Denver Nuggets 130, Golden State Warriors 127 — Recap

January 4, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 130, Golden State Warriors 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 34-33 GSW; Q2 DEN 36-30 GSW; Q3 DEN 24-44 GSW; Q4 DEN 36-20 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 34 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-16 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 30 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Stephen Curry (GSW) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Klay Thompson (GSW) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

34 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 2 3PM · 13-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

30 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 11-17 FG

Scoring · GSW

Stephen Curry

30 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 11-23 FG

Season highs

Aaron Gordon · Season-high 30 points

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	34	36	24	36		130
GSW	33	30	44	20		127

🧮 How They Scored

DENGSW

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.2%Effective FG%62.8%

6.1%Turnover %7.6%

31.4%Offensive rebound %26.5%

0.367Free-throw rate0.178

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	38	34	9	10	2	1	4	13-16	2-2	6-7	+4
Aaron Gordon F	35	30	9	2	—	1	—	11-17	2-4	6-7	+6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	35	8	3	4	1	1	1	4-8	0-2	—	+4
Jamal Murray G	32	25	2	6	2	—	—	8-16	1-6	8-9	+9
Michael Porter Jr. F	30	8	4	—	—	—	—	3-6	2-5	—	+5
Peyton Watson G	19	19	5	—	—	—	—	6-10	2-4	5-6	+7
Christian Braun G	18	2	—	1	1	1	1	1-4	0-2	—	-5
Julian Strawther G	9	—	1	1	1	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-6
Zeke Nnaji F-C	6	2	3	1	—	—	—	1-1	—	—	-3

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Stephen Curry G	35	30	4	6	1	1	2	11-23	5-12	3-3	-1
Klay Thompson G	35	24	3	3	1	1	—	9-18	4-10	2-2	-9
Chris Paul G	30	9	4	6	—	—	—	4-7	1-3	0-1	+4
Brandin Podziemski G	28	13	2	5	1	—	—	5-10	3-4	—	-2
Andrew Wiggins F-G	27	11	3	—	—	1	1	5-10	1-4	—	-14
Dario Saric F	23	13	7	6	1	—	2	5-7	1-2	2-2	+3
Kevon Looney F	22	7	4	3	—	—	—	3-4	—	1-1	-2
Trayce Jackson-Davis F	21	4	2	2	—	—	2	2-4	—	—	—
Jonathan Kuminga F	19	16	4	4	—	—	1	5-7	0-1	6-7	+6

🔬 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	38	34	89.1	26.7	+8.7	20.1
Aaron Gordon	Bench	35	30	74.7	25.3	+8.5	14.9
Jamal Murray	Bench	32	25	62.6	28.4	+21.4	11.8
Peyton Watson	Bench	19	19	75.2	31.7	+25.1	21.9
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	35	8	50.0	11.5	+7.7	5.4
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	30	8	66.7	8.8	+5.8	3.4
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	6	2	100.0	7.1	-34.8	26.8
Christian Braun	Bench	18	2	25.0	11.6	-10.3	-3.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jay Huff	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Collin Gillespie	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	9	—	0.0	5.0	-28.1	4.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Stephen Curry	Bench	35	30	61.7	32.5	-3.4	13.2
Klay Thompson	Bench	35	24	63.6	23.4	-13.0	10.5
Jonathan Kuminga	Bench	19	16	79.4	27.5	+19.5	14.4
Dario Saric	Bench	23	13	82.5	18.9	+4.1	22.1
Brandin Podziemski	Bench	28	13	65.0	14.9	-5.7	10.7
Andrew Wiggins	Bench	27	11	55.0	17.2	-30.0	4.3
Chris Paul	Bench	30	9	60.5	10.4	-0.1	7.8
Kevon Looney	Bench	22	7	78.8	8.2	-1.1	4.9
Trayce Jackson-Davis	Bench	21	4	50.0	11.5	-5.4	-1.1
Draymond Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Moses Moody	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0