Denver Nuggets 125, Indiana Pacers 118 — Recap

March 30, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 125, Indiana Pacers 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 43-15 IND; Q2 DEN 26-38 IND; Q3 DEN 22-38 IND; Q4 DEN 34-27 IND.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 37 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists on 15-of-19 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (DEN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Buddy Hield (IND) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Terry Taylor (IND) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

37 PTS, 13 REB, 9 AST · 15-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nah'Shon Hyland

20 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · IND

Buddy Hield

20 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 7-14 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	43	26	22	34		125
IND	15	38	38	27		118

🧮 How They Scored

DENIND

68Points in the paint58

15Fast-break points13

13Second-chance points23

13Points off turnovers25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

70.0%Effective FG%51.5%

18.1%Turnover %6.9%

29.6%Offensive rebound %34.0%

0.175Free-throw rate0.237

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Barton G	38	18	4	5	1	0	2	8-13	2-6	0-0	+13
Nikola Jokic C	36	37	13	9	2	1	7	15-19	0-0	7-8	+11
Aaron Gordon F	36	10	8	4	0	1	2	4-7	2-4	0-0	+11
Monte Morris G	28	11	3	4	1	0	2	5-7	1-2	0-0	+2
Nah'Shon Hyland G	27	20	4	7	1	1	1	8-14	2-7	2-2	+10
Jeff Green F	21	7	2	0	1	0	0	1-6	1-4	4-4	-3
Austin Rivers G	19	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-1	0-0	+3
Davon Reed G	17	5	1	1	0	1	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	-6
DeMarcus Cousins C	12	11	5	2	0	0	3	5-6	1-1	0-0	-4
Bryn Forbes G	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-2

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Buddy Hield G	37	20	2	4	0	0	2	7-14	5-11	1-1	-5
Tyrese Haliburton G	37	15	5	12	4	1	2	6-12	0-1	3-4	+16
Terry Taylor G	36	18	9	2	2	1	0	7-12	0-2	4-6	-9
Goga Bitadze C	33	17	10	3	1	2	3	5-14	2-5	5-6	+10
Justin Anderson G-F	32	13	3	3	3	0	0	6-13	1-6	0-0	+5
Jalen Smith F-C	21	15	7	0	0	0	0	5-15	2-8	3-3	-7
Duane Washington Jr. G	17	5	0	2	0	0	0	2-6	1-3	0-0	-16
Keifer Sykes G	15	10	0	2	1	0	0	4-6	1-3	1-1	-2
Lance Stephenson G	13	5	1	1	0	0	1	2-5	0-1	1-2	-27

🔬 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	36	37	82.1	34.1	+14.9	27.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	27	20	67.2	25.8	+18.2	14.4
Will Barton	Bench	38	18	69.2	17.0	+13.8	13.2
Monte Morris	Bench	28	11	78.6	13.6	+1.4	10.1
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	12	11	91.7	39.1	-17.4	14.3
Aaron Gordon	Bench	36	10	71.4	10.5	+13.2	8.9
Jeff Green	Bench	21	7	45.1	17.4	-10.1	2.8
Davon Reed	Bench	17	5	83.3	11.4	-22.0	4.9
Bryn Forbes	Bench	6	3	75.0	16.7	-2.6	3.7
Austin Rivers	Bench	19	3	50.0	10.3	+8.1	2.6

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Buddy Hield	Bench	37	20	69.3	17.0	-5.1	8.5
Terry Taylor	Bench	36	18	61.5	16.9	-11.1	10.5
Goga Bitadze	Bench	33	17	51.1	23.0	+12.7	7.2
Tyrese Haliburton	Bench	37	15	54.5	17.0	+21.3	13.3
Jalen Smith	Bench	21	15	46.0	34.0	-16.7	7.7
Justin Anderson	Bench	32	13	50.0	17.3	+14.0	7.7
Keifer Sykes	Bench	15	10	77.6	18.2	+2.4	15.0
Duane Washington Jr.	Bench	17	5	41.7	15.4	-50.3	2.9
Lance Stephenson	Bench	13	5	42.5	24.1	-100.0	0.0