Denver Nuggets 116, Brooklyn Nets 122 — Recap

January 12, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 116, Brooklyn Nets 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 35-27 BKN; Q2 DEN 35-27 BKN; Q3 DEN 20-36 BKN; Q4 DEN 26-32 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (BKN) 34 points, 9 rebounds, 13 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Caris LeVert (BKN) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 20 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

Kevin Durant

34 PTS, 9 REB, 13 AST, 4 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

23 PTS, 8 REB, 11 AST, 1 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Will Barton

22 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 6 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Will Barton · Season-high 22 pointsKevin Durant · Season-high 13 assistsWill Barton · 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	35	35	20	26		116
BKN	27	27	36	32		122

🧮 How They Scored

DENBKN

36Points in the paint58

5Fast-break points17

16Second-chance points10

22Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.2%Effective FG%70.9%

12.0%Turnover %17.4%

21.4%Offensive rebound %25.8%

0.182Free-throw rate0.190

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Barton G	38	22	2	1	3	1	1	8-14	6-8	0-0	-13
Jamal Murray G	35	20	0	4	1	0	3	9-20	2-5	0-2	-12
Nikola Jokic C	34	23	8	11	7	1	1	8-17	1-4	6-6	-11
PJ Dozier G-F	27	4	4	3	0	0	1	2-9	0-3	0-1	-5
Monte Morris G	24	14	1	2	1	0	0	6-7	2-3	0-0	+1
Paul Millsap F	22	10	4	1	0	1	2	3-3	2-2	2-2	0
JaMychal Green F	22	9	7	1	0	0	2	3-7	2-5	1-2	+2
Bol Bol C	16	5	2	1	0	0	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	-1
Facundo Campazzo G	11	6	0	1	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	+5
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	11	3	4	3	0	2	1	1-3	0-0	1-3	+5

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	36	34	9	13	0	0	7	12-18	4-7	6-7	+15
Jarrett Allen C	36	6	5	3	1	2	2	3-6	0-0	0-1	+18
Joe Harris F-G	31	15	3	4	3	0	1	6-9	3-5	0-0	+16
Caris LeVert G	26	20	5	6	0	0	1	8-15	2-5	2-3	-1
Bruce Brown G	26	16	6	3	0	3	2	8-11	0-2	0-0	+9
Jeff Green F	25	8	2	0	1	0	4	3-5	2-3	0-0	0
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot G-F	23	11	2	0	1	0	0	3-6	3-5	2-4	+2
Taurean Prince F	23	7	5	1	0	1	1	3-6	1-4	0-0	-12
Landry Shamet G	16	5	4	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	-17

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	34	23	58.6	26.6	-13.5	21.0
Will Barton	Bench	38	22	78.6	17.9	-12.0	10.1
Jamal Murray	Bench	35	20	47.9	30.8	-13.5	4.6
Monte Morris	Bench	24	14	100.0	13.0	+7.9	15.5
Paul Millsap	Bench	22	10	128.9	12.2	+2.5	10.3
JaMychal Green	Bench	22	9	57.1	19.6	+10.4	7.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	11	6	60.0	20.0	+27.3	5.1
Bol Bol	Bench	16	5	83.3	14.7	-2.9	3.2
PJ Dozier	Bench	27	4	21.2	15.6	-2.8	-2.7
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	11	3	34.7	20.0	+27.7	6.5
R.J. Hampton	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Bench	36	34	80.6	33.7	+16.9	21.2
Caris LeVert	Bench	26	20	61.3	29.3	-1.9	15.4
Bruce Brown	Bench	26	16	72.7	22.0	+16.7	14.6
Joe Harris	Bench	31	15	83.3	14.3	+21.2	11.5
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	Bench	23	11	70.9	15.7	+1.6	6.6
Jeff Green	Bench	25	8	80.0	16.4	+2.6	1.9
Taurean Prince	Bench	23	7	58.3	13.7	-25.5	8.2
Jarrett Allen	Bench	36	6	46.6	10.0	+21.7	5.1
Landry Shamet	Bench	16	5	83.3	8.6	-48.7	11.4