Dallas Mavericks 116, Denver Nuggets 103 — Recap

March 13, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 116, Denver Nuggets 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 28-29 DEN; Q2 DAL 34-22 DEN; Q3 DAL 31-22 DEN; Q4 DAL 23-30 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 26 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (DAL) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-9 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Luka Doncic (DAL) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

26 PTS, 9 REB, 11 AST, 1 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · DAL

Kristaps Porzingis

25 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 10-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

23 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 7-9 FG

Season highs

Dwight Powell · Season-high 10 rebounds

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
DAL	28	34	31	23		116
DEN	29	22	22	30		103

🧮 How They Scored

DALDEN

38Points in the paint36

11Fast-break points10

12Second-chance points18

10Points off turnovers9

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.3%Effective FG%50.0%

7.9%Turnover %9.3%

26.8%Offensive rebound %24.5%

0.186Free-throw rate0.200

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Richardson G-F	35	20	4	4	2	0	1	6-11	4-5	4-4	+5
Luka Doncic F-G	33	21	5	12	0	0	3	7-16	3-10	4-6	+9
Maxi Kleber F	31	8	7	1	0	0	2	3-6	2-4	0-0	+10
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	29	25	6	1	1	3	0	10-15	5-7	0-0	0
Dorian Finney-Smith F	28	11	8	2	1	0	0	4-8	2-5	1-1	-2
Jalen Brunson G	25	12	4	4	0	0	0	4-11	1-5	3-3	+7
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	24	8	3	1	0	0	2	4-9	0-5	0-0	+22
Dwight Powell F-C	19	6	10	0	1	0	0	2-4	0-1	2-2	+13
Trey Burke G	13	5	0	1	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	+3
Josh Green G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Tyler Bey F	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	36	26	9	11	0	0	4	10-20	1-5	5-6	-12
Will Barton G	36	23	4	2	1	0	2	8-17	5-10	2-2	-9
Jamal Murray G	36	10	2	5	1	0	2	4-13	1-5	1-1	-14
Facundo Campazzo G	27	0	2	6	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-12
Michael Porter Jr. F	23	23	8	0	0	0	0	7-9	4-5	5-7	0
PJ Dozier G-F	23	5	3	1	1	0	0	2-7	1-3	0-0	-9
Paul Millsap F	23	5	4	1	2	1	0	2-9	1-5	0-2	-6
JaMychal Green F	18	5	5	0	0	0	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	-8
Vlatko Cancar F	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-6
Zeke Nnaji F-C	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Bol Bol C	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	+4
Markus Howard G	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	+4
Greg Whittington F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	29	25	83.3	24.6	+4.8	18.4
Luka Doncic	Bench	33	21	56.3	30.6	+18.0	13.8
Josh Richardson	Bench	35	20	78.4	17.5	+7.5	12.2
Jalen Brunson	Bench	25	12	48.7	22.2	+14.9	11.8
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	28	11	65.2	13.8	+3.7	12.6
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	24	8	44.4	22.0	+48.9	5.4
Maxi Kleber	Bench	31	8	66.7	11.4	+17.9	6.1
Dwight Powell	Bench	19	6	61.5	11.4	+31.1	14.8
Trey Burke	Bench	13	5	50.0	19.2	+16.3	4.6
Josh Green	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-80.0	-13.3
Tyler Bey	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	100.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	26	57.4	31.7	-17.1	18.6
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	23	23	95.2	24.0	+2.9	19.6
Will Barton	Bench	36	23	64.3	24.4	-13.0	9.5
Jamal Murray	Bench	36	10	37.2	18.1	-23.9	3.4
PJ Dozier	Bench	23	5	35.7	13.0	-19.6	2.6
Paul Millsap	Bench	23	5	25.3	18.5	-10.8	1.9
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	5	41.7	17.9	-23.5	4.0
Bol Bol	Bench	2	3	75.0	33.3	+80.0	40.0
Markus Howard	Bench	2	3	50.0	50.0	+80.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	-10.0	18.9
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	6	0	0.0	6.7	-46.2	-2.1
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	27	0	0.0	5.0	-31.1	1.1
Greg Whittington	Bench	2	0	0.0	16.7	+80.0	-13.3