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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**GSW**|**36**|**25**|**26**|**23**|**110**|[](/GSW)|
**DEN**|**26**|**32**|**31**|**23**|**112**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/GSW)**GSW**|**42-105 (40.0)**|**9-42 (21.4)**|**17-17 (100.0)**|**22**|**57**|**26**|**15**|**9**|**4**|**22**|**110**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**44-100 (44.0)**|**9-33 (27.3)**|**15-18 (83.3)**|**17**|**47**|**24**|**11**|**11**|**7**|**17**|**112**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|33:39|10-17 (58.8)|4-8 (50.0)|5-6 (83.3)|3|11|0|1|0|0|1|29|+4|
A. Gordon^^PF|38:56|6-18 (33.3)|0-3 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|6|10|7|2|2|0|3|13|+9|
J. Green^^C|26:10|4-8 (50.0)|1-5 (20.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|4|3|0|0|1|1|10|+1|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|20:59|1-6 (16.7)|0-3 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|4|0|3|3|0|2|3|-8|
J. Murray^^PG|41:29|10-21 (47.6)|3-8 (37.5)|3-3 (100.0)|1|3|8|3|2|2|2|26|+8|
B. Brown|31:43|5-11 (45.5)|0-1 (0.0)|4-5 (80.0)|3|4|3|1|2|1|4|14|0|
C. Braun|16:03|3-10 (30.0)|0-3 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|1|0|2|0|1|6|+7|
R. Jackson|7:08|1-2 (50.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|3|-9|
V. Cancar|3:23|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|-5|
P. Watson|20:27|4-6 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3|5|0|0|0|3|2|8|+3|
**Totals**||**44-100 (44.0)**|**9-33 (27.3)**|**15-18 (83.3)**|**17**|**47**|**24**|**11**|**11**|**7**|**17**|**112**||
**DNP:** ***Thomas Bryant***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Jack White***
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Nikola Jokic***, ***Zeke Nnaji***
**[](/GSW)GSW**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
D. DiVincenzo^^SF|31:34|8-12 (66.7)|1-4 (25.0)|1-1 (100.0)|5|13|4|3|2|0|3|18|+12|
D. Green^^PF|36:33|2-7 (28.6)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4|9|7|4|1|0|5|4|+1|
K. Looney^^C|27:04|2-6 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|7|14|1|1|1|1|2|6|+3|
K. Thompson^^SG|39:06|9-28 (32.1)|5-16 (31.3)|2-2 (100.0)|1|5|4|1|1|0|3|25|0|
S. Curry^^PG|36:52|8-28 (28.6)|2-14 (14.3)|3-3 (100.0)|1|3|4|3|0|2|1|21|-5|
J. Kuminga|22:36|3-5 (60.0)|1-2 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|1|2|0|2|0|2|9|-1|
J. Poole|19:43|7-13 (53.8)|0-3 (0.0)|3-3 (100.0)|0|2|3|1|1|0|4|17|-6|
A. Lamb|15:10|2-4 (50.0)|0-2 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|3|8|0|2|1|1|1|8|-2|
G. Payton II|11:20|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|1|0|0|0|1|2|-12|
**Totals**||**42-105 (40.0)**|**9-42 (21.4)**|**17-17 (100.0)**|**22**|**57**|**26**|**15**|**9**|**4**|**22**|**110**||
**DNP:** ***Patrick Baldwin Jr.***, ***JaMychal Green***, ***Moses Moody***, ***Lester Quinones***
**Inactive:** ***Andre Iguodala***, ***Ty Jerome***, ***Ryan Rollins***, ***Andrew Wiggins***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**GSW**|54|28|22|15|36|15|19|[](/GSW)|
**DEN**|58|16|20|12|31|13|17|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 4** | **Times Tied: 4** | **Gametime: 2:13** | **Attendance: 19752**
*Officials: John Goble, Tre Maddox, Lauren Holtkamp*
by BigHoneyBot
42 Comments
Who’s tanking? Who’s losing the 1st seed? Hopefully that loser talk is out of here for good
Ok so PWatt will be getting minutes over Jeff Green, right Malone?
Didn’t give him a single shot until these dumbass injuries, and he already proving himself as a STUD.
Michael malone masterclass
Watsons blocks were about as hype as I’ve ever been for a Nuggets game
If I didn’t watch it, I wouldn’t believe it but PSwat is the secret sauce we didn’t know we craved yet.
Peyton Watson is my new favorite player
Very impressive that we were able to defeat the defending champions *and* a whole referee crew without Jokic
PSwat. That’s it.
Watson is gonna be an amazing backup wing next season. This guy has some serious two way potential. Absolute dawg. Him and CB are the future
It’s always a fine line between running out some clock and managing to still take quality shots
What a fight, especially without Jokic
Shout out to Bryant for handling this benching with class. He gave Watson a big hug at the end.
He just hasn’t been what we needed. He is a solid player with some weaknesses. Wish the best for him with whatever team he lands with next year!
My favorite jokićless nuggets game hands down.
not only did we send a message to the GSW but our 2nd and 3rd best player got a real confidence injection out of this , its huuge.
Swatson comming out party was incredible , this guy should have gotten playing time 6 months ago are you kidding me ? lmao 3 games before post season nuggets unpack an elite wing defender out of nowhere …. idc play him in the playoffs.
I lost my mind at the refs at the end there. What the fuck?
Still can’t believe the jump ball call almost cost us the game.. BB was molested before.
Watson’s improvement has been meteoric. after his terrible college season, some wondered if he would even get drafted and here he is clamping Steph fucking Curry.
Calvin’s draft picks have been ridiculously good.
I want to formally apologize for my dooming. We’re going all the way!!!!
Would love to see some pwats minutes in the playoffs
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THEY HAD IT COMING FUCK THAT MANNEQUIN LOOKING MOTHAFUCKA KLAY BIG WUGGETS NATION
I didn’t realize PWat was filthy like that
Malone is too up in his vet shit to realize our rookies are goated
I LOVE OUR ROOKS
15-18 from the line. Very nice to see and they needed to hit them too.
Does jokic play any of the remaining games?
Peyton SWAT-son
Did you guys see that clip of Jokic talking to Murray in the 4Q? Probably mentioning something he saw tactically.
He wanted this game bad despite not playing. Love to see it.
It always ends in a block against these guys
SWATSON. So glad I could watch that second half
Riding the Peyton Watson high 💨
More lien Peyton Swatson
Lakers/Clippers gonna be huge. One of Clippers, Warriors or Lakers will be in the play in. Lakers could potentially make the playoffs. .5 back from the 5th seed lol. The league has so much talent
I can’t stop watching Swatson replays, someone help
Yo I’m hype, let’s go get some well earned hardware this post season
Extend the Booth
Lemme temper everyone’s expectations. Watson will not be a part of the playoff rotation.
The way that ref grabbed Malone at the end there infuriated me. Man to man, you don’t grab me and raise your voice to me like that. Wild stuff
Okay I feel like we need to play everyone against Houston, stat pad like crazy to get Jok the 16 assists he needs, clinch the West, and then take a nap until the playoffs.
I’ve given Malone a fair amount of shit this year but he was coaching his ass off today gotta give him credit where it’s due
Also this is now a Peyton Watson and Christian Braun stan account
Swatson has earned regular PT for these last four games. If he plays well in those four games he can earn playoff minutes.
Absolutely insane that a player who hadn’t played meaningful minutes in his NBA career until two weeks before the playoffs might be getting bench minutes in those same playoffs
Anyone know what happened with Moach at the end?
Honest question. Is Vlakto just completely out of rotation? Yeah this is one game but PWat is already better than him and when Nnaji is back there’s no room for Vlakto
So many people in the game thread were dooming literally 5 minutes into the first quarter!
Little did they know they were in for one of the sexiest games of the season.