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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**32**|**25**|**29**|**29**|**115**|[](/DEN)|
**LAC**|**34**|**24**|**23**|**22**|**103**|[](/LAC)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**41-82 (50.0)**|**14-33 (42.4)**|**19-25 (76.0)**|**10**|**43**|**24**|**10**|**7**|**4**|**11**|**115**|
[](/LAC)**LAC**|**41-87 (47.1)**|**10-29 (34.5)**|**11-14 (78.6)**|**11**|**43**|**20**|**12**|**6**|**3**|**18**|**103**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|31:55|9-17 (52.9)|2-8 (25.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|4|3|1|1|1|1|22|+13|
A. Gordon^^PF|31:44|6-8 (75.0)|2-3 (66.7)|3-5 (60.0)|0|5|5|3|0|0|2|17|+16|
D. Jordan^^C|26:29|4-4 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|6|3|3|0|0|1|8|+8|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|30:53|5-9 (55.6)|3-5 (60.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|2|2|0|2|1|2|14|+16|
J. Murray^^PG|39:06|8-17 (47.1)|4-7 (57.1)|4-4 (100.0)|3|8|4|3|0|0|0|24|+3|
B. Brown|24:31|2-7 (28.6)|1-3 (33.3)|4-5 (80.0)|0|3|4|0|1|1|1|9|+7|
B. Hyland|20:02|3-12 (25.0)|1-6 (16.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|3|0|2|0|1|7|+1|
V. Cancar|16:16|1-3 (33.3)|1-1 (100.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|4|0|0|1|0|2|5|-4|
Z. Nnaji|19:04|3-5 (60.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3-5 (60.0)|6|7|0|0|0|1|1|9|0|
**Totals**||**41-82 (50.0)**|**14-33 (42.4)**|**19-25 (76.0)**|**10**|**43**|**24**|**10**|**7**|**4**|**11**|**115**||
**DNP:** ***Christian Braun***, ***Davon Reed***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Jack White***
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Jeff Green***, ***Nikola Jokic***, ***Peyton Watson***
**[](/LAC)LAC**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Morris Sr.^^SF|29:44|7-14 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|3|2|1|0|0|2|16|-14|
N. Batum^^PF|26:51|1-5 (20.0)|1-5 (20.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|1|1|2|0|1|3|-14|
I. Zubac^^C|27:57|2-7 (28.6)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|3|7|1|1|1|0|3|6|-16|
K. Leonard^^SG|38:00|10-20 (50.0)|0-3 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|3|8|4|3|1|0|1|24|-15|
T. Mann^^PG|32:51|3-7 (42.9)|1-3 (33.3)|1-1 (100.0)|0|2|4|1|0|0|1|8|-4|
J. Wall|29:22|6-12 (50.0)|2-4 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|7|4|4|1|0|4|16|-5|
N. Powell|28:47|7-15 (46.7)|3-9 (33.3)|1-2 (50.0)|0|4|2|0|1|2|3|18|-5|
M. Brown|10:34|2-2 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|1|0|0|0|0|4|+7|
R. Covington|15:53|3-5 (60.0)|2-3 (66.7)|0-2 (0.0)|2|5|1|1|0|1|3|8|+6|
**Totals**||**41-87 (47.1)**|**10-29 (34.5)**|**11-14 (78.6)**|**11**|**43**|**20**|**12**|**6**|**3**|**18**|**103**||
**DNP:** ***Amir Coffey***, ***Reggie Jackson***
**Inactive:** ***Brandon Boston Jr.***, ***Moussa Diabate***, ***Paul George***, ***Luke Kennard***, ***Jason Preston***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|48|12|25|12|30|11|21|[](/DEN)|
**LAC**|56|6|12|7|46|12|14|[](/LAC)|
**Lead Changes: 20** | **Times Tied: 7** | **Gametime: 2:14** | **Attendance: 16005**
*Officials: John Goble, Aaron Smith, Phenizee Ransom*
by BigHoneyBot
47 Comments
Really wasn’t sure we’d win this one without Jok. But damn if we aren’t a complete team all of a sudden
Don’t even need Jokic, build around DJ. Easy stuff TC could never see
How about that big midrange jump shot from MPJ in the clutch?? This is what we need from him. Step up in big moments.
MPJ becoming a 2 way player is fucking HUGE for this team
AG hitting threes and turning around like Steph hit like heroin bro
nuggets
Where is the survey? I am having withdrawals
This is a game last year where we absolutely get blown out without Jokic. Just shows night and day how much better the roster is this season without even including the returns of Murray and MPJ.
Awesome win, but man those Clippers are trash. Like they have 0 fight in them.
I think that bubble comeback did some irreversible damage to Clippers…
Idk about you, but I like it when the team I like scores more points than the team I do not like.
2-0 since I got my jersey, don’t worry guys I got us 😎
Also fuck the goddamn Clippers 😤😤😤
This team is really something special. Hope they can pull it off. Preferably 5 times in a row, but I’ll settle for 3
Shout out to Zeke dude got postered like 80 times but he played his fucking ass off whole fucking game
for those of you not watching the altitude feed…
https://preview.redd.it/11wz3eg6nzba1.jpeg?width=1366&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=c5f909c7b8b6a5f6caeaf1bfa08b434eec9eda22
Loved when the Clippers were celebrating after Zeke got dunked on- while down 3 on their home floor, with no Joker, after losing to the Nugs last time by like 40. They are not even close to a serious contender.
i love nuggets basketball
So realistically, when do Clippers blow it up? If Kawhi & PG could stay healthy they could do something like top 4-5 seed. But they aren’t making noise in playoffs. So when do they trade high and blow it up. Feels like they stuck in the same spot every year. Like I said, with Kawhi & PG playing they have a great record. But I don’t think it’s enough now to beat the top teams. So some thing gotta give for them.
That defense tho 😋😋😋
UCLA might be the best team in LA.
I wanted to shoutout just a few guys, but honestly everyone deserves it for working so hard. Mal for assuming the role of *the* guy, AG and KCP for doing a *tremendous* job on Kawhi defensively, Bruce for hustling his ass off, HDAJ for doing his best Jokic impersonation, Zeke for contesting on those posters (poor two out), and Vlatko for doing his thing, I guess, lmao
Bones was high key trash, ngl
I wanna single out Mike, who had maybe the most active game this season? I loved him not getting discouraged by the bricked 3s, he took it inside, and kinda had impressive finishing? Either way, he found a way to contribute when his shot wasn’t falling, especially in crunch time, when Kawhi stuck to Mal after the trap every time down.
Have said it before but the number of rly good to elite shooters that Denver has now with KCP and BB – no joker tonight and they finished 14/33 from 3 most of them created off the dribble and contested relatively well that continues to be one of the key elements we just haven’t seen the past 2+ years saw it tonight that it rly makes them increasingly difficult to defend and continues to open up more varied ways to score on any given possession, and this generally translates well to the playoffs too
Best team in the west but still only 1 all star… mmhmmm
Should the Clippers trade Kawhi for Hellen Keller?
Cool to see Mike getting clutch buckets. Shooting hasn’t been as lights out as we’ve seen but he looks more confident on both ends of the floor
I need to find the dude who told me we should sign John Wall and I said he was washed. Clippers are shitting on him like crazy rn 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Next up is for us to face Malones favorite player
Jamal over his last 10 games played:
21.4 PPG, 4.8 REB, 5.1 AST + only 2.1 TOVs on .481/.500/.878 splits (62.2% TS) in 34.4 MPG. I’ve also thought he is clearly turned a corner defensively. He’s genuinely looked great.
KCP and Brown have to be the best off season acquisitions.
MPJ’s offball defense still needs work, but he has legit looked like an above average onball defender the past several games.
Still undefeated in games I’ve been to this season
Man, I know we beat Dallas without Jok earlier this season, but this one really feels like a genuinely earned win that’s not almost entirely due to Jok willing us to it.
We’ve just owned the clippers since the bubble
Fuck that was awesome, too 3 win of the season in a weird way. This win says a LOT about where the Nugs are at. I really think Malone is going to have to play CB — dunno if Murray and KCP can keep this defensive intensity up for the whole season.
Clippers need to look themselves in the mirror after this one. Not only were the Nuggets without Jokic, but they were so unthreatened that they rested him
Felt like MPJ had an off shooting night yet he still scored 22 on 9-17 😂
Huge Nuggets representation at Crypto tonight, heart full
Nuggets are looking really, really fucking good. If we go to the finals I’m selling one of my guitars and I’m getting the best ticket I can get 🤣
The vibes couldn’t be more immaculate if they tried. 🥹
Where my John Wall haters at? Been saying this man is a bum
Zeke had 9 points, 7 rebounds, 6 offensive boards in 19 minutes.
Getting posterized because you go up and challenge a dunk deserves respect. It’s stepping out of the way that should be shamed.
Also it is SO DOPE to see this much hustle from MPJ man. This team is just so fun when everyone looks this engaged and honestly if this is who we are now it was 100% worth all the years of basketball purgatory.
Bones and MPJ bad 3 pt shooting and we still pulled it off. Feelgoodman.pepehands MPJ gotta realize when he squares up properly he shoots 100% from 3
This is the best I’ve felt about the Nuggets maybe ever. God damn man we could actually do it this year
u/Orod23
[Jamal Murray interview!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riBlH2vt0uk)
This one doesn’t count because Clippers didn’t have Luke Nard and 13 George Pauls.
Also, Nuggets have the unfair advantage of practicing in altitude.
The narrative that the Nuggets have just been beating teams without key players took a hit tonight