Denver Nuggets 134, Atlanta Hawks 133 — Recap

December 5, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 134, Atlanta Hawks 133. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 23-41 ATL; Q2 DEN 31-32 ATL; Q3 DEN 40-30 ATL; Q4 DEN 40-30 ATL.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 40 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-26 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 30 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (ATL) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Jalen Johnson (ATL) 21 points, 18 rebounds, 16 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

40 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 13-26 FG

Scoring · ATL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

30 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · ATL

Kristaps Porzingis

25 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Jalen Johnson · Season-high 16 assists

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	23	31	40	40		134
ATL	41	32	30	30		133

🧮 How They Scored

DENATL

54Points in the paint44

26Fast-break points18

16Second-chance points15

22Points off turnovers10

40Bench points45

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.8%Effective FG%62.1%

10.5%Turnover %10.5%

20.9%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.337Free-throw rate0.168

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	38	23	5	12	2	1	4	8-16	4-6	3-3	+6
Nikola Jokic C	36	40	9	8	1	1	2	13-26	1-8	13-15	-15
Cameron Johnson F	35	16	4	2	1	1	2	6-14	4-9	0-1	+15
Bruce Brown G	32	13	3	0	3	1	2	4-4	2-2	3-4	+1
Peyton Watson G	28	9	6	2	1	2	0	4-11	1-4	0-0	-9
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	27	17	6	0	0	0	1	5-11	4-8	3-5	-4
Spencer Jones F	23	6	4	2	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	2-2	-2
Jonas Valanciunas C	12	8	4	2	0	0	1	4-4	0-0	0-0	+16
Zeke Nnaji F-C	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson F	38	21	18	16	2	0	3	9-20	1-4	2-2	+3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	34	30	5	1	0	0	1	10-17	5-9	5-5	0
Dyson Daniels G	34	15	3	8	2	0	3	7-14	1-3	0-0	+4
Vit Krejci G	28	15	2	2	1	0	1	5-8	5-8	0-0	+7
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	28	13	6	2	1	0	1	4-8	3-6	2-2	-18
Zaccharie Risacher F	21	9	3	0	0	0	0	4-7	0-2	1-1	-7
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	20	25	2	1	1	2	1	9-13	4-7	3-4	+18
Luke Kennard G	18	2	1	1	1	0	1	0-2	0-1	2-2	-1
Mouhamed Gueye F	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	-5
Keaton Wallace G	10	0	2	4	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	36	40	61.3	37.6	-23.3	19.5
Jamal Murray	Starter	38	23	66.4	22.3	+4.1	13.3
Cameron Johnson	Starter	35	16	55.4	18.2	+16.3	5.0
Peyton Watson	Starter	28	9	40.9	15.5	-14.1	5.1
Spencer Jones	Starter	23	6	104.2	4.8	-1.5	6.7
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	27	17	64.4	21.5	-13.3	9.4
Bruce Brown	Bench	32	13	112.8	10.0	-3.7	8.1
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	12	8	100.0	19.2	+64.0	17.2
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	8	2	100.0	4.5	-15.8	6.3
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Curtis Jones	Bench	00	0	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
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Starter	34	30	78.1	23.3	0.0	12.4
Jalen Johnson	Starter	38	21	50.3	25.8	+5.1	17.7
Dyson Daniels	Starter	34	15	53.6	20.7	+10.6	6.7
Onyeka Okongwu	Starter	28	13	73.2	15.2	-25.4	9.5
Zaccharie Risacher	Starter	21	9	60.5	13.0	-14.9	4.5
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	20	25	84.7	31.4	+36.8	18.1
Vit Krejci	Bench	28	15	93.8	14.1	+17.1	8.9
Mouhamed Gueye	Bench	10	3	37.5	20.8	-12.0	2.0
Luke Kennard	Bench	18	2	34.7	10.0	+3.7	-1.0
Trae Young	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keaton Wallace	Bench	10	0	0.0	8.3	-26.1	8.9
Asa Newell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0