Denver Nuggets 129, Atlanta Hawks 122 — Recap

December 11, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 129, Atlanta Hawks 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-36 ATL; Q2 DEN 37-26 ATL; Q3 DEN 38-24 ATL; Q4 DEN 26-36 ATL.

Top performers (box score): Bogdan Bogdanovic (ATL) 40 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 10 threes on 14-of-24 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 29 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-15 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Julian Strawther (DEN) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Dejounte Murray (ATL) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-22 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ATL

Bogdan Bogdanovic

40 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 10 3PM · 14-24 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

29 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 12-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

25 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Bogdan Bogdanovic · Season-high 40 pointsJamal Murray · Season-high 29 pointsJulian Strawther · Season-high 22 pointsBogdan Bogdanovic · Season-high 10 threesJulian Strawther · Season-high 6 threes

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
DEN	28	37	38	26		129
ATL	36	26	24	36		122

🧮 How They Scored

DENATL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.9%Effective FG%58.8%

14.2%Turnover %7.9%

46.7%Offensive rebound %26.1%

0.359Free-throw rate0.212

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	36	25	8	9	3	2	1	9-13	1-1	6-7	+8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	30	8	3	2	—	1	2	1-6	0-2	6-8	+9
Jamal Murray G	29	29	9	4	1	2	6	12-15	4-5	1-1	+14
Aaron Gordon F	29	18	12	1	—	—	2	7-10	—	4-5	+9
Julian Strawther G	28	22	1	2	5	—	2	8-16	6-11	—	-2
Michael Porter Jr. F	26	3	7	3	—	—	1	1-11	0-4	1-2	+12
Peyton Watson G	20	3	2	—	—	1	—	1-2	—	1-2	-7
Zeke Nnaji F-C	12	3	4	1	—	2	1	1-2	0-1	1-1	-1
Christian Braun G	11	6	2	1	—	—	—	2-3	—	2-2	-2

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey F	40	16	4	2	1	1	—	6-11	1-4	3-4	-8
Dejounte Murray G	38	21	6	3	1	—	2	8-22	3-8	2-2	-6
Bogdan Bogdanovic G	36	40	3	3	2	—	1	14-24	10-17	2-2	-2
Clint Capela C	28	14	8	2	1	—	—	6-11	—	2-2	-3
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	28	7	6	3	—	1	—	3-5	—	1-1	+4
Trae Young G	26	19	1	9	1	—	5	5-12	2-5	7-7	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	29	29	93.9	28.8	+23.3	26.8
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	25	77.7	19.3	+9.3	21.6
Julian Strawther	Bench	28	22	68.8	27.7	-9.1	12.1
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	18	73.8	18.9	+13.2	16.1
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	30	8	42.0	13.0	+17.7	1.9
Christian Braun	Bench	11	6	77.3	15.4	-13.2	10.1
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	26	3	12.6	19.7	+17.9	-2.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	12	3	61.5	10.7	+5.5	5.3
Peyton Watson	Bench	20	3	52.1	6.3	-12.6	0.9
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Atlanta HawksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	36	40	80.4	29.5	-4.4	18.4
Dejounte Murray	Bench	38	21	45.9	27.2	-6.2	6.7
Trae Young	Bench	26	19	63.0	30.8	-20.0	11.1
Saddiq Bey	Bench	40	16	62.7	13.5	-8.4	8.5
Clint Capela	Bench	28	14	58.9	17.6	-3.1	11.0
Onyeka Okongwu	Bench	28	7	64.3	7.0	+8.8	7.3