Denver Nuggets 89, Golden State Warriors 86 — Recap

December 28, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 89, Golden State Warriors 86. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 31-16 GSW; Q2 DEN 29-20 GSW; Q3 DEN 14-25 GSW; Q4 DEN 15-25 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Stephen Curry (GSW) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 22 points, 19 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-19 shooting; Andrew Wiggins (GSW) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Gary Payton II (GSW) 11 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-6 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · GSW

Stephen Curry

23 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 6-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

22 PTS, 19 REB, 5 AST · 8-19 FG

Scoring · GSW

Andrew Wiggins

21 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 8-20 FG

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	31	29	14	15		89
GSW	16	20	25	25		86

🧮 How They Scored

DENGSW

42Points in the paint38

12Fast-break points21

15Second-chance points9

15Points off turnovers7

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

45.8%Effective FG%48.6%

14.0%Turnover %15.7%

27.1%Offensive rebound %20.5%

0.241Free-throw rate0.431

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Barton G	36	21	4	4	1	1	3	7-15	4-7	3-3	+3
Nikola Jokic C	35	22	19	5	4	1	8	8-19	0-5	6-8	+6
Austin Rivers G	34	8	1	3	1	0	1	2-9	2-7	2-2	-5
Facundo Campazzo G	32	5	4	7	2	1	1	2-5	0-1	1-2	0
Jeff Green F	29	7	3	0	1	1	2	3-8	1-3	0-0	-2
Nah'Shon Hyland G	24	8	3	3	0	1	0	3-11	1-6	1-2	+11
Zeke Nnaji F-C	19	8	2	0	0	0	0	4-9	0-2	0-2	+5
Davon Reed G	18	4	2	2	1	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	0
JaMychal Green F	13	6	6	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	0-1	-3

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Stephen Curry G	39	23	4	4	0	0	6	6-16	5-14	6-7	+5
Andrew Wiggins F-G	32	21	8	1	2	1	2	8-20	3-6	2-3	+1
Gary Payton II G	29	11	7	2	1	0	2	4-6	1-2	2-2	-2
Kevon Looney F	26	6	5	3	1	1	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+6
Otto Porter Jr. F	26	0	2	2	3	0	1	0-4	0-1	0-0	-7
Andre Iguodala G-F	24	1	4	4	0	0	3	0-2	0-2	1-2	-9
Juan Toscano-Anderson F	23	10	3	2	1	0	1	4-6	1-2	1-6	-4
Nemanja Bjelica F	18	5	8	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-1	1-1	-6
Jonathan Kuminga F	17	9	2	0	0	0	0	3-6	0-2	3-10	+8
Chris Chiozza G	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-7

🔬 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	22	48.8	38.3	+8.7	23.6
Will Barton	Bench	36	21	64.3	23.2	+5.6	17.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	19	8	40.5	21.7	+10.8	7.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	24	8	33.7	21.8	+23.4	2.6
Austin Rivers	Bench	34	8	40.5	13.9	-4.5	1.9
Jeff Green	Bench	29	7	43.8	15.2	-3.5	2.2
JaMychal Green	Bench	13	6	67.6	14.3	-9.2	21.2
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	32	5	42.5	9.7	+4.3	11.0
Davon Reed	Bench	18	4	66.7	7.3	0.0	15.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Stephen Curry	Bench	39	23	60.3	28.4	+6.3	8.7
Andrew Wiggins	Bench	32	21	49.2	31.5	+3.0	15.2
Gary Payton II	Bench	29	11	79.9	14.3	-1.8	16.2
Juan Toscano-Anderson	Bench	23	10	57.9	20.4	-6.9	9.6
Jonathan Kuminga	Bench	17	9	43.3	30.6	+24.7	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	26	6	60.0	9.7	+15.0	9.9
Nemanja Bjelica	Bench	18	5	46.0	13.5	-16.7	17.1
Andre Iguodala	Bench	24	1	17.4	11.3	-22.6	6.5
Otto Porter Jr.	Bench	26	0	0.0	8.6	-18.2	-2.9
Chris Chiozza	Bench	6	0	0.0	13.3	-78.3	-11.1