Denver Nuggets 97, Golden State Warriors 118 — Recap

April 23, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 97, Golden State Warriors 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 24-30 GSW; Q2 DEN 26-24 GSW; Q3 DEN 24-32 GSW; Q4 DEN 23-32 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Stephen Curry (GSW) 32 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Kelly Oubre Jr. (GSW) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Andrew Wiggins (GSW) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · GSW

Stephen Curry

32 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

26 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 7 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · GSW

Kelly Oubre Jr.

23 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Michael Porter Jr. · Season-high 7 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	24	26	24	23		97
GSW	30	24	32	32		118

🧮 How They Scored

DENGSW

30Points in the paint50

12Fast-break points29

7Second-chance points6

16Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.0%Effective FG%62.5%

8.5%Turnover %13.2%

11.8%Offensive rebound %18.9%

0.227Free-throw rate0.214

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	37	26	5	1	1	2	0	8-18	7-14	3-5	-5
Nikola Jokic C	33	19	6	6	0	0	1	7-16	0-3	5-5	-18
Facundo Campazzo G	32	7	1	4	1	0	0	1-8	1-7	4-4	-20
PJ Dozier G-F	30	9	2	5	3	0	1	4-11	1-4	0-0	-12
Aaron Gordon F	27	17	6	2	0	1	2	6-11	2-5	3-4	-7
Austin Rivers G	23	6	4	2	0	1	1	3-7	0-3	0-0	-17
Shaquille Harrison G	18	4	2	0	2	0	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	-3
JaMychal Green F	18	3	3	0	0	1	0	1-6	1-5	0-0	-11
Paul Millsap F	12	3	7	4	1	2	2	1-4	0-2	1-2	0
Markus Howard G	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-3
Zeke Nnaji F-C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Bol Bol C	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Vlatko Cancar F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Will Barton G	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Stephen Curry G	34	32	8	3	0	0	3	11-18	4-9	6-6	+27
Andrew Wiggins F-G	34	19	7	2	1	2	1	7-14	3-6	2-4	+8
Kelly Oubre Jr. F	33	23	6	3	3	2	1	9-16	3-7	2-5	+19
Draymond Green F	33	2	12	19	0	0	6	1-3	0-2	0-0	+11
Kevon Looney F	27	2	8	4	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+4
Juan Toscano-Anderson F	26	9	8	4	1	0	3	4-7	1-2	0-0	+29
Jordan Poole G	25	15	1	3	2	0	0	5-12	2-6	3-3	+3
Mychal Mulder G	23	14	1	0	0	0	0	6-10	2-6	0-0	-5
Gary Payton II G	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Alen Smailagic F	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Nico Mannion G	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	37	26	64.4	25.0	-6.8	12.1
Nikola Jokic	Bench	33	19	52.2	25.3	-22.8	11.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	27	17	66.6	25.0	-12.7	11.8
PJ Dozier	Bench	30	9	40.9	17.4	-21.0	6.3
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	32	7	35.9	14.1	-33.4	0.6
Austin Rivers	Bench	23	6	42.9	14.5	-39.5	5.4
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	18	4	50.0	11.6	-5.3	4.5
Paul Millsap	Bench	12	3	30.7	24.1	-3.8	15.3
Markus Howard	Bench	2	3	150.0	20.0	-60.0	23.1
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	3	25.0	14.0	-28.9	0.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-60.0	-7.7
Will Barton	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.5
Bol Bol	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-60.0	7.7
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-60.0	-7.7

Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Stephen Curry	Bench	34	32	77.5	29.5	+39.9	18.3
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Bench	33	23	63.2	26.0	+29.3	15.2
Andrew Wiggins	Bench	34	19	60.3	22.4	+11.8	10.8
Jordan Poole	Bench	25	15	56.3	23.2	+9.4	10.5
Mychal Mulder	Bench	23	14	70.0	19.6	-10.6	5.7
Juan Toscano-Anderson	Bench	26	9	64.3	16.9	+52.7	12.7
Draymond Green	Bench	33	2	33.3	12.3	+13.4	15.7
Kevon Looney	Bench	27	2	33.3	4.9	+11.0	7.2
Gary Payton II	Bench	2	2	100.0	20.0	+60.0	15.4
Alen Smailagic	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+60.0	23.1
Nico Mannion	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+60.0	7.7