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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**SAS**|**27**|**24**|**25**|**25**|**101**|[](/SAS)|
**DEN**|**40**|**30**|**29**|**27**|**126**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/SAS)**SAS**|**39-80 (48.8)**|**12-30 (40.0)**|**11-19 (57.9)**|**6**|**28**|**28**|**15**|**8**|**3**|**13**|**101**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**53-87 (60.9)**|**15-29 (51.7)**|**5-10 (50.0)**|**10**|**47**|**37**|**16**|**10**|**0**|**15**|**126**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|29:48|6-10 (60.0)|3-6 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|9|0|2|1|0|3|15|+27|
A. Gordon^^PF|22:33|4-6 (66.7)|0-1 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|2|6|2|0|0|0|1|8|+15|
N. Jokic^^C|26:34|9-10 (90.0)|1-1 (100.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|6|10|4|2|0|2|21|+20|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|26:58|5-6 (83.3)|2-3 (66.7)|0-3 (0.0)|0|1|3|2|4|0|3|12|+16|
J. Murray^^PG|23:02|6-10 (60.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|9|1|0|0|0|13|+17|
B. Brown|19:58|3-9 (33.3)|0-3 (0.0)|3-3 (100.0)|1|3|3|0|1|0|2|9|+17|
B. Hyland|24:58|9-17 (52.9)|6-8 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|7|1|2|0|0|24|+8|
J. Green|25:27|4-8 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|4|1|4|0|0|1|9|+10|
D. Jordan|16:37|5-6 (83.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|8|1|1|0|0|3|10|+5|
C. Braun|14:27|1-4 (25.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|1|0|0|0|0|2|-10|
D. Reed|4:49|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|
V. Cancar|4:49|1-1 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|
**Totals**||**53-87 (60.9)**|**15-29 (51.7)**|**5-10 (50.0)**|**10**|**47**|**37**|**16**|**10**|**0**|**15**|**126**||
**DNP:**
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Peyton Watson***, ***Jack White***
**[](/SAS)SAS**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
K. Johnson^^SF|31:08|8-14 (57.1)|4-7 (57.1)|5-6 (83.3)|0|3|4|3|0|0|0|25|-16|
J. Sochan^^PF|24:11|2-2 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|1|0|2|1|2|5|+6|
J. Poeltl^^C|28:34|7-12 (58.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|3|8|2|2|1|1|2|14|-23|
M. Branham^^SG|22:37|2-7 (28.6)|0-4 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|2|2|0|0|0|4|-7|
T. Jones^^PG|24:10|2-7 (28.6)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|7|1|1|0|1|4|-17|
K. Bates-Diop|18:23|3-5 (60.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2|3|1|1|2|0|0|8|-12|
D. Vassell|24:41|7-12 (58.3)|4-6 (66.7)|2-3 (66.7)|0|4|4|1|1|1|1|20|-21|
J. Richardson|19:00|3-7 (42.9)|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|3|2|0|0|4|8|-8|
G. Dieng|10:20|2-3 (66.7)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|3|1|0|1|5|-4|
D. McDermott|15:54|0-3 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|1|-18|
I. Roby|16:10|3-7 (42.9)|0-1 (0.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0|4|3|0|0|0|0|7|-5|
J. Hall|4:49|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|
**Totals**||**39-80 (48.8)**|**12-30 (40.0)**|**11-19 (57.9)**|**6**|**28**|**28**|**15**|**8**|**3**|**13**|**101**||
**DNP:**
**Inactive:** ***Dominick Barlow***, ***Charles Bassey***, ***Zach Collins***, ***Romeo Langford***, ***Blake Wesley***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**SAS**|54|9|8|3|49|15|22|[](/SAS)|
**DEN**|60|8|26|31|57|18|21|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 1** | **Times Tied: 1** | **Gametime: 1:59** | **Attendance: 19641**
*Officials: Sean Corbin, Brett Nansel, Ben Taylor*
by BigHoneyBot
36 Comments
I enjoyed my time tonight with Nuggets of the Denver variety
Really liked the chemistry between Bones and DeAndre.
I missed the game, on a scale from 9-10 how passive was Jokic
Who came up with the title?
15-29 from 3. Damn boys.
I knew Jokic shot little and i didnt see him miss but damn he was 9-10 , 90 %? Oh and missed TD by 4 rebound something thats his easy for him classic Jokic game . Just want him to shoot more 3’s tho , could use games like this as practice .
Cause when hes hitting them Nuggets are truly unstoppable having everyone being a threat from 3pt line ( except well Gordon )
Amazing game by Bones so fun to watch and carrying that bench
Mal is looking back-er by the minute. Jokic passive.
Doomers must have been bored tonight. Didn’t even break 1000 comments during the game thread. Smh
You’ve been BONED
If bones somehow keeps this up is he 6MOY?
New Rocky needs to start shooting free throws for the rest of the year, it’s just sad at this point
Bones is HIM
51.7% from 3 lmao, ridiculous
Bol Bol with 23/7/2 and +10 tonight on 9/10 shooting and 2/3 from 3. What a weird shift to see him go from shitting the bed over here to looking like a lottery pick in Orlando.
Bones decided to make the second half his own personal mixtape and I’m down with that 💯
But seriously, it’s nice to have such a good shot creator off the bench. If bones can get his passing down, he will be a tough threat to stop even if he’s struggling with his shots.
I love that jokic can take 10 shots and we win by this much. Last year this would’ve been a close game in the fourth and jokic would’ve had to carry us. Jokic being able to chill, get 10+ assists and blowout teams is a nice change. We already know he’s capable of scoring when he needs to, he’s proven it, but we don’t need that right now. Now he can keep his legs fresh.
MPJ once again is uber efficient, and is playing some decent defense this year. He’s hustling more and in the right spots on offense, jokic and him are developing a good chemistry together which is good.
Murray is looking like himself again 👀 6/10 with 9 assists and only one turnover. If he is on, then there is no way to stop the Jokic-Murray PnR, both of them can kill you with their shot making and both of them can spot the open man.
Loved what I saw on defense from KCP and AG, those two are menaces on that end of the floor. We already know about AG but KCP in particular does all the little things you need and hustles all the time defensively while being a three point threat on the other end. Pretty much the perfect fit, for the nuggets, as a lot of us expected.
Here’s my hot take: we will be a top 3 team in three point percentage this year. Murray/MPJ/KCP/Bones are elite three point shooters and will take the most shots behind the arc. Jokic is one of the best, if not the best playmaker in the league and always finds open shooters. Then you got BB/Jeff who can be serviceable from outside. BB in particular is shooting 40% from three this season, if he keeps it up, ill bump him into the elite m tier.
As a member of the exclusive “chris marlowe verbal diarrhea flair” club, I welcome our newest `Shot Cock` entrant.
Rainbow lights outside Ball should be there for every home game
I tempted the gods tonight by rocking u/IdRatherBeLurking’s NuggLife shirt to the game and I think we’re officially clear.
Dear God stfu about bol bol, yall are never happy
Shot better from 3 than from the free throw line. Maybe guys should start backing up on those freebies?
Got to go to my first game since high school and moving to Durango. Man that was ELECTRIC I fucking love the nuggets and you guys. What a game
It’s so nice to have MPJ back to take some of the rebounding load off of Joker’s plate.
Joke averaging a triple double I’m calling it
Can we just stop and talk about bol bol for a few seconds even though our rotations are about 3x better rn.
Can we always get large enough leads to enable Bones to play street ball against NBA teams? I would like that very much.
Pretty much everyone was vibin’ except Braun. If Braun was vibin’ it might have ripped open a portal to Valhalla or some shit.
I believe in the power of Bones.
Duvalier Johnson is the most perfect human.
Boys. Nuggets got that squad. Fun times
Crazy how important Bones is to this team now. All we need is Murray to go back to being a 20ppg scorer and we are set!
Hey guys
Remember that time we gave up first round pick RJ hempton and a bunch of picks for Fucking gary Clarke? And we waived that dude after a couple of days? And you guys celebrating this meaningless game
So Murray played great. Jokic played great. MPJ & Bones as well. Everyone seem to do so well tonight. Super fun, especially that 3rd/4th Bones minutes. The only issue I had tonight, was Bol was not in a Nuggets uniform. We won by 25. Imagine if we had a superstar like Bol, what we could have done tonight. Its on Malone for not grooming him enough. Smh. I may be done with the team for real.
So Mike is gonna shoot 50% 3pt every game?
Mpj’s hustle on loose balls and rebounds is my favorite thing about him so far this season, he’s putting in the effort on the floor and he looks great
Also the Philadelphia team lost on the based ball world trophy cup so that is good as well 🙂👍