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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**29**|**29**|**28**|**33**|**119**|[](/DEN)|
**DET**|**28**|**36**|**22**|**14**|**100**|[](/DET)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**47-89 (52.8)**|**8-24 (33.3)**|**17-25 (68.0)**|**13**|**47**|**29**|**9**|**9**|**7**|**15**|**119**|
[](/DET)**DET**|**39-85 (45.9)**|**12-27 (44.4)**|**10-18 (55.6)**|**13**|**37**|**24**|**17**|**8**|**3**|**20**|**100**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
A. Gordon^^SF|28:49|6-9 (66.7)|0-1 (0.0)|3-6 (50.0)|5|8|1|1|0|0|0|15|+8|
M. Porter Jr.^^PF|28:01|6-14 (42.9)|1-6 (16.7)|2-3 (66.7)|0|5|2|0|0|3|0|15|+5|
N. Jokic^^C|34:22|14-18 (77.8)|0-1 (0.0)|2-3 (66.7)|4|10|9|1|1|1|2|30|+13|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|29:42|7-15 (46.7)|4-7 (57.1)|2-3 (66.7)|0|1|2|0|3|0|2|20|+16|
J. Murray^^PG|38:41|7-15 (46.7)|2-5 (40.0)|3-3 (100.0)|1|6|10|4|0|0|2|19|+21|
B. Brown|26:15|2-7 (28.6)|0-1 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|5|4|1|3|2|3|5|+9|
C. Braun|20:21|3-6 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|3|0|0|2|1|3|9|+9|
J. Green|18:12|1-2 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|4|1|1|0|0|1|3|+14|
T. Bryant|13:21|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|3|4|0|1|0|0|2|3|+3|
V. Cancar|1:15|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
I. Smith|0:58|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-3|
**Totals**||**47-89 (52.8)**|**8-24 (33.3)**|**17-25 (68.0)**|**13**|**47**|**29**|**9**|**9**|**7**|**15**|**119**||
**DNP:** ***Reggie Jackson***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Peyton Watson***
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Jack White***
**[](/DET)DET**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
R. McGruder^^SF|34:13|7-15 (46.7)|6-10 (60.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|8|3|0|3|1|2|20|-17|
E. Omoruyi^^PF|25:52|5-9 (55.6)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|1|1|1|0|4|11|-18|
J. Wiseman^^C|29:55|7-14 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3|9|1|2|0|0|3|14|-13|
J. Ivey^^SG|35:28|4-15 (26.7)|2-5 (40.0)|4-8 (50.0)|1|2|6|4|0|0|3|14|-10|
K. Hayes^^PG|34:29|5-12 (41.7)|0-3 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|7|4|1|2|4|10|-9|
C. Joseph|30:41|3-7 (42.9)|3-4 (75.0)|4-5 (80.0)|0|0|2|3|0|0|1|13|-18|
J. Duren|27:07|7-10 (70.0)|0-1 (0.0)|1-4 (25.0)|5|13|4|3|3|0|3|15|-9|
R. Hampton|15:26|1-3 (33.3)|0-1 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|3|-2|
B. Boeheim|6:49|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|+1|
**Totals**||**39-85 (45.9)**|**12-27 (44.4)**|**10-18 (55.6)**|**13**|**37**|**24**|**17**|**8**|**3**|**20**|**100**||
**DNP:** ***Marvin Bagley III***, ***Isaiah Livers***, ***Jared Rhoden***
**Inactive:** ***Bojan Bogdanovic***, ***Alec Burks***, ***Cade Cunningham***, ***Hamidou Diallo***, ***Isaiah Stewart***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|66|16|19|22|20|10|21|[](/DEN)|
**DET**|52|23|8|7|31|17|16|[](/DET)|
**Lead Changes: 16** | **Times Tied: 10** | **Gametime: 2:07** | **Attendance: 17987**
*Officials: Sean Wright, Aaron Smith, Andy Nagy*
by BigHoneyBot
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So. Many. Alley. Oops. Did Gordon have as good a game as it looked on the highlights? I missed this one.
Did the Nuggets clinch a playoff spot? ESPN standings aren’t showing that they have.
But the only way the Nuggets drop to the play-in is if they lose the rest of their games and either the Wolves or Mavs win the rest. However, if either happens, that would mean that the Warriors would lose at least one game, and since they’re currently 11 games back with 12 remaining, the Warriors would still drop behind the Nuggets even if the Warriors won the other 11 games.
Edit: Ah, if both the Wolves and Mavs win out (and Nuggets lose the rest), they would still be tied with the Nuggets by record and head-to-head. It would have to go to the next tiebreaker with both teams and the Warriors would drop to the play-in by virtue of losing two games (i.e. loss to the Mavs and loss to the Wolves).
🙏 Pacers please
Bucks fans posting Jokić lowlights and talking shit all year only for their unskilled star to be ignored by the voters again is better than sex.
Edit: More like Cucks fans
Bucks getting worked at home by the Pacers.
Good bounce back, it wasn’t the prettiest game but a win is a win. Not getting rebounds and 3s were killing the nuggets.
They looked better in the second half, great to see KCP getting his 3pt shot back, KCP had a great game. I thought CB did good, did mess up a bit before the half but that happens, his rebounding is great for his size.
MPJs 3s weren’t falling, that shot will always be inconsistent so what can you do, I thought he did well trying to contribute in other ways (loved his blocks) and got closer to the basket. I hope that Malone realizes that he can play CB and MPJ together, I didn’t like how long he was sitting out tbh.
Decision making on offense wasn’t great but it got better, I like that they are trying to go back to sharing the ball a bit more. I hope AG works on that, he missed wide open shooters, him assisting is so valuable for this teams offense.
It’s a long shot now, but the Bucks loss against the Pacers definitely helps.
Edit: in terms of best overall record chances.
Bucks lost to Pacers??? Lol. Nuggets would never lose to bad teams like that. Giannis is no MVP
I didn’t block anybody tonight. I feel like I’m losing my identity.
Bucks just lost to the Pacers. Looks like Giannis is no longer an MVP candidate. /s
r/denvernuggets after a win
Very happy for a win.
I’ll watch the replay eventually but it’s just good to see the Nuggets get a win, I don’t know how it looked but after seeing the last four games ya just wanna get back on track. They worked their butts off to get this far and they don’t just roll over, so they’re gonna come back no matter what, and they still got time. I still believe that.
In other news, it’s been *great* to not hang around the NBA. No shit to hear or think about and it feels really nice, and dealing with four losses has been pretty easy. I’ve been playing Kirby Triple Deluxe since Monday and beat it yesterday. An enjoyable 13 hours.
Feel free to tell me any more moments from the last few games to make GIFs of, I can do that. How are you all?
https://preview.redd.it/3ggzdm3f59oa1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=fc67a31879e569fa6c441a0f23fef6f5fdc0fe31
Suns down to the Magic at home. We could never be down to bad teams like that
538 ELO forecast has Sixers as heavy title favorites. Just a shame that 538 has never been wrong about anything before.
WE’RE BACK
Jeez, they’re showing the brackets on the standings page, doesn’t make me feel anxious at all…
Did the Denver Nuggets win?
List of teams that are 5-5 or worse in their last 10
– nuggets
– Celtics
– nets
– suns
– clippers
– wolves
– mavericks
Lakers, warriors, grizzlies, heat, cavs are all just 1 game better at 6-4.
I did not realize RJ was on the pistons
Woo!!
Jamal played 38mins! 🙁
is ish smith not good enough for some backup PG mins?
Two revenge games coming up, making it 3 in a row including tonight’s game.
Booker getting outscored by Bol so far. It’s a close one though Bol 4 points, Booker 3.
http://www.playoffstatus.com/nba/westernwinmagicnumbers.html
I saw a “ready to drink” cocktail can today. It was a spritz, by a company called Ish.
Ish Spritz.
I will buy this and give him one.
I can finally come back to the sub, I tend to avoid it here when we slump.
Hang that division banner! Let’s go
Mpj three blocks
I’ve missed you logical fuckers. This losing streak really brought out some depressing ass people. Hell even mid 3rd quarter looked depressing in that game thread. Swear our recent success has brought in casual fans spouting nonsense.
[Singer] The #Nuggets are face-timing Davon Reed in the postgame locker room.
Multiple guys gathering around the phone.
“Love you, bro,” they told him.
Remember how fucking awesome Jamal Murray was playing before the All Star Break. That guy is in there somewhere!
Way to clinch the division, we can hang a thing in the arena!
The magic number for 1st in the West is 9, 2nd is 8, and the magic number for the third seed is 3.
If we can lock up a top 2 seed, home court can hopefully carry us on a bit of a playoff run. Seems plausible to win, say at least 6 of the next 12, and have the beam boys lose 3.
Magic not going away. Tie game. Bol Bol playing pretty well.
Wtf this is the Goga Bitadze game
My key takeaways:
Hopefully that fourth quarter breaks them out of the shooting slump. The effort on defense in the first quarter was really nice to see. I really want to see Thomas Bryant succeed, but it just looks like the ball isn’t bouncing his way. The effort and the skill set seems to be there. Hopefully Malone doesn’t get all Maloney and inexplicably pull Christian Braun from the rotation for the rest of the season because of a bad two minute stint. Jalen Duren will be future third team all-NBA.
Man Orlando did some bullshit this game lol
Put in Bol for the 3!!
Fucking Magic
‘Wipe the floor’?
It was a fucking tie game until the last 5 minutes lmao
nba mods removed my jokic highlight
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/11tflf2/jokic_puts_wiseman_in_the_spin_cycle_and_finishes
something REAL fishy going on 🐠🐟🎣🐟🐠
Nuggets barley escape the Pistons
That losing streak feels like a massive variance. We can’t really be that bad technically. But I still think the weaknesses of the team are worrying. We need Malone to change his rotations (same thing we be all been saying for years). We need a bench rotation that makes sense with an identity and go to attack on offense. Even if it’s just Ish playing regular season minutes to keep wear and tear off of Jamal.
[me after we beat the pistons who are trying to lose](https://youtu.be/4EG8WoDN4Co)
I love Richard Jefferson Hampton
​
|Saturday, March 25th|Jokic v Giannis|In Denver|
|:-|:-|:-|
|Wednesday, March 27th|Jokic v Embiid|In Denver|
|Tuesday, April 2nd|Giannis v Embiid|In Milwaukee|
10-day span deciding the MVP. **NBA scriptwriters foreally:**
It’s up to Jokic (and his mates). Ball out, get those two dubs at home and it’s his. If he plays smwhat lackadaisical like the last time against Embiid and gets fucked AT HOME, then i, and you all shouldn’t care when he doesn’t get MVP.
So is Reggie Jackson done at this point?
Hopefully it doesn’t come down to it but it would be crazy if the 1st seed was settled on the last game of the season.