Denver Nuggets 99, Oklahoma City Thunder 95 — Recap

January 9, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 99, Oklahoma City Thunder 95. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 36-23 OKC; Q2 DEN 25-26 OKC; Q3 DEN 19-29 OKC; Q4 DEN 19-17 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 22 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Austin Rivers (DEN) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Jeff Green (DEN) 16 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Luguentz Dort (OKC) 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-13 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

22 PTS, 18 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 8-21 FG

Scoring · DEN

Austin Rivers

22 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 6 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jeff Green

16 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 6-10 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	36	25	19	19		99
OKC	23	26	29	17		95

🧮 How They Scored

DENOKC

46Points in the paint52

7Fast-break points13

14Second-chance points16

8Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.9%Effective FG%48.3%

13.5%Turnover %8.8%

37.5%Offensive rebound %23.9%

0.180Free-throw rate0.136

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	33	22	18	6	1	0	2	8-21	1-3	5-5	+10
Austin Rivers G	32	22	5	1	3	0	2	8-13	6-9	0-0	0
Will Barton G	30	14	4	4	0	0	1	5-14	2-6	2-2	+8
Monte Morris G	26	8	3	5	1	0	1	3-5	2-4	0-0	+18
Aaron Gordon F	24	4	6	2	0	0	2	2-9	0-4	0-0	+11
Jeff Green F	22	16	1	1	1	0	1	6-10	1-3	3-5	-9
Facundo Campazzo G	22	1	4	8	0	1	3	0-4	0-3	1-2	-14
JaMychal Green F	18	6	3	0	0	1	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	+6
Zeke Nnaji F-C	15	3	6	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	-6
Nah'Shon Hyland G	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-5	0-3	0-0	-4
Davon Reed G	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	0

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	32	11	7	8	1	0	2	4-10	3-5	0-0	-8
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	31	8	5	4	1	2	1	2-14	0-3	4-4	-15
Luguentz Dort G	28	14	5	1	0	1	0	4-13	1-9	5-6	-11
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	26	12	4	2	3	0	0	5-10	2-6	0-0	-9
Darius Bazley F	24	10	5	0	0	3	3	5-9	0-3	0-0	+5
Aaron Wiggins G	19	8	1	3	1	1	0	3-6	1-2	1-1	+5
Tre Mann G	19	7	1	5	2	0	0	3-7	1-4	0-0	+9
Kenrich Williams G-F	18	8	6	3	0	0	1	4-6	0-2	0-1	+9
Derrick Favors F-C	16	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-6
Mike Muscala F-C	14	8	3	1	1	0	0	4-4	0-0	0-0	-8
Aleksej Pokusevski C	12	7	2	1	0	0	2	3-5	1-3	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	33	22	47.4	32.5	+12.9	22.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	32	22	84.6	20.0	0.0	16.0
Jeff Green	Bench	22	16	65.6	25.0	-20.5	9.4
Will Barton	Bench	30	14	47.0	21.9	+10.4	10.2
Monte Morris	Bench	26	8	80.0	9.8	+33.9	13.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	6	100.0	12.5	+18.8	6.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	24	4	22.2	19.0	+22.4	0.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	15	3	52.1	8.1	-16.2	6.9
Davon Reed	Bench	8	3	50.0	16.7	0.0	15.6
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	22	1	10.2	15.1	-29.0	3.6
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	9	0	0.0	27.3	-15.4	-13.8

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luguentz Dort	Bench	28	14	44.8	25.4	-21.6	6.9
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	26	12	60.0	17.9	-16.0	13.6
Josh Giddey	Bench	32	11	55.0	17.1	-11.3	14.8
Darius Bazley	Bench	24	10	55.6	22.2	+6.3	8.7
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	31	8	25.4	25.4	-23.8	1.8
Kenrich Williams	Bench	18	8	62.1	18.4	+26.5	13.7
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	19	8	62.1	15.0	+13.9	12.5
Mike Muscala	Bench	14	8	100.0	13.3	-27.4	22.3
Tre Mann	Bench	19	7	50.0	16.7	+24.3	13.2
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	12	7	70.0	25.0	+32.5	8.8
Derrick Favors	Bench	16	2	25.0	12.1	-13.8	-0.8