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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**CHI**|**22**|**31**|**21**|**27**|**101**|[](/CHI)|
**DEN**|**23**|**28**|**35**|**37**|**123**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/CHI)**CHI**|**39-86 (45.3)**|**7-26 (26.9)**|**16-23 (69.6)**|**9**|**37**|**28**|**11**|**7**|**3**|**19**|**101**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**42-81 (51.9)**|**16-36 (44.4)**|**23-30 (76.7)**|**10**|**49**|**31**|**11**|**10**|**4**|**18**|**123**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|30:50|9-16 (56.3)|5-10 (50.0)|4-5 (80.0)|1|6|2|2|1|2|4|27|+30|
A. Gordon^^PF|34:41|4-9 (44.4)|1-3 (33.3)|6-8 (75.0)|3|12|5|3|2|1|2|15|+26|
N. Jokic^^C|33:22|9-16 (56.3)|1-3 (33.3)|9-9 (100.0)|4|16|9|1|3|0|3|28|+33|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|29:45|4-8 (50.0)|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|2|1|1|0|1|10|+29|
J. Murray^^PG|9:30|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|2|-2|
R. Jackson|25:18|6-10 (60.0)|3-5 (60.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|1|3|1|0|1|0|16|+14|
C. Braun|17:59|4-8 (50.0)|1-3 (33.3)|1-2 (50.0)|1|5|4|0|1|0|1|10|-3|
P. Watson|18:23|1-3 (33.3)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|2|2|2|0|2|2|-8|
D. Jordan|12:15|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|1|1|1|0|0|2|1|-10|
J. Strawther|9:08|1-2 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|3|-8|
Z. Nnaji|2:23|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|1|-1|
C. Gillespie|11:44|2-4 (50.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|2|0|0|0|1|5|+12|
H. Tyson|2:21|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|-1|
J. Pickett|2:21|1-1 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|-1|
**Totals**||**42-81 (51.9)**|**16-36 (44.4)**|**23-30 (76.7)**|**10**|**49**|**31**|**11**|**10**|**4**|**18**|**123**||
**DNP:** ***Justin Holiday***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Jay Huff***, ***Braxton Key***
**[](/CHI)CHI**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
D. DeRozan^^SF|33:46|7-16 (43.8)|0-1 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|0|3|6|0|0|0|4|17|-18|
T. Craig^^PF|27:23|3-6 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|2|6|3|0|1|0|1|7|-19|
N. Vucevic^^C|29:44|8-17 (47.1)|1-2 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2|7|3|2|0|0|3|19|-27|
Z. LaVine^^SG|30:38|4-12 (33.3)|1-5 (20.0)|3-4 (75.0)|0|4|4|3|1|0|2|12|-27|
C. White^^PG|30:38|4-10 (40.0)|1-4 (25.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|5|2|2|1|2|11|-11|
J. Carter|17:44|6-9 (66.7)|4-5 (80.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0|0|1|1|0|0|2|16|-2|
A. Caruso|14:16|1-3 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|0|2|2|1|0|3|3|-8|
P. Williams|28:02|2-7 (28.6)|0-5 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|1|3|3|1|1|2|0|7|+3|
A. Drummond|15:05|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|4|11|0|0|1|0|1|5|+7|
J. Phillips|3:11|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
O. Bitim|3:11|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
D. Terry|3:11|1-2 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0|1|1|0|0|0|1|2|-2|
T. Taylor|3:11|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|-2|
**Totals**||**39-86 (45.3)**|**7-26 (26.9)**|**16-23 (69.6)**|**9**|**37**|**28**|**11**|**7**|**3**|**19**|**101**||
**DNP:**
**Inactive:** ***Lonzo Ball***, ***Ayo Dosunmu***, ***Justin Lewis***, ***Adama Sanogo***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**CHI**|46|14|16|6|35|11|22|[](/CHI)|
**DEN**|48|12|15|23|41|12|18|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 9** | **Times Tied: 4** | **Gametime: 2:09** | **Attendance: 19610**
*Officials: Tony Brothers, Tom Washington, Brandon Schwab*
by BigHoneyBot
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Mike shooting well = blowout wins
Jackson really finding his place
Imagine leading at half to only lose by 20+
Couldn’t be us
IS BHB BACK?
Back to back Sombor doubles, baby.
Collin Gillespie has insane screen navigation skill. It’s in front of his man 24/7
Great win on a back 2 back. I hope Murray is okay. Good to see Gillespie healthy and back. KCP is the frotnrunner for DPOY. LaVine and DeRozan another victims of KCP defensive masterclass. Looking forward to the Pelicans game on Tuesday
the denver nuggets are currently undefeated in the collin gillespie era
[Ahem](https://www.reddit.com/r/denvernuggets/comments/17nz9my/comment/k7vp7jw/)
BHB is back!!
Also is that back to back MPJ post game court interviews??
Most excellent.
Is 101 points a Sombor munder?
What happened to Mal?
Awkward first half. Dominant second half. B2B ending in Denver has to be ROUGH.
BHB!!!!!
Great W on the second night of a back to back! MPJ stepped up big in this one and has looked more comfortable getting his shot back and his defense and rebounding continues to improve. KCP is still just the perfect guard defender to put next to Jok with how well he navigates screens and allows the rest of the defense to stay with their assignments without over-helping.
Big shout out to Dizzy Gillespie for filling in well with the starters and just kind of going with the flow without disrupting anything. Reggie also looked a lot more comfortable in the second half (a lot of those minutes with the starters as well), and when his shot is falling he is a great bail out option for the bench. CB continues to impress, and though he still has improvements to make with his overall offensive game, his intensity and effort constantly helps him to succeed even if shots aren’t falling.
Great win, and let’s keep this rolling! Go Nuggets!
Couldn’t even hold them to a munder, pathetic!
Hopefully Murray is okay… Aside that good game Jokic again edging us with TD, MPJ was a beast , Reggie has been amazing showed up as sole PG , 16 points on 60 % shooting .
MPJ with bench looked much better than 2 PG lineups. I don’t get why Malone didn’t play Zeke who was amazing for us so far and put so much effort he plays DJ and puts Zeke in garbage time???
Gilespipo looked really nice in this limited minutes pleasantly surprised
Nuggets win, Lakers lose, great night
I liked that game.
does it look like braun fell off a tad based on how solid he was last year ?
COLLIN NEEDS MORE MINUTES
Jokic is a cheat code
The Nuggets formed up like Voltron tonight! Each special on their own, but then they form into one overpowering unit and it’s over
mike
PRISON MIKE LOCKS EM UP
MPJ for DPOG?
Really strange how both MPJ and Jokic ended up 9-16 shooting.
For Porter looks like a really good shooting night. Yet for Jokic looks like he had an off night
Avs getting absolutely dicked down so definitely needed this Nuggets win
That hamstring better be a precaution
Pretty brutal if they played him 38 front end of a b2b then he gets hurt today.
when MPJ plays to his potential the team is just unfair.
The amount of fouls this game was silly tho and a butt ugly first half
MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE
Damn how bad are the Bulls when even Tony Brothers can’t keep them in it
My boy MPJ on fire. Jokic the honey glazed glove with 3 steals. Collin look decent, knocked down a couple of shots, nice pass to CB
Nuggets currently on a 70 win pace
MPJ playing well makes the nuggets unbeatable
Best thing about this start is that Coach is managing the starters minutes while racking up wins.
Finally MPJ finding his groove. If he gets to all-star level the Nugs are unbeatable.
If this is who MPJ has evolved to the Nuggets are literally unstoppable
At work, why did Jamal only play 9 minutes? All good?
Collin Gillespie game, super super solid in his backup pg minutes.
Booth cannot make a bad move, I swear.
PEOPLE SAID TRADE MPJ WTF
Is Murray’s injury serious
He was averaging 34 mpg this season. Injuries just happen.
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Jok in his Sombor double mode
Oh shit AG and Joker co-DPOG!!
I know this is a hot take, but Jokic guy seems pretty good.
Barely not a munder, look at those opposing shooting percentages.
I loved those Jok + Baby Nuggs minutes!