Denver Nuggets 124, Brooklyn Nets 118 — Recap

January 26, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 124, Brooklyn Nets 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-28 BKN; Q2 DEN 25-37 BKN; Q3 DEN 42-26 BKN; Q4 DEN 28-27 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 26 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Cam Thomas (BKN) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Austin Rivers (DEN) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Patty Mills (BKN) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

26 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · DEN

Austin Rivers

25 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 7 3PM · 8-11 FG

Scoring · BKN

Cam Thomas

25 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Cam Thomas · Season-high 25 pointsAustin Rivers · Season-high 25 pointsWill Barton · Season-high 10 reboundsAustin Rivers · Season-high 7 threesJevon Carter · Season-high 4 threesCam Thomas · Season-high 4 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	29	25	42	28		124
BKN	28	37	26	27		118

🧮 How They Scored

DENBKN

46Points in the paint42

11Fast-break points11

20Second-chance points12

15Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.6%Effective FG%55.7%

11.4%Turnover %10.8%

27.3%Offensive rebound %14.3%

0.303Free-throw rate0.295

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	35	26	10	8	1	0	2	8-13	2-2	8-8	+6
Will Barton G	34	21	10	4	2	1	3	8-20	3-8	2-2	-2
Aaron Gordon F	30	10	5	1	0	1	2	4-11	0-5	2-2	-2
Monte Morris G	28	10	4	4	1	0	0	4-9	0-2	2-2	+3
Austin Rivers G	26	25	1	1	2	0	1	8-11	7-10	2-2	+15
Jeff Green F	24	6	7	1	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	2-3	+4
Facundo Campazzo G	20	2	1	6	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	+3
Zeke Nnaji F-C	15	6	4	1	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	2-2	+1
Bryn Forbes G	15	5	0	1	0	0	1	2-6	1-4	0-0	+2
DeMarcus Cousins C	13	13	6	0	1	0	3	4-10	2-3	3-4	+2

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Johnson F	38	12	8	7	3	0	2	5-12	0-2	2-3	-2
Kessler Edwards F	37	9	6	1	0	2	2	3-7	0-2	3-3	+2
LaMarcus Aldridge F	33	18	8	0	0	1	1	7-16	0-1	4-6	+4
Patty Mills G	32	21	3	6	1	0	1	6-12	4-8	5-6	-10
Cam Thomas G	26	25	1	1	0	0	4	8-14	4-6	5-6	-10
DeAndre' Bembry F	26	14	3	3	1	0	1	7-11	0-1	0-0	-1
Jevon Carter G	21	13	1	3	1	0	0	4-8	4-7	1-2	+8
Blake Griffin F	15	6	5	4	0	0	0	3-7	0-2	0-0	-10
Bruce Brown G	12	0	3	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-11

🔬 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	35	26	78.7	22.0	+9.9	20.1
Austin Rivers	Bench	26	25	105.2	18.5	+26.8	20.9
Will Barton	Bench	34	21	50.3	30.0	-2.8	12.1
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	13	13	55.3	45.5	+2.6	11.3
Aaron Gordon	Bench	30	10	42.1	20.6	-3.2	4.4
Monte Morris	Bench	28	10	50.6	15.4	+3.3	10.8
Jeff Green	Bench	24	6	56.4	8.9	+10.2	7.2
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	15	6	61.5	12.8	+3.1	10.3
Bryn Forbes	Bench	15	5	41.7	17.1	+1.8	-1.4
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	20	2	53.2	3.8	+3.8	7.2
Davon Reed	Bench	0	0	0.0	100.0	-100.0	-100.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cam Thomas	Bench	26	25	75.1	32.3	-19.4	12.6
Patty Mills	Bench	32	21	71.7	19.5	-16.6	15.3
LaMarcus Aldridge	Bench	33	18	48.3	25.7	+5.8	7.9
DeAndre' Bembry	Bench	26	14	63.6	19.7	-1.8	8.8
Jevon Carter	Bench	21	13	73.2	16.3	+17.4	8.7
James Johnson	Bench	38	12	45.0	17.4	-2.5	10.0
Kessler Edwards	Bench	37	9	54.1	11.9	+2.6	3.7
Blake Griffin	Bench	15	6	42.9	18.9	-30.3	13.9
Bruce Brown	Bench	12	0	0.0	7.7	-32.7	-2.5