Denver Nuggets 98, Golden State Warriors 102 — Recap

April 27, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 98, Golden State Warriors 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 25-30 GSW; Q2 DEN 23-18 GSW; Q3 DEN 30-22 GSW; Q4 DEN 20-32 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 30 points, 19 rebounds, 8 assists on 12-of-18 shooting; Stephen Curry (GSW) 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; DeMarcus Cousins (DEN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Klay Thompson (GSW) 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

30 PTS, 19 REB, 8 AST · 12-18 FG

Scoring · GSW

Stephen Curry

30 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · DEN

DeMarcus Cousins

19 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 2 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	23	30	20		98
GSW	30	18	22	32		102

🧮 How They Scored

DENGSW

52Points in the paint40

13Fast-break points5

18Second-chance points9

7Points off turnovers7

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.1%Effective FG%53.0%

13.0%Turnover %9.0%

31.1%Offensive rebound %14.3%

0.358Free-throw rate0.256

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	40	15	8	2	1	2	3	5-11	0-4	5-8	+2
Will Barton G	40	14	3	1	0	0	2	5-13	2-6	2-4	+2
Monte Morris G	36	14	3	7	1	0	1	5-12	2-6	2-3	-9
Nikola Jokic C	32	30	19	8	1	2	6	12-18	0-2	6-8	0
Jeff Green F	29	2	9	1	1	1	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	-13
Nah'Shon Hyland G	19	4	2	2	0	0	1	0-6	0-5	4-4	-1
DeMarcus Cousins C	15	19	4	0	1	0	1	8-12	2-3	1-2	-2
Bryn Forbes G	11	0	1	4	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+4
JaMychal Green F	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Austin Rivers G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3
Facundo Campazzo G	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Klay Thompson G	40	15	9	3	4	1	0	5-13	1-6	4-4	+6
Stephen Curry G	38	30	5	5	2	0	5	10-22	5-11	5-7	+7
Draymond Green F	36	11	2	6	1	3	1	4-10	1-2	2-2	+12
Gary Payton II G	26	15	3	3	2	1	0	6-8	3-4	0-0	0
Jordan Poole G	26	8	1	4	1	0	1	3-10	1-4	1-1	-6
Andrew Wiggins F-G	24	12	5	2	0	1	2	4-9	1-1	3-5	0
Otto Porter Jr. F	24	3	5	2	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+2
Kevon Looney F	22	4	7	3	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-2	+1
Jonathan Kuminga F	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 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	32	30	69.7	36.8	0.0	29.1
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	15	19	73.8	41.2	-11.0	35.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	40	15	51.7	17.9	+2.5	7.4
Will Barton	Bench	40	14	47.4	17.9	+2.5	1.7
Monte Morris	Bench	36	14	52.6	16.9	-10.7	8.4
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	19	4	25.8	20.5	-11.4	-1.9
Jeff Green	Bench	29	2	20.0	7.5	-18.4	4.8
Bryn Forbes	Bench	11	0	0.0	7.7	+20.0	6.3
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-33.3	8.0
JaMychal Green	Bench	10	0	0.0	4.5	-20.5	-7.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	5	0	0.0	9.1	+24.4	-26.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Stephen Curry	Bench	38	30	59.8	35.7	+7.8	14.0
Klay Thompson	Bench	40	15	50.8	17.2	+4.9	13.7
Gary Payton II	Bench	26	15	93.8	15.1	+2.2	19.8
Andrew Wiggins	Bench	24	12	53.6	23.2	0.0	8.1
Draymond Green	Bench	36	11	50.6	14.6	+14.7	8.5
Jordan Poole	Bench	26	8	38.3	19.6	-14.0	1.1
Kevon Looney	Bench	22	4	69.4	6.4	+2.3	8.6
Jonathan Kuminga	Bench	5	4	50.0	30.8	-23.5	17.4
Otto Porter Jr.	Bench	24	3	37.5	8.3	+7.0	7.2