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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**31**|**18**|**21**|**30**|**100**|[](/DEN)|
**LAC**|**20**|**33**|**22**|**27**|**102**|[](/LAC)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**36-83 (43.4)**|**11-35 (31.4)**|**17-25 (68.0)**|**6**|**51**|**27**|**13**|**3**|**4**|**19**|**100**|
[](/LAC)**LAC**|**34-90 (37.8)**|**7-33 (21.2)**|**27-32 (84.4)**|**7**|**48**|**22**|**6**|**10**|**2**|**20**|**102**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|37:56|6-18 (33.3)|2-10 (20.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|9|1|2|0|1|4|14|-3|
A. Gordon^^PF|35:36|5-10 (50.0)|0-2 (0.0)|8-14 (57.1)|2|6|7|1|1|2|4|18|+1|
N. Jokic^^C|40:06|14-24 (58.3)|3-8 (37.5)|5-6 (83.3)|1|17|10|5|0|0|2|36|+12|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|37:30|6-13 (46.2)|4-7 (57.1)|0-1 (0.0)|0|4|3|1|1|1|4|16|+9|
R. Jackson^^PG|21:30|2-6 (33.3)|1-2 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|3|2|0|0|1|7|-14|
C. Braun|33:54|3-9 (33.3)|1-4 (25.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|8|3|0|1|0|2|7|+7|
P. Watson|18:14|0-2 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|0|1|0|0|2|2|-9|
J. Holiday|8:37|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|0|-5|
D. Jordan|4:32|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-10|
J. Strawther|2:05|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|+2|
**Totals**||**36-83 (43.4)**|**11-35 (31.4)**|**17-25 (68.0)**|**6**|**51**|**27**|**13**|**3**|**4**|**19**|**100**||
**DNP:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Jay Huff***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Braxton Key***, ***Jamal Murray***
**[](/LAC)LAC**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
P. Tucker^^SF|16:37|0-2 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|1|0|0|0|4|0|-12|
P. George^^PF|36:35|10-21 (47.6)|2-6 (33.3)|6-8 (75.0)|0|4|2|3|3|0|2|28|-11|
I. Zubac^^C|34:50|4-11 (36.4)|0-0 (0.0)|6-6 (100.0)|1|15|1|0|1|0|4|14|-5|
T. Mann^^SG|18:03|2-6 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|3|1|0|2|0|3|6|-9|
J. Harden^^PG|38:16|6-23 (26.1)|2-13 (15.4)|6-7 (85.7)|1|6|8|1|1|0|0|20|+4|
N. Powell|35:22|4-12 (33.3)|2-7 (28.6)|1-2 (50.0)|1|3|3|0|1|0|0|11|+10|
R. Westbrook|23:44|4-9 (44.4)|0-2 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|1|6|5|2|1|1|1|12|+8|
A. Coffey|23:28|3-5 (60.0)|1-2 (50.0)|2-3 (66.7)|0|6|1|0|1|0|1|9|+18|
M. Plumlee|13:05|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|0|0|0|1|5|2|+7|
**Totals**||**34-90 (37.8)**|**7-33 (21.2)**|**27-32 (84.4)**|**7**|**48**|**22**|**6**|**10**|**2**|**20**|**102**||
**DNP:** ***Brandon Boston Jr.***, ***Kobe Brown***, ***Bones Hyland***, ***Xavier Moon***, ***Daniel Theis***
**Inactive:** ***Moussa Diabate***, ***Kawhi Leonard***, ***Jordan Miller***, ***Joshua Primo***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|48|8|20|17|9|14|9|[](/DEN)|
**LAC**|50|7|15|13|34|7|10|[](/LAC)|
**Lead Changes: 7** | **Times Tied: 3** | **Gametime: 2:33** | **Attendance: 19370**
*Officials: Josh Tiven, CJ Washington, Aaron Smith*
by BigHoneyBot
34 Comments
-14 in the 8 non-jokic minutes.
I just realized that they rigged this for the Lakers
The Nuggets’ 23-6 record against the EC is the best conference record in the NBA for any team against the opposite conference. The Nuggets are built to win the championship series, provided that they can get out of the WC.
That bench stint at the beginning of the 2nd was brutal. It has to be so discouraging for everyone on the team to watch an 11 point lead just melt away in like two minutes. Never really got our mojo back after that.
The bright side is that the bench usually isn’t THAT bad. It’s clear that Reggie is struggling to carry Jamal’s workload. He can be very serviceable at times, so I think we’ll feel better about him when he’s back to backing up Jamal.
If the Nuggets had played a merely bad game, they’d have won.
We were at least 10% worse than our season average on free throws and rebounds. Just in the fourth quarter, I saw the Clippers get at three *third chances* at their shots.
Will that one dude come back and play one of these days? That dude costing costs.
Make your fucking free throws. Also I don’t want to see Deandre play a single fucking minute again he’s useless
Everybody here saying good things about reggie jackson’s performance is probably a lakers fan lmao
Well… Poop… Shit happens. Move on
Portion of this fanbase truly acting devastated if nuggets end up as the 2 seed I’m howling man what kind of irrational shit is that
PJ Dozier or Facu should be on the roster over Pickett lol
Gotta provide some useful skill if ur on the 15 man
Those 2 would’ve saved jamal and kcps legs a bit
It feels like if we’re gonna make another deep run we’re gonna need the starters to play 45 minutes a night
Comparing Minny/OKC/ and our schedules, man we have a drastically easier one. Our Minnesota matchup is a 2nd night back to back for them. They play suns 2x and lakers. OKC plays pacers, kings, bucks, mavs. Tomorrow is huge!
And now i have to go to work mad af..gonna be hell for my collegues, thx nbarefs
Thanks to Comcast/Altitude I don’t watch a ton of Nuggets games, but why is Reggie even on this team?
Said it during the game but MPJ needs to simply be better going forward in attacking the basket more if his shot isn’t falling you can’t go 2/10 from 3 in these kind of games and def can’t do that in the playoffs if his shot isn’t falling then you gotta find other ways to contribute and score period
Honestly, the only thing that really disgusted me about this loss is that now I have to spend my weekend ~~cheering on~~ not actively rooting against the Suns and Lakers 🤮
My head hurts and 2 heart breakers
Love Nikola but him getting pissed at some of the boys for missing his behind the Back passes
When he’s not even hustling for most the game is annoying.
Okay ya’ll just hear me out…. I still feel like we’re gonna wit all babyyyyyyyyy. BELIEVE. 🙂
KCP had 3 not needed and-1 braindead fouls. Mike was stuck in the left corner trying to hit a corner shot over and over and it wasn’t going in. Jok took some absolutely off rhythm 3s that should’ve been post up 2s.
That said, a lot of guys were stationary, stagnant, non-Jokic minutes are just shot chucking endeavors with zero collective coherency and if this is what shows up for playoffs, it’s gonna be tough AF.
Then again, the stretch before the playoffs last year was rough and they elevated from the get go, so, let’s hope they’re just finishing up the regular season with addressing the issues and refining the details of what works and what doesn’t.
I really hope Reggie elevates for the playoffs, he’s on a rough stretch.
That was an odd game. To add insult to injury…we don’t get the usual Inside crew either.
I wasn’t able to get a reliable feed (thanks Streameast really showing up like the Nuggets bench did) but all I have to say is that I wish Booth had done something more tangible at the TDL. At least to the point that we’re not relying on Reggie Fucking Jackson to save the day when Jokic is off the floor and Murray is out with Injury.
So hack an AG is apparently a thing that works
The game was lost at the start of the 2nd imo when Jok was sitting. Hard to win when the bench plays bad, MPJ disasterclass and no Jamal.
One again I ask myself, is this the last we see of Failed State
Deep down I know the truth, that Malone shall play them forever more
That
KCP missed floater, KCP missed midrange, KCP missed three
When we were down 92-94 was fucking brutal
You think wanting the number 1 seed so bad would give the team a good break waiting for play-in games to be over.
Luka fans now attacking Jokic. They have 0 shame.
April basketball be like
It pisses me off when they stop moving on offense and just jack up 3s.
And Jamal needs to get well, and Reggie needs to sit forever.
I don’t think even Jordan’s mother would keep him as a back up center to the NBA champion in 2024. Fuck me if i understand Denver’s FO.
We need super heroic Jokic and Murray for the title since i don’t believe in Reggie, Holiday and especially Jordan. If you put a drunk man in slippers, he would have at least one rebound. It’s a fucking “art” to have 0/0/0/0/0 with 7 feet. I think Jordan is the worst center in the World right now, including the freaking Taiwan League. I love his appearance and smile but what did our FO is beyond stupid. Worst of all, without a backup center, a huge burden is placed on Jokic. Other teams will throw anything and everything at him in the playoffs.
At least the game was fun. That’s the first time I’ve seen Jokic play since 2022 and I got a masterclass, so I’ll take it
At this point it’s not even on Reggie. It’s on Malone letting Reggie anywhere near a basketball.
Fool me once, shame on you, screw me over and over and over again every single night in the same way, fire me.