112 - 135

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Ball Arena

Officials: Curtis Blair, Ashley Moyer-Gleich, and Jenna Schroeder

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Utah Jazz	15	31	38	28	112
Denver Nuggets	40	29	34	32	135

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Utah Jazz	112	41-96	42.7%	14-41	34.1%	16-19	84.2%	11	56	30	19	5	14	1
Denver Nuggets	135	46-91	50.5%	24-46	52.2%	19-25	76.0%	9	56	38	17	8	10	7

PLAYER STATS


Utah Jazz	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Svi Mykhailiuk^SF	14:19	6	2-8	2-5	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-23
Lauri Markkanen^PF	36:12	27	10-20	2-9	5-5	2	6	8	1	0	0	3	4	-9
Jusuf Nurkić^C	34:32	17	6-10	2-2	3-5	2	12	14	6	0	0	2	4	-31
Ace Bailey^SG	24:01	10	4-13	1-5	1-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	-23
Keyonte George^PG	33:55	20	7-14	2-4	4-4	1	7	8	7	1	0	4	3	-12
Isaiah Collier	23:50	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	9	2	0	2	2	-8
Kyle Filipowski	12:39	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	-11
Brice Sensabaugh	23:11	14	5-12	1-5	3-3	2	4	6	1	1	0	1	0	-2
Taylor Hendricks	12:37	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
Walter Clayton Jr.	16:32	6	2-7	2-6	0-0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0
Cody Williams	08:12	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	-1
Kyle Anderson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Harkless	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walker Kessler	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Love	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georges Niang	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Tonje	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Tshiebwe	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denver Nuggets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Spencer Jones^SF	19:51	3	1-6	0-4	1-4	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	26
Peyton Watson^PF	27:50	20	7-9	3-4	3-4	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	2	18
Nikola Jokić^C	28:39	14	5-7	1-1	3-4	2	11	13	13	2	3	2	2	22
Cameron Johnson^SG	29:10	20	6-9	6-6	2-2	0	2	2	4	0	1	1	4	31
Jamal Murray^PG	26:54	27	8-16	6-12	5-6	0	6	6	5	1	0	1	1	14
Tim Hardaway Jr.	24:37	21	6-11	6-11	3-3	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
Bruce Brown	27:17	15	7-9	1-1	0-0	1	4	5	1	2	0	0	2	-4
Jalen Pickett	21:42	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	0	3	3	5	0	2	2	1	9
Jonas Valančiūnas	16:13	12	5-11	0-1	2-2	5	6	11	1	0	0	0	1	0
Julian Strawther	11:29	0	0-6	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	-3
Hunter Tyson	03:09	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Zeke Nnaji	03:08	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tamar Bates	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Braun	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Gordon	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DaRon Holmes II	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

topazswissmas | Toronto Huskies

134 | a day ago

Just having Watson back is night and day for Denver.

Betaateb | Nuggets

70 | a day ago

Next up is getting CB back(rumbling is on this road trip)!

topazswissmas | Toronto Huskies

36 | a day ago

I just want them healthy in the playoffs. I doubt anyone can take them down in a series if they’re healthy.

Betaateb | Nuggets

22 | a day ago

Ya, fully healthy this team is crazy!

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

21 | a day ago

When AG & Braun went out you knew it would cost you some games while the team adjusted but I think the increased responsibility for the guys that stepped into their roles will pay huge dividends down the line. Deepest bench Jokić has ever had in Denver and they might all be ready to take a big shot, down to the 9th guy? That’s a very scary team.

Betaateb | Nuggets

12 | a day ago

Definitely, it is likely one of those blessing in disguise things. Being able to reliably go 9 deep in the playoffs instead of 7 like the last couple years will be huge. PWat and Jones have grown so much in their minutes with the starters.

Longjumping_Club_115

5 | a day ago

You don’t think the Thunder can beat a fully healthy Nuggets team?

topazswissmas | Toronto Huskies

16 | a day ago

Both the Timberwolves and OKC losses were entirely due to depth and injury and they went to game 7. I would take a healthy Denver over anyone, though OKC is a tough matchup. That’s a 6-7 game series guaranteed.

sanjit8103 | Nuggets

12 | a day ago

It’s going to game 7 in a series for sure, if they were both healthy.

SebastianC1

2 | a day ago

I dunno the all time net rating leaders might have word to say about that

Dame-in-EpstienFiles

20 | a day ago

Crazy how Jokic impacts guys. Watson is good but Jokic helps him a lot and even Spencer Jones looked decent in the couple games Watson and AG were both out.

topazswissmas | Toronto Huskies

14 | a day ago

I think you could put him on any team this year, and they’ll be in the playoffs

amateurish_gamedev

20 | a day ago

He’s so good that I think if they put him on Kings right now, he would make even Lavine and Demar looks good, on top of, helping the team getting the playoff.

Probably play in or 6-7 seeds, but still…

JPowTheDayTrader

7 | a day ago

This is probably the best compliment given to Jokic. It’s like saying he’s on prime LeBron’s level.

I_paintball | Nuggets

16 | a day ago

Yes, I bet he could drag some bums like Will Barton and Facundo Campazzo to the playoffs.

TrenchantPergola | Nuggets

3 | a day ago

Consider this your yearly reminder that Nikola Jokic dragged a lineup of Monte Morris, Will Barton, Jeff Green, and Aaron Gordon to 48-34 and a 6th seed in the Western Conference in 2021-2022. Austin Rivers started 12 games that year, and Facundo Campazzo started 23, both more than the 9 that MPJ started before being shut down for a 3rd back surgery. Jamal Murray was of course out for the full year rehabbing his ACL.

So yeah, Jokic would make the playoffs on any team this year. In the East, he might host a 1st round series. Since missing the playoffs in “Game 82”, the winner-take-all for the 8th seed vs. the Jimmy Butler/KAT Timberwolves, Jokic hasn’t even had to play in the play-in games.

MileHi49er | Nuggets

74 | a day ago

Jokic got his 178th Triple double tonight.

He now has more than Lebron, MJ, Kobe, Tim Duncan and SGA combined…

Have a good night everyone

regular_gonzalez

49 | a day ago

And sat the entire fourth quarter

rustypelf | Nuggets

22 | a day ago

6 career triple doubles sitting the 4th quarter

JPowTheDayTrader

13 | a day ago

That sounds too low.

putdahaakin | Nuggets

1 | 21 hours ago

I don’t think it means 6 career TD before the 4th it means he also SAT the whole 4th

MileHi49er | Nuggets

11 | a day ago

Hes done it WAY more than that….

Hes done it more times than that this season alone

putdahaakin | Nuggets

1 | 21 hours ago

I think the key qualifier is sitting the WHOLE 4th not just getting a TD before the 4th

MileHi49er | Nuggets

1 | 21 hours ago

Oh… I see. You might be right. I was just thinking of all the times hes had a triple double before the 4th and 6 was not even close.

putdahaakin | Nuggets

1 | 21 hours ago

That’s the only way it makes sense cause he has a ton before the 4th but he rarely gets to rest the whole Q

solythe | NBA

6 | a day ago

I mean Duncan and Shai arent really known for getting triple doubles.

Just for fun, Elfrid Payton has more triple doubles (17) than Jayson Tatum (4), Jaylen Brown (4), and Joel Embiid (8) combined.

Iron_Maniac | Thunder

7 | a day ago

Our third string center Jaylin Williams has more triple doubles (3) than Shai (2)

MileHi49er | Nuggets

3 | a day ago

One of my (admittedly troll-y) comebacks to thunder fans is to say Jokic has more MVPs than SGA has triple doubles… lol

Otherwise-Step-6175

5 | a day ago

Goat

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Aught_To | Nuggets

11 | a day ago

Yeah jokic has made the stat meaningless. Like 95% of pro players will never get one, and he is knocking them out in 2 quarters plus change.

dbgager | Nuggets

8 | a day ago

yea thats why no one else does it …right….lol

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MileHi49er | Nuggets

2 | a day ago

Quite literally gets them more frequently and at a greater pace than anyone in history. By a pretty sizable margin.

MileHi49er | Nuggets

4 | a day ago

This would make sense if Oscar Robertson didnt exist.

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MileHi49er | Nuggets

2 | a day ago

Jokic has 178 TDs in 773 games. Meaning he gets a triple double in 23% of his games.

Oscar got 181 in 1,040 games for a 17% rate.

Russell has 207 in 1266 games for a 16% rate.

AndoArugula | Nuggets

71 | a day ago

4 players scored 20 and none of them were jok, even valanciunas had more shots than him. i’m sure he couldn’t be happier

PeopleCallMeSimon

21 | a day ago

7 players in double digits.

Poverty_Shoes | Nuggets

10 | a day ago

After he opened the game with five points in the first 60 seconds too

Coke_ButNotTheDrug | Nuggets

60 | a day ago

I need us to be healthy because this supporting cast is stupid good

GrandmasCookies69

2 | a day ago

Gotta preserve AG for playoffs and you guys are set for a great run

Hopsalong | Nuggets

60 | a day ago

I wonder if we can fill the front page with pro-nuggets takes like the Lakers fans do when they play the Jazz

Clzark | UTA

32 | a day ago

Oh my god, that was so weird, I’ve never seen such salt over a regular season game against a tanking team before

thedarkknight16_

15 | a day ago

No the mods would have to shut down the sub and discuss it amongst themselves in a thread

ilikekittens2018

42 | a day ago

Incredible offense from the nuggets tonight, everyone pulled their weight to the point that Jokic didn’t even need to score tonight and the nuggets would’ve still won.

topazswissmas | Toronto Huskies

32 | a day ago

Highest rated offense for a reason lol

trentyz | Nuggets

1 | 18 hours ago

Of all time too

OUEngineer17 | Nuggets

46 | a day ago

It was 33-5 to start the game. Sheesh…

Poverty_Shoes | Nuggets

22 | a day ago

19-0. I’ve seen runs (UConn 30-0 vs Illinois in the tourney is the craziest I’ve ever seen), but this was the wildest run to open a game I’ve watched live. The Jazz got good looks, but nothing was going in.

Positive_Ad1947 | Spurs

15 | a day ago

It wasn’t close from minute 1.

gemcey

39 | a day ago

Please never leave pwat :(

innerparty45

9 | a day ago

FO has already prepared the fans with a leak to a Denver based journo. He gone.

SolarBum | Nuggets

33 | a day ago

Name me another MVP candidate who would ever willingly just take 7 shots because their teammates were cooking.

Jolly_Search_7180

19 | a day ago

Bill Russell

Less-Tax5637 | Supersonics

1 | a day ago

“Fuck them balloons”

Zeeron1 | Thunder

2 | 21 hours ago

Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan off the top of my head

SolarBum | Nuggets

1 | 19 hours ago

I was talking about current, that’s why I wrote “MVP candidate,” should have clarified

Zeeron1 | Thunder

2 | 19 hours ago

Oh, my bad. I did find it funny that for the most part it’s a specific archetype of guard, and then Tim Duncan in Pops offense lol. Jokic is so unique at his size

topazswissmas | Toronto Huskies

-1 | a day ago

I mean he’s a totally different player bro, no need to drag him into this type of conversation lol

FKJVMMP | MIL

-14 | a day ago

Shai took 9 like a month ago in a blowout against the Pelicans, but go off.

SolarBum | Nuggets

20 | a day ago

The game where Shai took 9 shots in 28 minutes was his only game with under 12 attempts in literally years - and don’t forget he went to the line 10 times that game because of all the additional shots he took that drew fouls.

Jokic has more games under 12 shots this season than Shai has in his last 5 years combined. And not because he was “held” to under 12, but because he was intentionally getting teammates involved.

The reason I bring this up is because their difference in ppg always gets brought up when talking about MVP, so it’s worth pointing that Jokic tanks his ppg all the time to give his teammates a chance to get involved. Shai is never gonna hurt his numbers with some 14 point game to help out teammates, not in this lifetime lol.

FKJVMMP | MIL

-4 | a day ago

You know what else is talked about all the time? The difference in their APG. Shai takes shots when it’s the best play for his team. Jokic takes shots when it’s the best play for his team. But Shai can create a good shot for himself out of nothing better than Jokic, and Jokic can create a good shot for someone else out of nothing better than SGA.

Unbelievably dumb argument, you’re talking like SGA is some ball hog putting up numbers at the expense of the success of his 67 win defending champion team, I’d say he’s probably making the correct play more often than not. May as well be talking about “Well SGA would never demand touches often enough to get 13 assists, Jokic should stop forcing himself to be the centre of every play all the time!”

Longjumping_Club_115

-7 | a day ago

Because they play different roles for their teams. Jokic is a facilitator for his team, its just job to pass to his teammates.

Shai is the main scorer and closer on the team. His role. is to jack up shots and score as much as he can. It’s not that hard to understand.

SolarBum | Nuggets

1 | 18 hours ago

Jokic is a facilitator for his team […] Shai is the main scorer and closer on the team

You … know that Jokic is the main scorer and closer on the team, right?

[Shai’s] role is to jack up shots and score as much as he can.

Shai is a point guard. It’s literally the job of point guards to facilitate and dish out assists in addition to scoring, and they almost always lead their team in assists. Matter of fact, Shai does lead his team in assists, because that’s his job.

And certainly if his teammates are playing well, there’s no reason he has to be the one taking all the shots. He does so regardless of how on fire his teammates might be, because stats.

its [Jokic’s] job to pass to his teammates.

Jokic is a center. It’s absolutely not his “job” to dish out assists, lol. What he’s doing is actually unprecedented for a center - that’s why he passed Kareem the other day to become the all-time leader in assists as a center in NBA history - at only 30 years old, lol.

He took it upon himself early on to facilitate in addition to being the main scorer because he’s an unselfish player who realized he has a generational ability to facilitate in addition to being the main scorer, even as a center. So if his team needs him to score, he can put up 40+ pretty much any time he wants. But if teammates are hitting their shots, he’s happy to forgo his own scoring to dish them the ball and let them cook.

No other MVP candidate does that though, because sitting back and facilitating more would mean a dip in their ppg, and you and I both know Hell is gonna freeze over before Shai lets his 20ppg streak end, regardless of whether he’s having a terrible shooting night or his teammates are on fire.

Vizwieklz | Thunder

-19 | a day ago

SGA is the only consistent scoring option on his team…

TysonsSmokingPartner | Nuggets

12 | a day ago

Vizwieklz | Thunder

-8 | a day ago

Due who doesn’t watch Thunder games btw👍 his 2nd option is averaging 18.7 bro

PeopleCallMeSimon

11 | a day ago

And he has 6 team mates averaging 10+ ppg. A player doesnt need to average 30 or even 20 points per game to be a consistent scoring option.

Someone who averages 18.7 on 12.1 fga can score 25 on 17 fga.

Vizwieklz | Thunder

-2 | a day ago

His 3rd top scorer is just now playing his 10th game of the season bro. Also they may be averaging 10+ but they’re inconsistent about it. Also this sub says Jokic has no help when he also has 6 teammates averaging 10+ and Murray who’s averaging 25. This entire sub is just so inconsistent it’s mind boggling.

PeopleCallMeSimon

9 | a day ago

This sub said Jokic had no help. They traded for 3 players who are very good at helping.

If we didnt have Valenciunas, THJ and Cam Johnson this season, the Nuggets would be 15-15 or something.

Vizwieklz | Thunder

0 | a day ago

We’re talking about his scoring help, only one of those players you mentioned are who I was talking about. So even if you take him away that’s still 5 teammates averaging 10+ with Jamal Murray playing great.

PeopleCallMeSimon

7 | a day ago

Sorry i dont understand what you are saying?

Do you understand how time works?

Last season people said Jokic had no help.

This season nobody is saying that because he has help. Do you understand that last season and this season are not the same points in time? Do you understand that things have changed and as a result peoples opinions have changed?

Jesus F Christ.

Vizwieklz | Thunder

1 | a day ago

4 of Jokic’s teammates averaging 10+ were on the team LAST YEAR Jesus F Christ you people are not consistent.

SolarBum | Nuggets

10 | a day ago

Shai has never had a game when his teammates shot ok?

Lol

Vizwieklz | Thunder

-2 | a day ago

I genuinely wonder how that’s what you got from my comment

heat_fan_ | Raptors

30 | a day ago

Casual Jokic triple double in 29 minutes, dude’s just unfair

MasterBossKing

6 | a day ago

If he just even tried to like basketball and hunts for triple double he could get it every game. He always ends up with 1 rebound or 1 assist off. That’s how you know he is not a stat padder.

Narrow-Theory-3533

18 | a day ago

Garbage time for 43 minutes.

gridironk

16 | a day ago

They’ve hit 24 threes in Feb 2017 against the WARRIORS and Feb 2018 vs Bucks

amateurish_gamedev

17 | a day ago

Slow Jokic night.

Because he didn’t need to carry, he only did 7 fg attempt and mostly just let his teammates (who did well tonight) do the scoring.

Great play from Jamal and THJ.

Pwat had a great return and Cam finally level up and cleared his debuff.

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

17 | a day ago

Nuggets are rolling

FH261169 | Mavericks

15 | a day ago

On pace to break or tie Westbrooks record of 42 in a season

ricdvs

2 | a day ago

How many he got now? 18 or something

MegaAltarianite

9 | a day ago

Actually a close game after the first quarter. It’s just that the first quarter, you know, counts.

Jolly_Search_7180

9 | a day ago

Couldnt make more threes against the rockets huh? needed to save them for the jazz…

Guardax | Nuggets

27 | a day ago

the Rockets loss was just fated, after two close wins vs them you knew Rockets were pissed and ready to beat us

JPowTheDayTrader

10 | a day ago

The match up made worse by Watson’s injury. Watson is one of the better defenders against KD.

meikamandoliini | Nuggets

2 | 21 hours ago

They were down the two best KD defenders in AG and Watson and then the third best option in Jones also left the game. KD was feasting.

ChristianLesniak | Nuggets

7 | a day ago

Wham, bam, thank you Cam!

MasterBossKing

6 | a day ago

It’s amazing how they can hold the fort without 2 of their starters.

DerGovernator

5 | a day ago

Jazz played it pretty close to even after the first like 6 minutes. It’s just they were down 23 after the first 6 minutes

Qaanol | Warriors Bandwagon

4 | a day ago

…have three players from the same team ever made 6+ threes in a game before?

Ill-Needleworker-388

6 | a day ago

I think 2017 Warriors definitely, but that’s one of the best teams of all time.

Crazy to imagine that Nuggets got that same efficiency if everybody clicks.

WestsideJazzFan | Jazz

3 | a day ago

The Jazz are so bad defensively. People think it’s because of youth and tanking, but I’m believing it’s a culture thing and I don’t know if it can be fixed.

truthisfictionyt |

1 | a day ago

Cam Johnson is finally arriving as a shooter hopefully

fdbxloc

1 | 17 hours ago

So Utah is the just the team to set and break records on huh?!

The Denver Nuggets (21-7) defeat the Utah Jazz (10-18), 135-112 tying a franchise record making 24 three pointers