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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder | 32 | 34 | 29 | 27 | 122 |
 Nuggets | 30 | 25 | 40 | 29 | 124 |
OKCTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 44-10044.0% | 16-4040.0% | 18-2378.3% | 47 | 29 | 14 |
| DEN | 42-8947.2% | 16-3842.1% | 24-3372.7% | 55 | 34 | 18 |
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 Nuggets124| 41 | 24 | 7-16 | 6-10 | 4-4 | 0 | +4 | +3.4 | |||||||
| 39 | 23 | 9-20 | 1-3 | 4-6 | +8 | +13.6 | ||||||||
| 37 | 24 | 7-14 | 4-8, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 6-6 | +6 | +4.8 | |||||||
| 33 | 10 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | +10 | −3.9 | |||||||
| 32 | 29 | 10-15 | 3-4 | 6-9 | 0 | −14 | +7.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 9 | 3-11 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −4.1 | ||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −5.7 | |||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.9 | |||
| Team | 124 | 42-8947.2% | 16-3842.1% | 55 | 34 | 18 | 22 | 24-3372.7% | 13 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 14 points on 5 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Dario Saric, Spencer Jones, DeAndre Jordan, Trey Alexander and Jalen Pickett (coach’s decision).
Oklahoma City Thunder122| 39 | 28 | 10-19 | 0-3 | 8-10 | 0 | +3 | −3.8 | |||||||
| 36 | 29 | 11-20 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0 | +3 | +12.9 | |||||||
| 36 | 15 | 5-14 | 2-3 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −11 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 26 | 11 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | +5.0 | |||||||
| 25 | 11 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +1.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | −8 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 20 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.0 | ||||||
| 17 | 13 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +2.8 | ||||
| 10 | 6 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.6 | ||||
| 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.2 | ||||
| Team | 122 | 44-10044.0% | 16-4040.0% | 47 | 29 | 14 | 28 | 18-2378.3% | 13 | 15 | 6 | |||
Bench 28 points on 11 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Malevy Leons and Dillon Jones (coach’s decision).
Nuggets124Thunder122ClickTap 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 23 points (16 in the paint), 20 rebounds and 16 assists, his 134th career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 16 points down in the third quarter to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 124-122.
The Nuggets trailed 66-55 at halftime and 78-62 with 8:06 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Thunder 62-44 the rest of the way.
The Thunder had the ball down 2 with 15 seconds left, but Peyton Watson blocked Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s driving layup, lifting the Nuggets’ chance to win from 89% to 95%. It would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Thunder 13-4. Christian Braun scored 5 of the Nuggets’ 13 on 2 for 3 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Alex Caruso had 2 of his 4 steals in 38 seconds, both with the game within five points.
Russell Westbrook had 29 points and 6 assists on 10 for 15 shooting. Braun added 24 points and 8 rebounds, and Michael Porter Jr. scored 24 points (15 in the third quarter) with 6 3-pointers. The Nuggets had 4 20-point scorers. Jokić assisted on 7 of Westbrook’s 10 baskets.
For the Thunder, Jalen Williams had 29 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, and Gilgeous-Alexander added 28 points and 6 assists.
The Nuggets outscored the Thunder 37-20 in 11 minutes with Jokić, Porter, Strawther, Braun and Watson on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsOklahoma City ThunderPS, 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 13% (3rd quarter, 7:20 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
100 points from the field on 88 shots: 2.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-30 | 70.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 4-14 | 28.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 1-7 | 14.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-4 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-34 | 41.2% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luguentz Dort | 18 | 5 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 11 | 9 | 4-5 | +7 |
| Cason Wallace | 11 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Jalen Williams | 8 | 1 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 7 | 2-3 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 24 | 3 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Jalen Williams | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Alex Caruso | 11 | 5 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Isaiah Joe | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 27 | 16 | 5-10 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Joe | 18 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 17 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Jalen Williams | 15 | 2 | 0-4 | −1 |
| Luguentz Dort | 7 | 7 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 10 | 3-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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
OKC
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Braun 24' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Strawther 6 AST)
Q4 4:29
19.2%
58→77
Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (24 PTS) (Jokić 14 AST)
Q4 5:08
17.6%
40→58
Caruso Putback Layup (2 PTS)
Q4 5:29
16.0%
56→40
Watson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Porter Jr. 3 AST)
Q4 3:24
15.8%
79→95
Wiggins 25' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Caruso 3 AST)
Q3 0:24
14.7%
58→43
