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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MEM**|**14**|**26**|**31**|**20**|**91**|[](/MEM)|
**DEN**|**35**|**20**|**29**|**21**|**105**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/MEM)**MEM**|**36-81 (44.4)**|**5-26 (19.2)**|**14-21 (66.7)**|**7**|**42**|**25**|**16**|**11**|**7**|**21**|**91**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**40-89 (44.9)**|**10-27 (37.0)**|**15-25 (60.0)**|**13**|**48**|**28**|**17**|**9**|**5**|**19**|**105**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
C. Braun^^SF|28:57|5-11 (45.5)|2-5 (40.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|3|1|1|1|1|3|13|+9|
A. Gordon^^PF|27:30|9-16 (56.3)|1-2 (50.0)|5-7 (71.4)|4|7|4|1|2|1|0|24|+22|
N. Jokic^^C|37:04|6-12 (50.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-1 (0.0)|4|13|13|4|2|0|1|13|+13|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|37:39|5-11 (45.5)|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|7|1|3|1|0|2|12|+17|
B. Brown^^PG|35:22|6-15 (40.0)|1-4 (25.0)|3-3 (100.0)|1|5|4|2|0|2|4|16|+22|
V. Cancar|19:58|1-1 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|7|2|3|0|0|3|3|-4|
J. Green|24:03|4-7 (57.1)|0-3 (0.0)|1-6 (16.7)|0|2|1|2|2|1|2|9|+1|
B. Hyland|15:15|4-15 (26.7)|2-7 (28.6)|2-2 (100.0)|0|1|1|1|1|0|3|12|-7|
Z. Nnaji|10:55|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|1|2|1|0|0|0|1|3|+1|
D. Reed|1:38|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
I. Smith|1:38|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
**Totals**||**40-89 (44.9)**|**10-27 (37.0)**|**15-25 (60.0)**|**13**|**48**|**28**|**17**|**9**|**5**|**19**|**105**||
**DNP:** ***DeAndre Jordan***
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Jamal Murray***, ***Michael Porter Jr.***, ***Peyton Watson***, ***Jack White***
**[](/MEM)MEM**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
D. Brooks^^SF|29:23|5-14 (35.7)|0-5 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|7|1|1|3|0|5|11|-21|
J. Jackson Jr.^^PF|21:45|3-6 (50.0)|1-3 (33.3)|1-2 (50.0)|0|2|1|1|3|5|5|8|-13|
S. Adams^^C|30:05|2-5 (40.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4|10|2|2|1|0|2|4|-8|
J. Konchar^^SG|15:34|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|-14|
J. Morant^^PG|38:04|12-26 (46.2)|3-6 (50.0)|8-10 (80.0)|0|1|10|7|0|0|2|35|-16|
S. Aldama|14:03|3-4 (75.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|3|1|1|1|0|3|6|-4|
T. Jones|29:55|2-6 (33.3)|0-3 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|5|4|1|0|0|0|5|-6|
D. Roddy|22:59|3-8 (37.5)|1-5 (20.0)|1-4 (25.0)|0|1|1|1|3|1|0|8|-2|
B. Clarke|16:03|4-7 (57.1)|0-0 (0.0)|2-3 (66.7)|2|5|0|0|0|1|3|10|-10|
Z. Williams|16:32|1-3 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|4|2|0|0|1|2|+12|
K. Chandler|1:52|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|+4|
X. Tillman|1:52|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|2|+4|
J. LaRavia|1:52|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|+4|
**Totals**||**36-81 (44.4)**|**5-26 (19.2)**|**14-21 (66.7)**|**7**|**42**|**25**|**16**|**11**|**7**|**21**|**91**||
**DNP:**
**Inactive:** ***Desmond Bane***, ***Danny Green***, ***Kenneth Lofton Jr.***, ***Vince Williams Jr.***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MEM**|62|3|12|0|33|16|16|[](/MEM)|
**DEN**|50|10|15|23|27|17|14|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 0** | **Times Tied: 1** | **Gametime: 2:23** | **Attendance: 19605**
*Officials: Sean Wright, Scott Twardoski, Andy Nagy*
by BigHoneyBot
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13 points. 13 rebounds. 13 assists. God I love Jokic. #1 in the west heading into Christmas and hopefully getting Jamal and MPJ back soon. Feels damn good
Suns lose, Warriors lose, Pelicans 4 game losing streak, Nuggets 19-11, Jokic 3X B2B2B. AG -> Allstar. Mike back soon 👀 Mal getting rest. Braun rotation locked. Zeke stock ⬆️
1st Seed in West: **DENVER NUGGETS**
LFG!!! First place!
#1 seed in the west with a recovering Murray and a hurt MPJ bitches!!!
Highlight reel game
Simply always hold the other team to under 20% from 3 from now on, imo.
Asking nicely.
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Best win of the year got me like
https://i.gifer.com/348D.gif
Only took 30 games to get a good win!
what are we going to needlessly whine about after this one??
I dont know who is worse. The doomers or anti doomers. But hell yea 1st seed lets gooooo
Smh can’t believe we still haven’t beaten a good team this year
Just coming in here to say FUCK the doomers
ANYONE HEAR THE ALL STAR GORDON CHANTS? TWAS ME
PLAYER. RATING. SURVEY
https://forms.gle/yXS4oc5r9wUZ4gbV6
Aaron Gordon=AG
Allstar Game=AG
It’s not a coincidence folks
1ST PLACE MUNDER
https://streamable.com/1bqhtw
This was the wildest assist of the year
✅ National TV win for 1st seed ✅ Defense ✅ Bench Unit held it down ✅ Zeke/CB/Vlatko minutes ✅ Malone Masterclass ✅ MUNDER
MUNDER SECUREDDDDDDDD
Holding Memphis to <100 is phenomenal. Incredible win tonight, hopefully we can see more of these CB and Nnaji line ups
The worst team in the league, The Denver Nuggets, are now 1st in the West
AG is an all star, Braun a stud, Dunkle
13, 13 and 13 is wild. Could’ve easily scored more but he said nahhh I’ma distribute the means of point production
It’s crazy how we managed to pull off that win without our star center playing a single minute
Jok and AG to the all-star game 🫡
The edit I’m about to make of this game is gonna go so hard
That’s what you call, DE-FUCKING-FENSE!
Munderful!
##😤😤😤
hey guys, kings fan. does jokic usually rest a game in back to backs? hoping to see him next week but don’t wanna get burned by a rest day
This is what we need around Jokic. Players that defend, play hard and run.
u/WeirdRedBeard very winnable
1st seed in the west and it feels like there’s more room for this team to grow. MPJ still out and Murray hasn’t gotten his legs back yet.
Awesome win tonight. Defense looked good all game and wasn’t inconsistent, good, meaningful rotations and less mindless sprinting which leads to defensive breakdowns.
Maybe the hornets game was a turning point all along. Hope the boys keep it up!
Braun putting Morant on a clamp wuth 7 turnovers on an ineffecient night. Good shit
Bones is putting u/n0t_malstroem through it in the game threads lol.
I love the Nuggets and I’m not afraid to say it!
Welcome to Braun Taun, population Grizzlies and Warriors.
Joker yelling at Shaq because he said thank you in Russian lmao
Your denver nuggets are undefeated when Braun plays more then 15 minutes
I’ve never seen Jokic more mad than when Shaq spoke to him in Russian by accident
MUNDERRRRRRRRRR
1ST SEED MUNDER
The Denver Nuggets are no longer frauds. 1 SEED LETS GOOO
The most casual 13-13-13
Denver Nuggets munders. Jeff Green murders at the basket.
Nuggets #1 in the standings and our hearts.
Jokic just gained +10 Shaq points