Brooklyn Nets 125, Denver Nuggets 119 — Recap

May 8, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Brooklyn Nets 125, Denver Nuggets 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BKN 24-37 DEN; Q2 BKN 32-34 DEN; Q3 BKN 41-33 DEN; Q4 BKN 28-15 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (BKN) 33 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Kyrie Irving (BKN) 31 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists on 10-of-21 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Blake Griffin (BKN) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

Kevin Durant

33 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · BKN

Kyrie Irving

31 PTS, 0 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 11-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST · 10-21 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BKN	24	32	41	28		125
DEN	37	34	33	15		119

🧮 How They Scored

BKNDEN

34Points in the paint48

11Fast-break points7

1Second-chance points27

13Points off turnovers25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

74.2%Effective FG%53.3%

17.4%Turnover %10.5%

8.0%Offensive rebound %23.3%

0.500Free-throw rate0.250

Box Score

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	41	33	11	7	2	2	5	9-14	3-6	12-13	+1
Kyrie Irving G	39	31	0	4	1	1	4	11-17	4-7	5-6	+7
Joe Harris F-G	33	8	5	5	0	0	1	3-6	2-4	0-0	+3
Blake Griffin F	27	20	2	3	2	0	0	8-10	4-6	0-0	+10
Jeff Green F	26	15	5	2	0	0	3	5-8	3-4	2-2	+11
Bruce Brown G	23	4	3	1	1	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Landry Shamet G	22	3	0	3	0	0	1	1-4	0-3	1-2	0
Nicolas Claxton F-C	14	4	4	0	2	1	0	1-1	0-0	2-4	+4
Mike James G	10	6	2	1	2	0	2	1-3	0-1	4-4	+1
DeAndre Jordan C	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	-3

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	37	29	7	6	0	0	5	10-21	0-5	9-9	+3
Austin Rivers G	35	12	5	1	2	0	1	5-9	2-6	0-0	-1
Michael Porter Jr. F	34	28	4	2	2	0	2	11-17	6-10	0-0	-1
Facundo Campazzo G	34	19	2	5	3	0	0	4-9	3-6	8-8	-1
JaMychal Green F	32	9	6	1	1	0	0	3-12	1-5	2-3	-7
Vlatko Cancar F	16	3	2	2	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	1-2	+2
Shaquille Harrison G	15	2	1	4	0	1	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-4
Markus Howard G	13	13	1	0	0	0	0	5-11	2-5	1-1	-9
Bol Bol C	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-5
JaVale McGee C	11	4	4	0	0	0	3	2-4	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Bench	41	33	83.7	29.1	+4.2	20.9
Kyrie Irving	Bench	39	31	78.9	29.6	+8.9	11.0
Blake Griffin	Bench	27	20	100.0	18.2	+16.3	16.1
Jeff Green	Bench	26	15	84.5	21.4	+20.0	13.4
Joe Harris	Bench	33	8	66.7	10.0	+7.7	7.6
Mike James	Bench	10	6	63.0	28.0	+4.0	20.9
Bruce Brown	Bench	23	4	66.7	6.3	-5.5	5.2
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	14	4	72.5	10.3	+23.5	8.8
Landry Shamet	Bench	22	3	30.7	12.8	-2.5	1.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	5	1	56.8	15.4	-25.0	5.3

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	29	58.1	33.3	+2.3	12.6
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	34	28	82.4	23.8	-5.4	14.6
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	34	19	75.9	15.5	-1.4	14.8
Markus Howard	Bench	13	13	56.8	30.6	-32.8	14.1
Austin Rivers	Bench	35	12	66.7	11.8	-5.2	7.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	32	9	33.8	16.9	-14.7	3.0
JaVale McGee	Bench	11	4	50.0	25.9	-31.7	-3.4
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	16	3	38.7	12.5	+5.6	0.7
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	15	2	33.3	8.1	-7.9	5.2
Bol Bol	Bench	12	0	0.0	9.7	-20.5	-5.9