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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 30 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 119 |
 Warriors | 36 | 25 | 26 | 16 | 103 |
DENTeam statsGSW| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 43-8848.9% | 11-3234.4% | 22-2684.6% | 45 | 29 | 10 |
| GSW | 35-8143.2% | 11-3432.4% | 22-2975.9% | 42 | 27 | 17 |
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Denver Nuggets119| 37 | 32 | 13-24 | 2-6 | 4-4 | +20 | +20.4 | ||||||||
| 36 | 27 | 9-16 | 3-5 | 6-6 | 0 | +18 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 35 | 13 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +19 | +0.7 | ||||||
| 33 | 17 | 7-10 | 0-3 | 3-5 | +21 | +3.5 | ||||||||
| 32 | 9 | 3-11 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −5.2 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 | −0.1 | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.9 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −2 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.4 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.4 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.0 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.4 | |
| Team | 119 | 43-8848.9% | 11-3234.4% | 45 | 29 | 10 | 20 | 22-2684.6% | 12 | 10 | 5 | |||
Bench 21 points on 6 for 18 shooting
Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (coach’s decision).
Golden State Warriors103| 32 | 20 | 6-19 | 1-10 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −22 | −7.1 | |||||
| 31 | 14 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +1.7 | |||||
| 30 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −13 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 27 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −23 | −6.4 | ||||||
| 25 | 19 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 9-13 | 0 | 0 | −20 | +3.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 23 | 7-15 | 5-13 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.5 | |||||
| 14 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.6 | ||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | +1.7 | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | +1 | +1.5 | ||||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.5 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.1 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.4 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.1 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.2 | |
| Team | 103 | 35-8143.2% | 11-3432.4% | 42 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 22-2975.9% | 11 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 39 points on 14 for 30 shooting
Nuggets119Warriors103ClickTap 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 32 points (22 in the paint), 16 rebounds and 16 assists, his 123rd career triple-double, and the defending champion Denver Nuggets rallied from 16 points down in the second quarter to beat the Golden State Warriors 119-103.
The Nuggets trailed 56-40 with 5:46 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Warriors 79-47 the rest of the way.
Jamal Murray scored 27 points (7 during a 14-0 run in the second quarter). Jokić and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope set each other up for 7 baskets and 17 points, 3 of them 3-pointers.
For the Warriors, Klay Thompson scored 23 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench. Stephen Curry scored 20 points but shot 6 for 19.
The Nuggets shot 48.9% from the field and 34.4% from 3 to the Warriors’ 43.2% and 32.4%. They outscored the Warriors 24-3 on the fast break. The Warriors’ starters were outscored 33-18 in 11 minutes together.
Denver NuggetsGolden State WarriorsPS, 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 8.3% (2nd quarter, 5:22 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
97 points from the field on 88 shots: 6.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-15 | 80.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 15-29 | 51.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-4 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-28 | 35.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draymond Green | 34 | 15 | 6-13 | +1 |
| Kevon Looney | 15 | 9 | 4-7 | +3 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Stephen Curry | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 12 | 5-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 38 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wiggins | 29 | 7 | 3-4 | −3 |
| Gary Payton II | 9 | 2 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Stephen Curry | 8 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Brandin Podziemski | 7 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 7 | 3-5 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Kuminga | 21 | 2 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Klay Thompson | 10 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Draymond Green | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Stephen Curry | 7 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 5 | 2-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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.
GSW win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Quinones 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Curry 3 AST)
Q3 2:49
13.5%
40→54
Jackson 28' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 12 AST)
Q3 2:24
13.5%
54→40
Murray 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Jokic 6 AST)
Q2 5:03
11.2%
88→77
Curry 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Looney 1 AST)
Q3 3:26
10.9%
30→40
Caldwell-Pope 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Jokic 15 AST)
Q4 7:05
10.4%
21→10
