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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Warriors | 21 | 31 | 37 | 32 | 121 |
 Nuggets | 26 | 37 | 35 | 28 | 126 |
GSWTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSW | 43-8650.0% | 12-3435.3% | 23-3271.9% | 36 | 26 | 15 |
| DEN | 41-7356.2% | 15-3148.4% | 29-3680.6% | 33 | 28 | 20 |
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 Nuggets126| 38 | 37 | 14-21 | 3-5 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +7.8 | ||||||
| 35 | 21 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 10-13 | −7 | +4.3 | ||||||||
| 32 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 29 | 24 | 7-11 | 5-7 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +6.1 | |||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.3 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −5.2 | |||||
| 20 | 15 | 5-10 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0 | +13 | +4.9 | |||||||
| 14 | 7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −0.7 | ||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −4.1 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +3.0 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 126 | 41-7356.2% | 15-3148.4% | 33 | 28 | 20 | 31 | 29-3680.6% | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 35 points on 12 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Zeke Nnaji and Vlatko Čančar (coach’s decision).
Golden State Warriors121| 39 | 11 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 0 | −6 | −0.3 | |||||||
| 37 | 20 | 9-16 | 1-3 | 1-2 | +5 | +3.4 | ||||||||
| 34 | 13 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +3.8 | ||||||
| 31 | 32 | 12-20 | 7-11 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +9 | +7.5 | ||||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +0.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | 33 | 10-23 | 3-11 | 10-14 | 0 | −4 | +9.5 | |||||||
| 15 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −6.3 | ||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −8.7 | |||||
| 11 | 9 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.4 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.0 | |||
| Team | 121 | 43-8650.0% | 12-3435.3% | 36 | 26 | 15 | 27 | 23-3271.9% | 9 | 15 | 3 | |||
Bench 43 points on 13 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Juan Toscano-Anderson, Moses Moody and Damion Lee (coach’s decision).
Nuggets126Warriors121ClickTap 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 scored 37 points (20 in the paint), and the Denver Nuggets beat the Golden State Warriors 126-121 to avoid elimination in Game 4 of the first-round series.
Monte Morris’ 8-foot floater put the Nuggets ahead for good with 33 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Warriors had the ball down 2 with 33 seconds left, but Austin Rivers stole the ball from Otto Porter Jr.. A basket would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 11. Stephen Curry scored 7 of the Warriors’ 11 on 2 for 4 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line.
Morris scored 24 points on 7 for 11 shooting. Aaron Gordon added 21 points, and Rivers had 3 points and 5 steals. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers. Jokić and Morris set each other up for 6 baskets and 15 points, 3 of them 3-pointers.
For the Warriors, Curry had 33 points, 8 assists and 4 steals off the bench, and Klay Thompson added 32 points (21 on 7 3-pointers) on 12 for 20 shooting. Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points. Curry scored 15 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter. The Warriors had 2 30-point scorers.
The Nuggets shot 56.2% from the field and 48.4% from 3 to the Warriors’ 50.0% and 35.3%. The Warriors’ starters outscored the Nuggets 28-17 in 8 minutes together. Draymond Green fouled out.
Denver NuggetsGolden State WarriorsPS, 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).
97 points from the field on 72 shots: 22.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-16 | 87.5% | 65% |
| In the paint | 9-16 | 56.3% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-10 | 30.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-21 | 57.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draymond Green | 26 | 13 | 5-7 | +2 |
| Kevon Looney | 21 | 6 | 2-5 | −3 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 18 | 7-10 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 41 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 37 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Curry | 15 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 15 | 12 | 4-4 | +9 |
| Jordan Poole | 12 | 5 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Klay Thompson | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draymond Green | 25 | 4 | 2-7 | −2 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 20 | 2 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Jordan Poole | 7 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Otto Porter Jr. | 6 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 9 | 3-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 20 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
Curry 22' Step Back Jump Shot (33 PTS)
Q4 1:21
27.1%
57→29
Jokic 2' Finger Roll Layup (37 PTS) (Morris 5 AST)
Q4 1:06
27.1%
29→56
Morris 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (24 PTS)
Q4 0:34
24.5%
53→77
Curry 5' Driving Finger Roll Layup (30 PTS)
Q4 1:47
19.5%
82→62
Barton 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Jokic 6 AST)
Q4 0:08
16.8%
82→99
