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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jazz | 21 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 78 |
 Nuggets | 26 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 80 |
UTATeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 30-7938.0% | 8-3423.5% | 10-1566.7% | 48 | 16 | 12 |
| DEN | 31-8337.3% | 8-3125.8% | 10-1376.9% | 46 | 21 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets80| 41 | 17 | 7-21 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −7.7 | ||||||
| 39 | 30 | 12-23 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +5.8 | ||||||
| 35 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −9.5 | |||||
| 25 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +2.4 | |||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −4.5 | |||||
| 26 | 4 | 1-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 1-2 | −6 | −5.9 | |||||||
| 17 | 10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 0 | +8 | +3.0 | |||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.8 | ||||
| Team | 80 | 31-8337.3% | 8-3125.8% | 46 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 10-1376.9% | 8 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 21 points on 7 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Troy Daniels, Keita Bates-Diop, Bol Bol and PJ Dozier (coach’s decision).
Utah Jazz78| 43 | 22 | 9-22 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | −13.3 | |||||||
| 42 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −7.2 | ||||||
| 40 | 8 | 2-13 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0 | −5 | −4.6 | |||||||
| 39 | 7 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.5 | |||||
| 39 | 19 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +6 | +5.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 10 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.0 | |||||
| 7 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.7 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +2.2 | |||
| Team | 78 | 30-7938.0% | 8-3423.5% | 48 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 10-1566.7% | 10 | 6 | 3 | |||
Bench 17 points on 6 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Jarrell Brantley, Miye Oni, Rayjon Tucker, Tony Bradley and Emmanuel Mudiay (coach’s decision).
Nuggets80Jazz78ClickTap 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 30 points and 14 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz 80-78 in Game 7 of the first round to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.
Jokić’s hook shot put the Nuggets ahead for good with 27 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Jazz had the ball down 2 with 17 seconds left, but Gary Harris stole the ball from Donovan Mitchell, lifting the Nuggets’ chance to win from 89% to 92%. A basket would have tied the game. They had the ball down 2, but Mike Conley missed a pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Jazz 10-8. Jokić (No. 2 in clutch points, 2019-20) scored 4 of the Nuggets’ 10 on 2 for 3 shooting.
For the Jazz, Mitchell had 22 points and 9 rebounds, and Rudy Gobert added 19 points (9 during a 13-0 run across the third and fourth quarters) and 18 rebounds.
The Nuggets held the Jazz to 78 points.
Denver NuggetsUtah JazzPS, 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).
70 points from the field on 83 shots: 16.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-24 | 45.8% | 64% |
| In the paint | 3-9 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 9-19 | 47.4% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-10 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 4-21 | 19.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Gobert | 43 | 24 | 9-18 | +10 |
| Royce O'Neale | 12 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 5 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Mike Conley | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 34 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 23 | 2 | 1-5 | −5 |
| Mike Conley | 19 | 0 | 0-4 | −5 |
| Royce O'Neale | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Joe Ingles | 11 | 2 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 13 | 6-11 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce O'Neale | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Georges Niang | 7 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Joe Ingles | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Mike Conley | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 5 | 1-1 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 9 points on 35 possessions. He usually scores about 10 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
UTA
50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 4' Turnaround Hook Shot (30 PTS)
Q4 0:28
26.8%
55→82
Jokic 1' Layup (26 PTS)
Q4 5:23
19.0%
37→56
Gobert Alley Oop Dunk (19 PTS) (Conley 7 AST)
Q4 0:48
17.7%
73→55
Murray 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (17 PTS)
Q4 1:43
17.7%
73→91
O'Neale 1' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Conley 6 AST)
Q4 1:32
17.7%
90→73
