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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 33 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 128 |
 Jazz | 34 | 33 | 26 | 32 | 125 |
DENTeam statsUTA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 40-7454.1% | 16-3941.0% | 32-3591.4% | 38 | 25 | 15 |
| UTA | 44-8651.2% | 15-3938.5% | 22-2684.6% | 33 | 24 | 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 Nuggets128| 38 | 45 | 13-19 | 8-13 | 11-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13.0 | ||||||
| 36 | 22 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 10-11 | 0 | +2 | +2.9 | |||||||
| 32 | 11 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 29 | 15 | 5-11 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.8 | |||||
| 17 | 13 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | +10 | +5.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6.0 | |||||||
| 32 | 7 | 3-11 | 1-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −10.5 | ||||
| 19 | 8 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.9 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.6 | |||
| Team | 128 | 40-7454.1% | 16-3941.0% | 38 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 32-3591.4% | 8 | 4 | 2 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Spencer Jones (injury/illness); KJ Simpson and DaRon Holmes II (coach’s decision).
Utah Jazz125| 32 | 18 | 6-14 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −5 | −1.4 | |||||
| 30 | 36 | 14-22 | 4-9 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +9.6 | ||||||
| 29 | 19 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 8-9 | 0 | +1 | +8.7 | ||||||
| 27 | 2 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −7.5 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 15 | 5-10 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0 | +5 | +2.6 | |||||||
| 23 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.3 | |||||
| 23 | 8 | 2-10 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 20 | 10 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0.0 | |||||
| 18 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +3.9 | ||||||
| Team | 125 | 44-8651.2% | 15-3938.5% | 33 | 24 | 9 | 28 | 22-2684.6% | 8 | 11 | 3 | |||
Bench 47 points on 18 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Mo Bamba and Blake Hinson (coach’s decision).
Nuggets128Jazz125ClickTap 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.
Jamal Murray scored 45 points (24 on 8 3-pointers), and the Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz 128-125.
The Nuggets trailed 125-122 with 1:28 left and scored the last 6 points, going ahead for good on Murray’s 2 free throws with 31 seconds left.
The Jazz had the ball down 1 with 30 seconds left, but Nikola Jokić blocked Keyonte George’s driving layup, lifting the Nuggets’ chance to win from 62% to 76%. It would have put the Jazz ahead. They had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but George missed a 3-pointer with 4.7 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Jazz outscored the Nuggets 18-16. George scored 15 of the Jazz’s 18 on 6 for 9 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. With 3:34 left, Kyle Filipowski stole the ball from Murray, and George’s step-back 3-pointer off it put the Jazz ahead 117-116.
Jokić had 22 points and 12 rebounds.
For the Jazz, George had 36 points and 4 steals, and Filipowski added 19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. George scored 15 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets shot 54.1% from the field and 41.0% from 3 to the Jazz’s 51.2% and 38.5%. The Jazz outscored the Nuggets 27-8 off turnovers. Elijah Harkless fouled out.
Denver NuggetsUtah JazzPS, 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.
96 points from the field on 74 shots: 17.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 10-11 | 90.9% | 67% |
| In the paint | 11-17 | 64.7% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-14 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-25 | 40.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyonte George | 19 | 8 | 3-3 | +1 |
| Ace Bailey | 11 | 8 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Elijah Harkless | 8 | 6 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 23 | 7-11 | +16 |
The tracking credits him with 45 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Harkless | 27 | 6 | 1-2 | −5 |
| John Konchar | 11 | 0 | 0-3 | −4 |
| Kyle Filipowski | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Oscar Tshiebwe | 7 | 6 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 10 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Svi Mykhailiuk | 10 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Brice Sensabaugh | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Cody Williams | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Isaiah Collier | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 11 | 4-8 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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 = UTA leads, negative = DEN leads
UTA Largest Lead
6
Q2 5:41
DEN Largest Lead
9
Q4 7:32
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
DEN 10-0 run
Q1 6:52 – Q1 5:40
+2 → -8
UTA 8-0 run
Q1 4:21 – Q1 3:21
-7 → +1
DEN 8-0 run
Q3 11:32 – Q3 10:16
+1 → -7
