Denver Nuggets 122, Brooklyn Nets 117 — Recap

December 22, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 122, Brooklyn Nets 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-28 BKN; Q2 DEN 30-32 BKN; Q3 DEN 30-26 BKN; Q4 DEN 34-31 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 32 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 31 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-17 shooting; Cam Thomas (BKN) 23 points, null rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists on 5-of-6 shooting; Cameron Johnson (BKN) 17 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

32 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

31 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 12-17 FG

Scoring · BKN

Cam Thomas

23 PTS, 0 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 8-21 FG

Season highs

Jamal Murray · Season-high 32 pointsNicolas Claxton · Season-high 16 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
DEN	28	30	30	34		122
BKN	28	32	26	31		117

🧮 How They Scored

DENBKN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.8%Effective FG%56.4%

5.6%Turnover %9.2%

22.2%Offensive rebound %27.9%

0.338Free-throw rate0.308

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	34	32	5	9	—	2	1	11-19	4-6	6-8	+18
Nikola Jokic C	34	31	11	7	3	2	—	12-17	2-2	5-5	+29
Michael Porter Jr. F	34	15	4	3	—	1	1	6-10	3-5	—	+13
Aaron Gordon F	32	18	5	2	1	—	1	5-6	—	8-9	+19
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	30	3	5	4	2	—	1	1-6	1-2	—	+15
Peyton Watson G	20	9	3	—	—	—	—	4-5	1-2	0-1	-14
Christian Braun G	16	2	—	1	—	—	—	0-3	0-1	2-2	-12
Julian Strawther G	11	—	3	—	—	—	1	0-5	0-3	—	-10
Zeke Nnaji F-C	7	2	3	—	—	—	—	1-2	—	—	-9
DeAndre Jordan C	6	2	—	—	—	—	—	1-1	—	—	-9

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cam Thomas G	34	23	—	2	—	—	2	8-21	1-6	6-6	-5
Dorian Finney-Smith F	30	14	4	1	—	—	1	5-9	4-5	—	+11
Mikal Bridges F	29	14	3	6	—	—	3	7-16	0-3	0-1	-13
Nicolas Claxton F-C	28	10	16	6	—	3	1	4-8	—	2-4	-10
Cameron Johnson F	25	17	1	2	1	—	1	6-9	3-6	2-3	-13
Royce O'Neale F	22	13	6	3	—	2	1	4-7	2-5	3-4	+5
Day'Ron Sharpe C	19	13	10	4	2	2	—	5-8	—	3-6	+2

🔬 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	34	32	71.0	30.3	+24.0	19.5
Nikola Jokic	Bench	34	31	80.7	24.1	+32.9	24.2
Aaron Gordon	Bench	32	18	90.4	15.1	+26.6	12.2
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	34	15	75.0	14.3	+15.2	9.1
Peyton Watson	Bench	20	9	82.7	11.6	-37.8	11.3
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	30	3	25.0	10.1	+24.2	2.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	6	2	100.0	6.7	-82.1	6.2
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	7	2	50.0	14.3	-75.0	8.1
Christian Braun	Bench	16	2	25.8	10.8	-41.5	-1.6
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	11	—	0.0	23.1	-57.7	-11.1
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cam Thomas	Bench	34	23	48.6	30.9	-7.2	3.5
Cameron Johnson	Bench	25	17	82.4	18.0	-24.5	9.4
Mikal Bridges	Bench	29	14	42.6	27.9	-17.2	4.3
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	30	14	77.8	13.5	+16.4	8.0
Royce O'Neale	Bench	22	13	74.2	18.2	+16.1	17.0
Day'Ron Sharpe	Bench	19	13	61.1	22.7	+11.4	24.2
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	28	10	51.2	18.0	-10.8	17.0
Trendon Watford	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Wilson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0