 26 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
NOP
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Highest Leverage Moments
Murphy III 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (McCollum 3 AST)
Q2 10:34
14.4%
92→77
Jokic 24' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
Q1 4:27
9.5%
53→62
Jones 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Williamson 1 AST)
Q1 7:55
9.2%
56→47
Braun 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
Q1 0:03
9.1%
73→82
Watson Running Dunk (8 PTS)
Q2 6:18
8.4%
85→93