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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 29 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 120 |
 Nuggets | 35 | 25 | 37 | 25 | 122 |
DALTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 48-9053.3% | 10-3330.3% | 14-1973.7% | 42 | 29 | 10 |
| DEN | 45-8950.6% | 14-2948.3% | 18-2669.2% | 45 | 35 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets122| 40 | 16 | 6-9 | 4-4, Ties his career high | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 38 | 18 | 7-17 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −6.2 | |||||
| 38 | 37 | 13-21 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 0 | +13 | +25.8 | |||||||
| 36 | 17 | 6-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +2 | +4.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 14 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −2.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 12 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0 | −7 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 20 | 6 | 3-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −13 | −3.0 | |||||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −1.9 | ||||
| Team | 122 | 45-8950.6% | 14-2948.3% | 45 | 35 | 10 | 16 | 18-2669.2% | 13 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 20 points on 8 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Spencer Jones, Trey Alexander, Dario Saric, DeAndre Jordan and Hunter Tyson (coach’s decision).
Dallas Mavericks120| 41 | 24 | 9-19 | 2-8 | 4-6 | +5 | +0.9 | ||||||||
| 36 | 11 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | +7 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 43 | 17-22 | 6-8 | 3-3 | 0 | −6 | +20.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 16 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | −5 | +4.7 | ||||||||
| 33 | 10 | 4-13 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −6.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −3.7 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5.5 | |||||||
| 14 | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +3 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −1.2 | ||||
| Team | 120 | 48-9053.3% | 10-3330.3% | 42 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 14-1973.7% | 10 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 16 points on 6 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Brandon Williams, Kessler Edwards, Quentin Grimes, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris (coach’s decision).
Nuggets122Mavericks120ClickTap 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.
Michael Porter Jr. made a 14-foot floater on a pass from Jamal Murray with 6.5 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-120 for their fifth straight win.
The Mavericks had the ball in a tie game with 48 seconds left, but Peyton Watson blocked Kyrie Irving’s step-back 3-pointer. It would have put the Mavericks ahead. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Daniel Gafford missed a tip attempt at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 12. Nikola Jokić (No. 4 in clutch points, 2024-25) scored 9 of the Nuggets’ 12 on 4 for 6 shooting. With 3:33 left, Jokić stole the ball from Luka Dončić, and his putback off it put the Nuggets ahead 115-113.
Jokić had 37 points, 18 rebounds, 15 assists and 3 steals, his 136th career triple-double, and Porter added 17 points. Jokić and Murray set each other up for 9 baskets and 20 points, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Mavericks, Irving scored 43 points on 17 for 22 shooting, and Dončić added 24 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. Naji Marshall had 11 points (10 in the paint) and 8 rebounds. Irving scored 16 of his 43 points in the fourth quarter.
Denver NuggetsDallas MavericksPS, 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).
104 points from the field on 89 shots: 5.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-33 | 54.5% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-17 | 41.2% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-10 | 60.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-5 | 60.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-24 | 45.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Gafford | 38 | 11 | 4-7 | −3 |
| Dwight Powell | 9 | 8 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Luka Dončić | 7 | 4 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Naji Marshall | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 12 | 4-4 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klay Thompson | 18 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Naji Marshall | 14 | 6 | 3-3 | +2 |
| Kyrie Irving | 11 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 3 | 1-10 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naji Marshall | 27 | 0 | 0-1 | −7 |
| Klay Thompson | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Kyrie Irving | 9 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Luka Dončić | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 12 | 4-4 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 18 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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Highest Leverage Moments
Porter Jr. 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Murray 6 AST)
Q4 0:07
42.0%
53→95
Jokić Tip Layup Shot (37 PTS)
Q4 0:49
27.8%
27→55
Irving 15' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot (43 PTS)
Q4 1:39
27.1%
57→29
Jokić 4' Turnaround Hook Shot (35 PTS) (Porter Jr. 4 AST)
Q4 2:04
22.7%
34→56
Irving 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (36 PTS)
Q4 8:46
20.2%
54→34
