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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**CHA**|**18**|**31**|**17**|**27**|**93**|[](/CHA)|
**DEN**|**24**|**25**|**40**|**22**|**111**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/CHA)**CHA**|**36-86 (41.9)**|**10-26 (38.5)**|**11-16 (68.8)**|**8**|**45**|**24**|**12**|**4**|**5**|**15**|**93**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**41-83 (49.4)**|**15-38 (39.5)**|**14-18 (77.8)**|**4**|**44**|**27**|**10**|**9**|**8**|**15**|**111**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|30:30|8-17 (47.1)|4-11 (36.4)|2-2 (100.0)|1|8|1|1|0|0|1|22|+33|
A. Gordon^^PF|24:38|4-5 (80.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|2|0|0|1|1|0|10|+29|
N. Jokic^^C|27:30|6-7 (85.7)|0-0 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|11|6|3|1|1|2|13|+27|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|29:05|2-6 (33.3)|0-3 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|3|4|0|1|0|3|5|+28|
J. Murray^^PG|26:48|7-16 (43.8)|5-9 (55.6)|6-7 (85.7)|0|3|7|2|2|1|1|25|+26|
P. Watson|19:14|3-6 (50.0)|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|1|0|1|1|2|8|-5|
C. Braun|23:51|3-6 (50.0)|1-3 (33.3)|2-3 (66.7)|1|4|2|1|1|1|1|9|-11|
R. Jackson|17:04|6-11 (54.5)|2-3 (66.7)|1-2 (50.0)|0|4|4|0|1|0|2|15|-2|
J. Strawther|12:34|1-2 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|1|0|0|1|2|-14|
Z. Nnaji|20:30|1-5 (20.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|1|2|0|3|2|2|-9|
B. Key|4:08|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|0|-6|
J. Pickett|4:08|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-6|
**Totals**||**41-83 (49.4)**|**15-38 (39.5)**|**14-18 (77.8)**|**4**|**44**|**27**|**10**|**9**|**8**|**15**|**111**||
**DNP:** ***Justin Holiday***, ***DeAndre Jordan***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Jay Huff***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**[](/CHA)CHA**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
B. McGowens^^SF|23:16|4-8 (50.0)|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|3|0|0|0|4|10|-16|
M. Bridges^^PF|36:01|10-14 (71.4)|3-5 (60.0)|3-5 (60.0)|0|9|5|2|1|0|1|26|-23|
N. Richards^^C|29:57|7-12 (58.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|2|8|1|0|1|1|2|15|-29|
B. Miller^^SG|31:50|5-17 (29.4)|3-9 (33.3)|2-2 (100.0)|0|5|1|2|0|0|1|15|-31|
I. Smith^^PG|29:04|5-12 (41.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|4|4|0|0|2|10|-28|
C. Martin|24:44|0-6 (0.0)|0-3 (0.0)|2-4 (50.0)|1|3|6|0|2|2|0|2|-2|
P. Washington|25:37|2-5 (40.0)|1-3 (33.3)|1-1 (100.0)|1|6|0|2|0|0|2|6|+3|
N. Smith Jr.|18:56|2-8 (25.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|2|2|0|1|2|5|+10|
N. Mensah|12:19|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|4|0|0|0|0|1|2|+14|
J. Bouknight|4:08|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|+6|
J. Thor|4:08|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|0|0|0|1|0|2|+6|
**Totals**||**36-86 (41.9)**|**10-26 (38.5)**|**11-16 (68.8)**|**8**|**45**|**24**|**12**|**4**|**5**|**15**|**93**||
**DNP:** ***Frank Ntilikina***
**Inactive:** ***Amari Bailey***, ***LaMelo Ball***, ***Leaky Black***, ***Gordon Hayward***, ***Terry Rozier***, ***Mark Williams***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**CHA**|40|11|4|4|17|14|13|[](/CHA)|
**DEN**|42|5|14|27|36|11|20|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 8** | **Times Tied: 9** | **Gametime: 2:02** | **Attendance: 19625**
*Officials: David Guthrie, Marat Kogut, Tyler Mirkovich*
by BigHoneyBot
25 Comments
Timberwolves, Bucks, Cavs, Mavs all losing as well. Nice.
Hey, guys, I just thought of a funny joke:
JT Thor is the god of Munder xD
Nuggs started maybe 10 minutes after the Texas Washington game and ended before that game got halfway through the third quarter. The commercials for football is out of control. NBA is such a better product.
Nuggets have Mundered every game this year!!
The more I’m thinking about it, the more sure I am I could 1v2 Bill Hanzlik and Vic Lombardi
I think Nuggets will start staggering MPJ at the 4 with the bench. They need scoring, but most importantly, spacing. They still need a Center though
I hear we got Munder?
Hear me out: Me and Miles Bridges vs Bill Hanzlik, Vic Lombardi, and Katy Winge, hell in a cell for a whole stack
My OCD brain is mad that Mike went over 30mins by 30 seconds. Otherwise the boys took care of business, on the next.
Positivity merchants during the 2nd quarter
Broncos should tank for penix
Good job everybody, the hornets remain corny
“He can’t guard me.”
Oh, Jamal. Never change man.
Nuggets start the year undefeated which means it can only go down from here. FireMalone.
Jok clocked in, put in a few minutes of Jokness, clocked out and called it a day. He’s just like the rest of us people.
Love that Winge mentioned the munder
* 100%
* 90%
* 85.7%
That downward trend is alarming. Moach really needs to think about making a line-up change.
jokic has missed a combined total of 2 shots in his last 3 games
My biggest fear for this team is that Jokić continues to play like this going forward and he just doesn’t go back to his usual self. If the nuggets want to go back to back, Jokić can’t be playing like this. It seems like he’s going out of his way to NOT shoot this game which is really weird. I really really hate to say it but the last time I truly saw him play to the finals mvp level that I know he is capable was in the kings game. That was the last game where I saw him with his God-like touch where his floater = automatic two points. That was also the last game where had the perfect mix of knowing when to be aggressive and when to facilitate/pass the ball. I know I’m being hard on Jokić, the standard that he is held too is absurdly high, and rightfully so. He is considered the best player in the NBA, he is a two time MVP, and a one time finals MVP. I really love watching him play ever since the nuggets won the chip, I’ve watched every game including pre-season, so I know I may just be overreacting and I hope that I am and Jokić goes back to dominating by facilitating and scoring. Sorry for the long comment I just felt like venting. I just hope Jokić gets his groove back because as someone who watches him very closely I just can’t get rid of this feeling that something’s not right
PWat making me all tingly
A Denver Nuggets game thread when we are not blowing out the other team by 20 brings out a level of not knowing ball previously unknown to humanity. I think what we need more of is psychological analysis’ of Jokic performances vs bottom feeder teams in 20 pt blow outs.
NGL, I’m kinda upset Jokic had to start shooting. Would’ve been a wild stat line if he went like 10 assists, 15 rebounds, 0-0 from the field in a blowout win lmfao
Fun game perfectly scheduled for the day after the holiday. People say third quarters are just like any other quarter, but I like to think third quarters are one of the top most important quarters after the final one and then overtime if those can be considered quarters also.
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Over the years our regular season struggles in the third quarter put a lot of games out of reach and generally just created a lot of stress. The team clearly has learned from that and now they seek to inflict the same pain on their opponents and the wheel of suffering keeps on turning I guess. I’m not saying we’ll never lose another third quarter again but I am saying that being able to outscore your opponent by 20 points or more in the third quarter more often than not means you are going to win the game.
I see more mind blowing Jokic highlights on the Nuggets’ Insta page than on our own sub and /r/NBA combined. Like that touch pass to PWat in the corner tonight.
It’s just so common these days that nobody bats an eye or thinks it’s special anymore. Sheesh.
Fat man coming into work after the new year same way I will be tomorrow morning imo