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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Raptors | 34 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 119 |
 Nuggets | 32 | 19 | 42 | 32 | 125 |
TORTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOR | 47-9350.5% | 11-3036.7% | 14-1782.4% | 42 | 30 | 11 |
| DEN | 52-9554.7% | 10-2934.5% | 11-1861.1% | 42 | 36 | 9 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Denver Nuggets125| 39 | 26 | 11-19 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0 | +15 | +8.3 | |||||||
| 38 | 35 | 14-26 | 1-3 | 6-6 | +13 | +22.4 | ||||||||
| 33 | 19 | 8-14 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-2 | −2 | +5.3 | |||||||
| 32 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −6.9 | ||||||
| 31 | 19 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.3 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 15 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.8 | |||||
| 15 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.3 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.3 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.2 | ||
| Team | 125 | 52-9554.7% | 10-2934.5% | 42 | 36 | 9 | 14 | 11-1861.1% | 11 | 8 | 8 | |||
Bench 23 points on 10 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Julian Strawther, Collin Gillespie, Jay Huff and DeAndre Jordan (coach’s decision).
Toronto Raptors119| 38 | 26 | 10-20 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +3.4 | ||||||
| 38 | 13 | 5-14 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 36 | 17 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −5 | +6.0 | ||||||
| 29 | 24 | 9-13 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +5.7 | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | −8 | −3.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 14 | 5-9 | 4-7, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | +4.1 | |||||||
| 19 | 12 | 5-9 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0 | −9 | +3.7 | |||||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −0.7 | |||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.6 | |||||
| Team | 119 | 47-9350.5% | 11-3036.7% | 42 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 14-1782.4% | 11 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 31 points on 12 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Gary Trent Jr. (injury/illness); Garrett Temple and Jahmi'us Ramsey (coach’s decision).
Nuggets125Raptors119ClickTap 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 35 points (26 in the paint), 17 rebounds, 12 assists and a season-high 6 steals, his 126th career triple-double, and the defending champion Denver Nuggets rallied from 22 points down in the second quarter to beat the Toronto Raptors 125-119.
The Nuggets trailed 64-42 with 2:59 left in the second quarter and 68-51 at halftime. They outscored the Raptors 83-55 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Raptors 13-8. Jamal Murray scored 4 of the Nuggets’ 13 on 2 for 5 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Murray had 6 of his 12 assists, all with the game within 5 points.
Murray had 26 points and 12 assists. Jokić and Murray set each other up for 9 baskets and 20 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Raptors, RJ Barrett had 26 points (18 in the paint) and 9 assists, and Kelly Olynyk added 24 points on 9 for 13 shooting. Gradey Dick had 17 points and 7 assists.
The Nuggets shot 54.7% from the field to the Raptors’ 50.5%. The Raptors forced 9 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Nuggets were outscored 23-10 in 7 minutes with Jackson, Caldwell-Pope, Gordon, Jokić and Porter on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsToronto RaptorsPS, 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 7.2% (3rd quarter, 5:54 left). 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 94 shots: 9.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-36 | 72.2% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-16 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-14 | 57.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-9 | 22.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-20 | 40.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Olynyk | 28 | 9 | 4-6 | −3 |
| Jontay Porter | 22 | 8 | 3-9 | −1 |
| RJ Barrett | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Bruce Brown | 6 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 14 | 5-8 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochai Agbaji | 24 | 4 | 2-4 | −5 |
| Bruce Brown | 18 | 2 | 1-3 | −5 |
| Kelly Olynyk | 8 | 9 | 4-7 | +6 |
| Gradey Dick | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 7 | 3-5 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Brown | 17 | 6 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Ochai Agbaji | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Gradey Dick | 11 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| RJ Barrett | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 10 | 5-9 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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
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50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Porter Jr. 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Murray 12 AST)
Q4 1:02
22.0%
73→95
Caldwell-Pope 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Murray 11 AST)
Q4 2:55
18.9%
73→92
Barrett 7' Floating Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q4 1:23
15.8%
89→73
Jokic 2' Turnaround Hook Shot (35 PTS) (Murray 10 AST)
Q4 4:53
15.5%
66→82
Murray 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 6:48
14.7%
43→58
