Denver Nuggets 112, Dallas Mavericks 101 — Recap

January 12, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 112, Dallas Mavericks 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 17-32 DAL; Q2 DEN 41-29 DAL; Q3 DEN 21-28 DAL; Q4 DEN 33-12 DAL.

Top performers (box score): Klay Thompson (DAL) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Russell Westbrook (DEN) 21 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists on 10-of-17 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 19 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists on 6-of-13 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Naji Marshall (DAL) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Klay Thompson

25 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 9-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Russell Westbrook

21 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST · 10-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

19 PTS, 18 REB, 9 AST · 6-13 FG

Season highs

Dereck Lively II · Season-high 8 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	17	41	21	33		112
DAL	32	29	28	12		101

🧮 How They Scored

DENDAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.7%Effective FG%51.4%

11.2%Turnover %11.3%

36.6%Offensive rebound %14.9%

0.213Free-throw rate0.208

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	39	19	18	9	3	—	4	6-13	0-2	7-9	-2
Russell Westbrook G	34	21	10	7	1	2	4	10-17	0-2	1-3	-3
Peyton Watson G	33	10	6	1	1	1	2	3-5	2-3	2-2	+30
Jamal Murray G	32	17	2	2	—	—	1	7-18	2-6	1-3	-5
Michael Porter Jr. F	25	13	4	1	—	—	—	5-13	1-8	2-2	+2
Julian Strawther G	25	5	—	1	1	—	—	2-9	1-5	—	+16
Christian Braun G	24	8	4	—	—	—	1	4-9	0-4	—	-19
Aaron Gordon F	18	13	6	2	—	1	1	6-7	1-2	—	+23
DeAndre Jordan C	9	6	5	—	—	1	—	3-3	—	0-1	+13

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
P.J. Washington F	37	8	5	2	1	1	—	3-9	0-2	2-4	+2
Klay Thompson G	35	25	6	2	1	1	1	9-19	6-13	1-1	+1
Naji Marshall F	31	16	6	2	3	—	1	7-12	2-5	—	+16
Dereck Lively II C	27	14	6	8	—	2	3	6-8	—	2-2	+5
Maxi Kleber F	20	6	3	—	—	—	1	2-5	2-5	—	-26
Quentin Grimes G	19	3	4	—	—	—	4	1-4	1-3	—	-22
Jaden Hardy G	16	5	—	3	1	—	—	1-7	1-3	2-2	-3
Daniel Gafford F	15	8	3	—	—	1	—	2-7	—	4-6	-7
Olivier-Maxence Prosper F	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-1	—	—	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Russell Westbrook	Bench	34	21	57.3	25.9	-5.9	16.0
Nikola Jokic	Bench	39	19	56.0	21.9	-5.2	21.9
Jamal Murray	Bench	32	17	44.0	24.7	-7.8	2.2
Aaron Gordon	Bench	18	13	92.9	17.0	+59.0	28.6
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	25	13	46.8	22.2	+3.8	4.8
Peyton Watson	Bench	33	10	85.0	9.9	+44.2	13.9
Christian Braun	Bench	24	8	44.4	16.9	-34.3	2.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	9	6	87.2	12.5	+68.4	19.6
Julian Strawther	Bench	25	5	27.8	13.8	+29.6	-3.4
Dario Saric	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	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
Trey Alexander	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Klay Thompson	Bench	35	25	64.3	25.0	+1.4	16.3
Naji Marshall	Bench	31	16	66.7	17.6	+25.8	16.7
Dereck Lively II	Bench	27	14	78.8	20.3	+13.8	13.5
Daniel Gafford	Bench	15	8	41.5	25.6	-16.4	3.0
P.J. Washington	Bench	37	8	37.2	13.1	-0.4	5.0
Maxi Kleber	Bench	20	6	60.0	13.3	-68.6	0.7
Jaden Hardy	Bench	16	5	31.7	19.5	-5.6	1.7
Quentin Grimes	Bench	19	3	37.5	18.6	-53.3	-2.0
Dwight Powell	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Brandon Williams	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Bench	3	—	0.0	16.7	-66.7	-5.1