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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**NOP**|**35**|**25**|**24**|**29**|**113**|[](/NOP)|
**DEN**|**31**|**26**|**36**|**29**|**122**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/NOP)**NOP**|**42-85 (49.4)**|**8-27 (29.6)**|**21-25 (84.0)**|**8**|**36**|**28**|**15**|**13**|**2**|**24**|**113**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**43-87 (49.4)**|**16-36 (44.4)**|**20-24 (83.3)**|**10**|**44**|**33**|**18**|**7**|**3**|**21**|**122**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|30:17|5-12 (41.7)|3-6 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3|5|1|2|1|0|4|13|+18|
A. Gordon^^PF|35:56|6-12 (50.0)|1-3 (33.3)|2-5 (40.0)|2|6|6|0|0|0|3|15|+22|
N. Jokic^^C|37:59|10-14 (71.4)|1-3 (33.3)|5-5 (100.0)|1|18|15|5|1|1|2|26|+20|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|38:24|5-11 (45.5)|3-7 (42.9)|2-2 (100.0)|2|5|1|0|4|2|1|15|+16|
J. Murray^^PG|35:44|10-21 (47.6)|7-12 (58.3)|5-5 (100.0)|1|5|6|5|0|0|1|32|+18|
B. Brown|20:37|2-6 (33.3)|1-4 (25.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|0|2|4|1|0|3|7|-12|
J. Green|18:35|3-5 (60.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-3 (66.7)|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|8|-15|
B. Hyland|4:42|0-2 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|0|1|1|0|0|1|2|-8|
Z. Nnaji|3:29|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|-9|
C. Braun|14:14|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|0|1|0|0|3|4|-5|
**Totals**||**43-87 (49.4)**|**16-36 (44.4)**|**20-24 (83.3)**|**10**|**44**|**33**|**18**|**7**|**3**|**21**|**122**||
**DNP:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Davon Reed***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Peyton Watson***
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Jack White***
**[](/NOP)NOP**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
T. Murphy III^^SF|31:42|6-11 (54.5)|1-5 (20.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|3|1|0|2|0|2|14|-11|
B. Ingram^^PF|32:56|5-17 (29.4)|1-4 (25.0)|5-6 (83.3)|0|4|9|4|1|1|3|16|-21|
J. Valanciunas^^C|18:59|5-9 (55.6)|0-0 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2|6|2|1|0|0|2|10|-15|
H. Jones^^SG|36:40|6-8 (75.0)|2-4 (50.0)|7-8 (87.5)|2|4|4|2|5|0|4|21|-25|
C. McCollum^^PG|38:46|7-19 (36.8)|2-6 (33.3)|5-5 (100.0)|0|2|7|3|1|0|2|21|-5|
D. Graham|12:41|2-5 (40.0)|1-4 (25.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|1|1|1|5|0|
N. Marshall|24:04|1-3 (33.3)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|3|2|2|0|0|1|4|+14|
W. Hernangomez|9:18|3-3 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|0|0|0|1|6|+1|
L. Nance Jr.|21:15|6-7 (85.7)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|3|11|1|1|2|0|5|13|+7|
J. Alvarado|13:36|1-3 (33.3)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|2|2|1|0|3|3|+10|
**Totals**||**42-85 (49.4)**|**8-27 (29.6)**|**21-25 (84.0)**|**8**|**36**|**28**|**15**|**13**|**2**|**24**|**113**||
**DNP:** ***Jaxson Hayes***, ***Kira Lewis Jr.***, ***Garrett Temple***
**Inactive:** ***Dyson Daniels***, ***E.J. Liddell***, ***Dereon Seabron***, ***Zion Williamson***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**NOP**|52|13|15|12|31|15|23|[](/NOP)|
**DEN**|50|9|26|13|21|18|16|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 5** | **Times Tied: 10** | **Gametime: 2:24** | **Attendance: 18868**
*Officials: Curtis Blair, Josh Tiven, J.T. Orr*
by BigHoneyBot
31 Comments
Another Jokic triple double, another big W!
Rough first half, specifically with turnovers, but they kept fighting and stayed in it. The second half and specifically the third quarter was great. Timely threes and Jamal was able to really take over. AG, KCP are so impactful on defense and are great to throw at all the wings in the west. Being able to have Bruce and CB as well is just amazing.
Let’s keep this going and tighten up the defense more going forward!
Sad Bones night 🙁 Happy nuggets win 🙂 Sad no Cancar:( Happy Jamal back 🙂
Man just trade him already and get it over with. Calvin the type to slowly pick the limbs off of bugs one-by-one as a kid smh
Not even gonna lie I definitely half assed this one to do adult shit like make resumes and apply for jobs (lmao I hated it) but I applied for a random seasonal job in Alaska just to get away from KY for a while so wish me luck boys ❤
So I take it that Bones is gone…?
Feel a bit bad for Bones… even if it means the minutes + success of Braun
That fucking talentless moron on TNT –
“Jokic putting up incredible numbers 27, 18 and **5**”
I don’t know why it bothers me so much. But someone needs to fire their fucking son, wife’s cousin, or whoever this fucking clown is related. No way he got here on merit.
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Sure bones just sprained a ligament again
If Jokic goes 2/2 from 3 in his next game he’s gonna be at 40% on the season. If he has 11 assists in his next game he’s gonna be averaging a true 10.0 per game. He’s closing in on averaging a 25/11/10 triple dub on .630/400/.825 splits. That’s 70%+ TS, and 66%+ EFG. All of this while also currently having an AST:TO of 2.81.
This is video game type stuff.
Literally no one talk to me about bones
All this Bones talk has overshadowed the fact we playing the Warriors next game, I hope we break them
Bones Hyland, 5 minutes 🙏
Braun getting more minutes than Bones
Someone check on Bill
It’s pretty sad how quickly y’all turned on Bones. I swear when Braun doesn’t perform y’all gonna be clueless on who to blame. Nuggets fan always need someone to blame.
What did I tell y’all the other day about Nikola putting up a few more “Since Wilt” games before the season ended? No concerns about him 3peating as MVP.
Guess they really want off of Mr Bones wild ride
Both teams shot 49.4% from the field and made nearly the same number of FTs.
The biggest difference was in 3PT FGs. Nuggets shot 16 of 36, and the Pels shot 8 of 27. That would have been unheard of a couple of seasons ago.
I wish I could mute words on Reddit lmao
Good grind out game. Feel like we are still trying to find our mojo from the recent losses. Hoping for a big W against the Warriors
I’m crushed about Bones. Miss him.
But Jamal came close to getting a season high. Wasn’t it 36? This game he dropped 32
Malone benches bones but plays jeff make it make sense
Goodness golly gosh, what in heavens
https://preview.redd.it/9o9fcm9v4kfa1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=70bb47e7726e85cc4bbf6f02c39ebbd8af46d8e4
Arguably the best assist of the night didn’t get a replay cause they were with the sideline reporter still.
Jokic at the left wing, one hand loop to the opposite corner, over a defender, mpj 3… (can’t stand spero dede’s voice but…SPLAASHH
One assist shy of averaging a triple double is the most Jokic thing ever. The ultimate Sombor double
Jokic is a art form
Nuggets with a great comeback win… Broncos hire Sean Peyton… today is a good day for my favorite teams
My weekly bitching: TNT B team saying they don’t trust Denver in the playoffs because of the last 2 playoffs..
Did Haynes on the broadcast says it was bones who wanted a bigger role?
Lamelo Ball has the most triple doubles in Hornets history with 8.
Seems like Bones will be riding the pine until the trade deadline passes