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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 31 | 39 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 131 |
 Warriors | 27 | 34 | 33 | 26 | 17 | 137 |
DENTeam statsGSW| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 51-9553.7% | 16-4040.0% | 13-1492.9% | 43 | 32 | 13 |
| GSW | 50-9950.5% | 18-4738.3% | 19-2576.0% | 43 | 33 | 8 |
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Golden State Warriors137| 39 | 21 | 6-16 | 2-4 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | +8 | +5.7 | ||||||
| 37 | 42 | 14-25 | 6-12 | 8-8 | 0 | +15 | +17.3 | |||||||
| 36 | 14 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.4 | ||||||
| 34 | 11 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | −1 | −4.7 | |||||||
| 34 | 13 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +3.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | +6 | +1.6 | ||||||||
| 23 | 11 | 5-13 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.9 | ||||||
| 17 | 6 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −3 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | +3.6 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.1 | |
| Team | 137 | 50-9950.5% | 18-4738.3% | 43 | 33 | 8 | 16 | 19-2576.0% | 10 | 11 | 3 | |||
Bench 36 points on 15 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Trayce Jackson-Davis, Pat Spencer and Gui Santos (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets131| 41 | 21 | 8-23 | 2-13 | 3-4 | −10 | −0.4 | ||||||||
| 40 | 25 | 11-20 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | −13 | +4.9 | |||||||
| 39 | 50 | 17-21 | 10-11 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +22.1 | ||||||
| 38 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −10.0 | ||||||
| 32 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −8.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −0.3 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3.2 | |||||||
| 12 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +3.3 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.4 | |||
| Team | 131 | 51-9553.7% | 16-4040.0% | 43 | 32 | 13 | 22 | 13-1492.9% | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 24 points on 10 for 16 shooting
Did not play: DaRon Holmes II, Zeke Nnaji, Jalen Pickett, Julian Strawther and Hunter Tyson (coach’s decision).
Warriors137Nuggets131ClickTap 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.
Stephen Curry scored 42 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 137-131 in overtime in the Nuggets’ season opener at Chase Center.
Stephen Curry made a 34-foot pull-up 3-pointer on a pass from Draymond Green with 21 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 120, and the Warriors outscored the Nuggets 17-11 in overtime.
Jimmy Butler III’s 3-pointer with 40.7 seconds left in overtime made it 133-127 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Warriors outscored the Nuggets 22-13. Curry (Clutch Player of the Year, 2023-24) scored 12 of the Warriors’ 22 on 3 for 6 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Butler had 4 of his 6 assists, 3 of them on baskets by Green, Curry and Al Horford that put the Warriors ahead.
Butler had 21 points (9 in the first quarter), 6 assists and 3 steals. Curry scored 15 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter. The Warriors had 7 players in double-digit scoring. Curry and Green set each other up for 7 baskets and 18 points, 4 of them 3-pointers.
For the Nuggets, Aaron Gordon had 50 points (all 10 of a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter), 8 rebounds and 10 3-pointers on 17 for 21 shooting, and Jamal Murray added 25 points, 10 assists and 3 steals. Nikola Jokić had 21 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists but shot 8 for 23, his 165th career triple-double. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers.
The Nuggets committed 13 turnovers to the Warriors’ 9. The Nuggets’ starters were outscored 67-51 in 25 minutes together.
Golden State WarriorsDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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 Warriors’ chance bottomed out at 6.9% (4th quarter, 2:50 left).
118 points from the field on 99 shots: 9.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-28 | 75.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-14 | 57.1% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 3-10 | 30.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-12 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-35 | 40.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Braun | 39 | 26 | 8-15 | +12 |
| Cameron Johnson | 12 | 4 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Aaron Gordon | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 5 | 2-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 42 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 25 | 2 | 1-3 | −5 |
| Peyton Watson | 9 | 2 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Jamal Murray | 9 | 8 | 2-4 | +6 |
| Bruce Brown | 6 | 1 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 6 | 2-4 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Johnson | 18 | 2 | 1-1 | −4 |
| Aaron Gordon | 16 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Jamal Murray | 9 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Spencer Jones | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 21 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.
Score margin over time — positive = GSW leads, negative = DEN leads
GSW Largest Lead
10
Q1 10:20
DEN Largest Lead
14
Q2 2:22
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
GSW 10-0 run
Q1 11:46 – Q1 10:20
0 → +10
DEN 12-0 run
Q1 10:02 – Q1 6:26
+10 → -2
DEN 8-0 run
Q1 3:37 – Q1 2:29
-1 → -9
DEN 8-0 run
Q2 5:40 – Q2 4:29
-3 → -11
