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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 28 | 26 | 39 | 21 | 114 |
 Pacers | 29 | 33 | 19 | 28 | 109 |
DENTeam statsIND| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 44-8850.0% | 11-3333.3% | 15-1788.2% | 42 | 22 | 10 |
| IND | 43-8749.4% | 5-2123.8% | 18-2185.7% | 38 | 24 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets114| 37 | 31 | 13-19 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +9 | +14.9 | |||||||
| 37 | 31 | 11-24 | 3-9 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +3.4 | ||||||
| 35 | 14 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +7 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 9 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −3.1 | |||||
| 31 | 5 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −8.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 13 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 19 | 7 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 | +0.6 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | −2 | −0.8 | |||||||
| Team | 114 | 44-8850.0% | 11-3333.3% | 42 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 15-1788.2% | 11 | 5 | 9 | |||
Bench 24 points on 10 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Hunter Tyson, Jalen Pickett, Zeke Nnaji, Jay Huff and Justin Holiday (coach’s decision).
Indiana Pacers109| 37 | 22 | 8-18 | 0-5 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 34 | 13 | 5-13 | 1-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.7 | |||||
| 33 | 16 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 27 | 15 | 7-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | +3.7 | |||||
| 22 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −15 | −1.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 11 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.4 | |||||
| 21 | 17 | 7-11 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +2.8 | |||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.2 | |||
| Team | 109 | 43-8749.4% | 5-2123.8% | 38 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 18-2185.7% | 7 | 4 | 1 | |||
Bench 40 points on 15 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Jarace Walker, Kendall Brown, Oscar Tshiebwe, Jalen Smith and James Johnson (coach’s decision).
Nuggets114Pacers109ClickTap 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 had 31 points (16 in the paint), 13 rebounds and 10 assists, his 118th career triple-double, and the defending champion Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 114-109.
Jokić’s layup put the Nuggets ahead for good with 1:38 left in the fourth quarter.
The Pacers got within 111-109 on Pascal Siakam’s tip-in with 27 seconds to play, but Jokić answered with a pull-up 3-pointer, and the Pacers got no closer.
Jamal Murray’s driving layup with 1:16 left made it 111-107, and Jokić’s pull-up 3-pointer with 6.3 seconds left put it away at 114-109.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Pacers 14-13. Jokić (No. 4 in clutch points, 2023-24) scored 10 of the Nuggets’ 14 on 4 for 4 shooting.
Murray had 31 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. The Nuggets had 2 30-point scorers. Murray and Jokić set each other up for 6 baskets and 16 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Pacers, Myles Turner scored 22 points (12 in the paint), and Aaron Nesmith went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Nuggets shot 50.0% from the field and 33.3% from 3 to the Pacers’ 49.4% and 23.8%. They outscored the Pacers 18-4 on the fast break. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Pacers 68-50 in 23 minutes together.
Denver NuggetsIndiana PacersPS, 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. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 15% (2nd quarter, 3:40 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
99 points from the field on 88 shots: 3.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-26 | 73.1% | 66% |
| In the paint | 6-15 | 40.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-14 | 57.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-7 | 28.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-26 | 34.6% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Turner | 51 | 27 | 12-17 | +6 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 4 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Pascal Siakam | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Nesmith | 24 | 8 | 2-6 | −1 |
| T.J. McConnell | 15 | 4 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Myles Turner | 7 | 10 | 5-6 | +8 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 8 | 3-9 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 34 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Hield | 16 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Ben Sheppard | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 9 | 4-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 64 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.
IND win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
IND
Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 2' Layup (28 PTS)
Q4 1:38
27.1%
57→29
Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Murray 6 AST)
Q4 3:12
26.3%
60→34
Nembhard 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (15 PTS)
Q4 2:29
24.3%
34→58
Jokic 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (31 PTS) (Murray 7 AST)
Q4 0:06
24.2%
24→0
Sheppard 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Nembhard 7 AST)
Q4 3:42
21.1%
37→59
