Denver Nuggets 117, Golden State Warriors 116 — Recap

February 16, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 117, Golden State Warriors 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 25-33 GSW; Q2 DEN 29-30 GSW; Q3 DEN 24-23 GSW; Q4 DEN 39-30 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 35 points, 17 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Stephen Curry (GSW) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Bryn Forbes (DEN) 22 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Klay Thompson (GSW) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-15 shooting; Jordan Poole (GSW) 15 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

35 PTS, 17 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · GSW

Stephen Curry

25 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Bryn Forbes

22 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 8-12 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	25	29	24	39		117
GSW	33	30	23	30		116

🧮 How They Scored

DENGSW

54Points in the paint50

5Fast-break points18

10Second-chance points9

15Points off turnovers24

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.9%Effective FG%57.5%

15.2%Turnover %9.3%

29.3%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.231Free-throw rate0.276

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	34	35	17	8	1	0	5	13-24	3-5	6-9	+6
Monte Morris G	31	13	4	6	0	0	1	4-6	2-4	3-3	+5
Bryn Forbes G	30	22	0	0	1	0	1	8-12	4-7	2-2	+11
Aaron Gordon F	30	10	10	5	0	1	1	5-14	0-3	0-0	+2
Austin Rivers G	28	10	2	1	2	0	2	4-5	2-3	0-0	+10
Will Barton G	21	2	3	0	1	0	3	1-6	0-4	0-0	-11
JaMychal Green F	18	9	4	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	4-4	-2
Jeff Green F	18	5	1	0	0	0	2	2-4	0-1	1-1	-10
Nah'Shon Hyland G	17	5	2	5	0	0	1	2-11	1-5	0-0	-4
DeMarcus Cousins C	13	6	5	2	0	0	1	2-4	1-1	1-2	-2

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Stephen Curry G	39	25	3	6	0	0	2	10-19	1-7	4-4	-2
Andrew Wiggins F-G	36	9	4	4	2	1	2	4-12	1-5	0-0	-1
Klay Thompson G	31	16	4	4	1	0	0	5-15	3-10	3-4	0
Kevon Looney F	27	13	9	3	1	0	1	5-8	0-0	3-8	-4
Gary Payton II G	25	12	4	0	6	1	2	5-8	1-4	1-2	+13
Otto Porter Jr. F	23	10	6	0	0	1	0	3-5	0-2	4-4	-4
Jordan Poole G	22	15	1	5	2	1	3	6-11	2-4	1-2	-2
Jonathan Kuminga F	21	12	3	3	1	1	0	5-6	2-2	0-0	-1
Nemanja Bjelica F	16	4	3	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 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	34	35	62.6	36.8	+5.2	25.2
Bryn Forbes	Bench	30	22	85.4	18.7	+15.4	11.5
Monte Morris	Bench	31	13	88.8	10.3	+7.2	13.5
Aaron Gordon	Bench	30	10	35.7	19.7	+1.4	9.3
Austin Rivers	Bench	28	10	100.0	10.3	+16.9	7.4
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	9	66.6	17.4	-2.1	6.7
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	13	6	61.5	17.1	-16.3	10.2
Jeff Green	Bench	18	5	56.3	13.0	-25.0	2.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	17	5	22.7	27.9	-7.9	0.0
Will Barton	Bench	21	2	16.7	17.0	-24.4	-3.8

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	25	60.2	23.9	-5.1	12.2
Klay Thompson	Bench	31	16	47.7	21.8	0.0	8.7
Jordan Poole	Bench	22	15	63.1	30.6	-1.6	11.4
Kevon Looney	Bench	27	13	56.4	19.4	-3.2	9.0
Gary Payton II	Bench	25	12	67.6	19.0	+25.1	14.6
Jonathan Kuminga	Bench	21	12	100.0	14.0	+0.7	14.6
Otto Porter Jr.	Bench	23	10	74.0	13.2	-5.7	13.0
Andrew Wiggins	Bench	36	9	37.5	16.3	-1.3	6.0
Nemanja Bjelica	Bench	16	4	66.7	8.8	-12.1	4.3