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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**ATL**|**30**|**22**|**34**|**22**|**108**|[](/ATL)|
**DEN**|**35**|**35**|**27**|**31**|**128**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/ATL)**ATL**|**44-91 (48.4)**|**6-20 (30.0)**|**14-17 (82.4)**|**10**|**43**|**26**|**15**|**7**|**7**|**18**|**108**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**48-95 (50.5)**|**15-38 (39.5)**|**17-20 (85.0)**|**12**|**48**|**32**|**12**|**14**|**6**|**15**|**128**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|29:46|9-16 (56.3)|3-8 (37.5)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|1|0|3|1|1|23|+15|
A. Gordon^^PF|29:46|7-10 (70.0)|0-1 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|2|6|4|0|0|1|1|15|+19|
N. Jokic^^C|34:20|5-8 (62.5)|0-1 (0.0)|4-5 (80.0)|3|18|10|5|1|2|3|14|+20|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|11:41|1-4 (25.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|4|-4|
J. Murray^^PG|36:02|15-24 (62.5)|7-12 (58.3)|4-4 (100.0)|1|5|7|1|1|0|0|41|+25|
B. Brown|23:52|2-10 (20.0)|1-6 (16.7)|3-4 (75.0)|1|3|5|2|3|0|1|8|+5|
C. Braun|32:08|4-11 (36.4)|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|7|2|1|2|0|4|10|+20|
V. Cancar|22:20|1-5 (20.0)|1-3 (33.3)|2-2 (100.0)|0|1|3|1|1|0|2|5|+3|
Z. Nnaji|13:39|2-4 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3|5|0|0|2|2|1|4|0|
P. Watson|2:08|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|-1|
D. Reed|2:08|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|1|0|0|2|-1|
I. Smith|2:08|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|-1|
**Totals**||**48-95 (50.5)**|**15-38 (39.5)**|**17-20 (85.0)**|**12**|**48**|**32**|**12**|**14**|**6**|**15**|**128**||
**DNP:** ***Jeff Green***, ***Bones Hyland***, ***DeAndre Jordan***
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Jack White***
**[](/ATL)ATL**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
D. Hunter^^SF|31:53|7-15 (46.7)|2-4 (50.0)|4-4 (100.0)|1|3|4|3|1|0|2|20|-15|
J. Collins^^PF|30:11|3-5 (60.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|4|3|0|0|1|2|6|-18|
C. Capela^^C|26:23|5-10 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-3 (66.7)|3|11|0|1|0|0|3|12|-18|
A. Griffin^^SG|26:01|6-11 (54.5)|1-3 (33.3)|2-2 (100.0)|1|2|4|1|0|0|1|15|-3|
D. Murray^^PG|35:32|10-21 (47.6)|3-8 (37.5)|5-7 (71.4)|1|4|10|3|1|2|0|28|-15|
T. Forrest|11:44|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|-8|
B. Bogdanovic|30:17|4-10 (40.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|3|2|3|1|5|8|-17|
O. Okongwu|19:00|3-7 (42.9)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|6|1|0|0|3|4|6|-1|
J. Johnson|16:06|5-8 (62.5)|0-1 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|5|0|0|1|0|1|11|0|
A. Holiday|7:39|0-3 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|3|0|0|0|0|-3|
F. Kaminsky|2:37|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|1|0|0|0|-1|
V. Krejci|2:37|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|-1|
**Totals**||**44-91 (48.4)**|**6-20 (30.0)**|**14-17 (82.4)**|**10**|**43**|**26**|**15**|**7**|**7**|**18**|**108**||
**DNP:** ***Justin Holiday***
**Inactive:** ***Tyrese Martin***, ***Donovan Williams***, ***Trae Young***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**ATL**|56|12|11|3|27|16|11|[](/ATL)|
**DEN**|48|12|19|23|31|13|18|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 8** | **Times Tied: 6** | **Gametime: 2:03** | **Attendance: 19630**
*Officials: Rodney Mott, Zach Zarba, Jonathan Sterling*
by BigHoneyBot
33 Comments
Got my engraved Jokic glass with W ice cube old fashioned going right now. Feelsgoodman
If this Curry injury is actually serious than what are the chances Adam Silver chooses Murray as the injury replacement over Ant and Fox
Jamal DPOG!
I love this team
Malone didn’t fuck around in this game. No Green, Bones, nor DAJ. Don’t know why it took him this long to figure this out. We’ve had flashes of these strong defensive unit early in the season. But he always went back to putting those 3 no D players in the line ups.
[LMAO](https://twitter.com/BobbyMlRE/status/1622085456065175553?t=QuAhpkBp4l6b7MwHqr51sw&s=19)
[TURN ME UP](https://youtu.be/gl2p4G3CUrI)
https://twitter.com/msinger/status/1622091392385224705?s=46&t=1iQ0fwbLqjPxt-_v617yyA
Malone on Bones-
“It’s a real sensitive area for everyone involved. … Just trying to give him some space, but also let him know, yes, this is a business, but we also care about you. …. I put myself in his situation, and it’s not easy.”
At this current season pace of TD, Jokic will break the record in 260 Games (approx 3 seasons with playoffs)
Murray is bubbling a little bit 🍾
Bones twitter friends and sister vs Jokić brothers
Who wins?
BUBBLE MURRAY HATH RETURNED
Was at game. Can confirm Jamal went OFF
Does anyone know anything about Gillespie? Is he close to returning? Could he be backup PG at least for regular season?
I want Murray to yell Guy Fieri when he’s hitting threes so bad. (because he’s cooking smh)
Tonight’s episode of Smuglyfe™️ is brought to you by Jamal being back.
AG 100% on FT!
Nikola Jokic just got his 100th Career Triple-Double, 94 regular season, 6 in the playoffs.
41 wins before the Jamal star break
What happened to KCP?
Man, once upon a time there were people legit saying that Jamal should be benched and played with the second unit. The Blue Arrow is back people and at the most perfect time of the season when everyone else is firing on all cylinders
Jeff Green didn’t piss me off tonight so I had a great time
Remaining games before the all star break: at Wolves (2nd night of a back to back), vs Wolves, at Magic, at Hornets, at Heat, vs Mavs.
What are the chances we have the best record at the break?
Boston has: at Pistons, vs Sixers, vs Hornets, vs Grizz, at Bucks, vs Pistons(B2B)
Bucks have: at Blazers, at Lakers, at Clippers(B2B) vs Celtics, at Bulls —- Ouch
guys payton watson liked one of my tweets am i famous now
I’m drunk
Bro the DNVR crew just gave a shot of rakija to a 16 year old 🤣🤣
https://twitter.com/harrisonwind/status/1622103275146289153?s=46&t=1iQ0fwbLqjPxt-_v617yyA
From Wind:
Jamal Murray tonight: “It’s tough for Bones. It’s tough for him. No one wants to be in this position. I just ask to leave the kid alone. He’s doing his best. Me and him are cool. We don’t have no problems. I just try to keep him in good spirits and know that his time is coming.”
Jokic and Murray (again):
https://preview.redd.it/fwsky6u4mcga1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=bc91ba9318d4adeab89a45ebdab92bfe14026e83
I’m just sayin but there are levels to dynamic duos in this league don’t see many duos out there rn where one drops a triple double and the other goes for 30+ (or 40+ like tonight)
I feel like I was pretty spot-on with my pre-draft evaluation of AJ Griffin tbh
Isnt benching Bones hurting his trade value? I won’t be surprised to see two second round picks sent back at this point..
So as my girlfriend and I were heading to the game I bet her that Jamal would score 40 because of the Bones drama. She bet me Jokic would get a TD (duh). We just took our shots downtown. Love this team! Go Nuggets!
With Kyrie most likely going to The Lakers I wanted to compare the last 5 postseason appearances between him & Jamal:
Kyrie: 22games 21/5/5 on 43/35/95 w/ a 12-13 record
Jamal: 33games 24/6/5 on 47/41/90 w/ a 16-17 record
Just puts into perspective how incredible Jamal is in during the playoffs. I’m also not worried about this potential Lakers matchup(don’t think they’ll even get in honestly) because I think the lakers would come in with a ton of false confidence and the first game the nuggets win will send all of them into a “well we have next year” mode.