Denver Nuggets 113, New York Knicks 99 — Recap

December 4, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 113, New York Knicks 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 30-25 NYK; Q2 DEN 30-24 NYK; Q3 DEN 32-22 NYK; Q4 DEN 21-28 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 32 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 14-of-19 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Zeke Nnaji (DEN) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Evan Fournier (NYK) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 13 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

32 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 14-19 FG

Scoring · NYK

Julius Randle

24 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Zeke Nnaji

21 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Zeke Nnaji · Season-high 21 pointsZeke Nnaji · Season-high 5 threes

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	30	30	32	21		113
NYK	25	24	22	28		99

🧮 How They Scored

DENNYK

36Points in the paint40

15Fast-break points5

10Second-chance points20

17Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.3%Effective FG%46.6%

13.1%Turnover %10.2%

25.0%Offensive rebound %32.0%

0.060Free-throw rate0.239

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zeke Nnaji F-C	34	21	8	0	1	0	0	7-13	5-9	2-2	+22
Will Barton G	31	13	6	6	0	0	0	5-13	3-9	0-0	+6
Nikola Jokic C	27	32	11	5	0	0	4	14-19	3-7	1-1	+12
Facundo Campazzo G	27	8	3	4	0	0	3	3-8	2-5	0-0	+9
Monte Morris G	26	9	2	5	1	0	0	4-8	1-2	0-0	+6
Jeff Green F	25	11	5	2	2	1	3	4-7	1-2	2-2	+9
Aaron Gordon F	25	5	2	1	3	1	2	2-4	1-1	0-0	-1
Davon Reed G	24	9	1	4	2	1	1	3-4	3-3	0-0	+5
JaMychal Green F	18	5	3	3	1	2	0	2-6	1-5	0-0	+8
Vlatko Cancar F	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-6

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Fournier G-F	36	15	3	5	1	0	2	6-14	3-8	0-0	-4
Julius Randle F	35	24	7	8	0	0	1	9-18	2-7	4-5	-2
Alec Burks G	27	11	1	0	2	0	0	2-6	2-3	5-6	-10
RJ Barrett F-G	25	13	4	1	0	1	1	5-13	1-7	2-2	-17
Derrick Rose G	24	11	4	4	0	0	4	5-10	1-5	0-0	-2
Mitchell Robinson C	21	4	6	1	1	2	0	2-5	0-0	0-1	-4
Obi Toppin F	20	7	8	0	1	0	1	2-8	1-3	2-2	+2
Immanuel Quickley G	20	3	1	1	0	0	2	1-7	0-3	1-1	-18
Nerlens Noel F-C	19	5	5	1	2	0	0	1-3	0-0	3-4	-24
Quentin Grimes G	12	6	1	2	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+9

🔬 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	27	32	82.3	40.4	+25.7	29.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	34	21	75.6	20.0	+39.4	12.8
Will Barton	Bench	31	13	50.0	20.0	+14.3	10.3
Jeff Green	Bench	25	11	69.8	20.4	+23.4	9.6
Monte Morris	Bench	26	9	56.3	14.8	+17.6	10.1
Davon Reed	Bench	24	9	112.5	10.2	+17.5	15.1
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	27	8	50.0	19.6	+17.6	4.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	25	5	62.5	12.5	+3.5	2.6
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	5	41.7	15.8	+26.5	11.4
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	3	0	0.0	28.6	-100.0	-22.2

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Bench	35	24	59.4	25.9	-6.8	15.7
Evan Fournier	Bench	36	15	53.6	19.0	-11.3	7.4
RJ Barrett	Bench	25	13	46.8	25.9	-39.1	8.0
Alec Burks	Bench	27	11	63.7	14.5	-21.1	5.9
Derrick Rose	Bench	24	11	55.0	24.1	-6.9	10.6
Obi Toppin	Bench	20	7	39.4	20.0	+2.7	9.6
Quentin Grimes	Bench	12	6	75.0	14.3	+40.9	11.1
Nerlens Noel	Bench	19	5	52.5	10.4	-72.4	12.4
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	21	4	36.8	10.0	-16.1	4.7
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	20	3	20.2	18.4	-46.2	-9.2