Denver Nuggets 131, Oklahoma City Thunder 126 — Recap

November 23, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 131, Oklahoma City Thunder 126 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 38-21 OKC; Q2 DEN 31-42 OKC; Q3 DEN 15-34 OKC; Q4 DEN 36-23 OKC; OT1 DEN 11-6 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 39 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 31 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 31 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Isaiah Joe (OKC) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Vlatko Cancar (DEN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

39 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 11-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

31 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

31 PTS, 7 REB, 11 AST, 1 3PM · 8-20 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 39 pointsAaron Gordon · Season-high 31 pointsIsaiah Joe · Season-high 21 pointsBruce Brown · Season-high 13 reboundsShai Gilgeous-Alexander · Season-high 11 assistsJeremiah Robinson-Earl · Season-high 11 reboundsBruce Brown · Season-high 10 assistsIsaiah Joe · Season-high 7 threesAaron Gordon · Season-high 4 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	OT		T
DEN	38	31	15	36	11		131
OKC	21	42	34	23	6		126

🧮 How They Scored

DENOKC

54Points in the paint46

3Fast-break points16

19Second-chance points12

9Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.7%Effective FG%52.6%

13.8%Turnover %7.6%

38.6%Offensive rebound %24.0%

0.466Free-throw rate0.289

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bruce Brown G	45	17	13	10	4	0	6	7-14	3-6	0-0	+6
Nikola Jokic C	43	39	10	9	0	0	4	11-15	1-3	16-18	+11
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	41	15	7	1	0	1	2	4-10	3-8	4-6	+12
Aaron Gordon F	38	31	8	4	0	2	1	10-16	4-5	7-11	+5
Vlatko Cancar F	35	19	4	5	0	3	1	7-18	3-10	2-2	+6
Davon Reed G	25	0	4	2	0	0	2	0-7	0-5	0-0	-5
Zeke Nnaji F-C	15	8	2	0	0	0	0	3-5	0-0	2-2	-1
Christian Braun G	14	2	6	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-1	2-2	-4
Jack White F	10	0	1	0	0	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	43	31	7	11	2	1	1	8-20	1-4	14-14	+2
Luguentz Dort G	37	18	7	1	0	0	1	7-16	3-7	1-2	+1
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	35	8	11	3	2	1	0	3-11	2-5	0-0	+6
Jalen Williams G-F	30	16	0	1	0	1	2	4-9	2-3	6-6	-2
Aleksej Pokusevski C	29	13	1	3	1	3	1	5-8	2-4	1-2	-4
Josh Giddey G	29	12	4	6	0	0	3	5-12	1-4	1-2	-12
Isaiah Joe G	21	21	2	1	0	0	1	7-11	7-10	0-0	+17
Tre Mann G	18	4	2	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Darius Bazley F	13	1	3	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-0	1-2	-12
Eugene Omoruyi F	12	2	2	0	1	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-13

🔬 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	43	39	85.1	26.2	+12.2	21.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	38	31	74.4	24.4	+4.8	16.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	35	19	50.3	22.7	+6.7	11.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	45	17	60.7	18.7	+7.7	14.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	41	15	59.3	14.3	+12.7	4.7
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	15	8	68.0	16.2	+5.5	12.3
Christian Braun	Bench	14	2	25.8	14.3	-14.8	4.5
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	25	0	0.0	15.3	-17.5	-5.0
Jack White	Bench	10	0	0.0	0.0	-21.6	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	43	31	59.3	28.9	+3.8	19.8
Isaiah Joe	Bench	21	21	95.5	22.6	+30.1	20.5
Luguentz Dort	Bench	37	18	53.3	20.2	+1.3	6.8
Jalen Williams	Bench	30	16	68.7	19.7	-1.6	4.7
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	29	13	73.2	14.5	-4.5	7.4
Josh Giddey	Bench	29	12	46.6	25.0	-17.4	8.6
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	35	8	36.4	13.4	+10.5	5.5
Tre Mann	Bench	18	4	50.0	9.8	-21.6	5.8
Eugene Omoruyi	Bench	12	2	25.0	14.3	-55.1	-1.3
Darius Bazley	Bench	13	1	17.4	9.4	-46.1	0.9
Kenrich Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0