Denver Nuggets 85, LA Clippers 87 — Recap

January 11, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 85, LA Clippers 87. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 18-16 LAC; Q2 DEN 23-12 LAC; Q3 DEN 25-27 LAC; Q4 DEN 19-32 LAC.

Top performers (box score): Aaron Gordon (DEN) 30 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 21 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Amir Coffey (LAC) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Reggie Jackson (LAC) 13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-15 shooting; Terance Mann (LAC) 13 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Aaron Gordon

30 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 11-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

21 PTS, 13 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · LAC

Amir Coffey

18 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 6-11 FG

Season highs

Aaron Gordon · Season-high 30 pointsAaron Gordon · Season-high 12 rebounds

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	18	23	25	19		85
LAC	16	12	27	32		87

🧮 How They Scored

DENLAC

48Points in the paint36

13Fast-break points13

12Second-chance points3

12Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

42.5%Effective FG%46.4%

17.6%Turnover %9.2%

31.7%Offensive rebound %6.5%

0.250Free-throw rate0.143

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	37	21	13	8	1	0	5	9-14	1-3	2-2	+6
Aaron Gordon F	35	30	12	1	0	0	4	11-16	1-4	7-7	+6
Monte Morris G	34	11	3	5	1	0	3	5-11	1-6	0-0	+6
Austin Rivers G	30	4	5	2	0	0	2	0-4	0-4	4-6	+13
Facundo Campazzo G	28	2	5	5	0	1	1	0-6	0-5	2-2	-19
Jeff Green F	21	12	4	0	0	0	3	5-16	0-4	2-3	-13
JaMychal Green F	18	0	3	1	1	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+15
Davon Reed G	14	0	7	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-8
Zeke Nnaji F-C	11	5	1	0	1	0	0	2-4	1-1	0-0	-8
Nah'Shon Hyland G	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-5	0-3	0-0	0
James Ennis III F	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amir Coffey G	43	18	5	7	4	0	1	6-11	3-7	3-3	+6
Marcus Morris F	35	12	2	1	1	2	1	5-15	1-5	1-3	-2
Reggie Jackson G	31	13	3	4	2	0	2	5-15	1-6	2-2	-22
Terance Mann G	28	13	2	1	0	1	1	5-11	2-5	1-2	+9
Eric Bledsoe G	26	11	3	9	3	0	2	5-13	1-3	0-0	+28
Nicolas Batum F-G	26	6	4	1	1	0	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	+9
Serge Ibaka F-C	22	4	9	0	1	1	0	2-7	0-3	0-0	+3
Brandon Boston Jr. G	20	8	3	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	2-2	-1
Ivica Zubac C	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-20

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Aaron Gordon	Bench	35	30	78.6	30.3	+7.6	26.1
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	21	70.6	25.0	+7.3	26.6
Jeff Green	Bench	21	12	34.6	37.0	-34.9	-1.1
Monte Morris	Bench	34	11	50.0	18.4	+7.6	8.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	11	5	62.5	12.5	-32.0	9.7
Austin Rivers	Bench	30	4	30.1	12.1	+17.6	-1.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	28	2	14.5	11.3	-37.1	4.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	8	0	0.0	21.7	+3.5	-14.6
James Ennis III	Bench	4	0	0.0	9.1	-88.9	-16.0
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	0	0.0	5.1	+41.7	4.7
Davon Reed	Bench	14	0	0.0	5.4	-24.1	14.8

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Amir Coffey	Bench	43	18	73.1	14.6	+9.3	19.8
Terance Mann	Bench	28	13	54.7	21.0	+15.5	9.8
Reggie Jackson	Bench	31	13	40.9	30.0	-35.3	4.5
Marcus Morris	Bench	35	12	36.8	24.3	-3.0	0.0
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	26	11	42.3	27.3	+54.9	17.0
Brandon Boston Jr.	Bench	20	8	82.0	12.2	-4.9	18.5
Nicolas Batum	Bench	26	6	50.0	12.5	+17.3	2.9
Serge Ibaka	Bench	22	4	28.6	15.2	+6.8	12.8
Ivica Zubac	Bench	10	2	50.0	14.3	-88.7	-11.1