Denver Nuggets 109, San Antonio Spurs 119 — Recap

January 29, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 109, San Antonio Spurs 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 30-37 SAS; Q2 DEN 25-24 SAS; Q3 DEN 31-26 SAS; Q4 DEN 23-32 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 35 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 14-of-24 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (SAS) 30 points, 1 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-14 shooting; Dejounte Murray (SAS) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Keldon Johnson (SAS) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

35 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 14-24 FG

Scoring · SAS

DeMar DeRozan

30 PTS, 1 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 11-14 FG

Scoring · SAS

Dejounte Murray

26 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 10-19 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · 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	25	31	23		109
SAS	37	24	26	32		119

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAS

36Points in the paint54

9Fast-break points13

8Second-chance points8

19Points off turnovers20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.5%Effective FG%60.5%

14.7%Turnover %11.5%

17.9%Offensive rebound %23.1%

0.256Free-throw rate0.321

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	39	35	10	5	1	1	4	14-24	5-11	2-4	-9
Jamal Murray G	35	20	6	7	2	1	1	9-14	2-4	0-0	-9
Gary Harris G	34	11	3	1	2	0	1	3-7	2-5	3-4	0
Will Barton G	30	9	1	2	0	0	1	4-9	1-2	0-0	0
Monte Morris G	23	10	0	3	0	0	1	4-10	1-5	1-2	-15
Paul Millsap F	23	8	5	2	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	6-8	+7
JaMychal Green F	20	3	7	1	1	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-16
Michael Porter Jr. F	19	9	4	0	0	2	3	3-5	2-2	1-2	-16
Facundo Campazzo G	10	0	0	3	2	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	+1
R.J. Hampton G	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Zeke Nnaji F-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Vlatko Cancar F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Markus Howard G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan G	36	30	1	10	0	0	1	11-14	1-2	7-7	+9
Dejounte Murray G	32	26	7	3	1	0	2	10-19	1-3	5-7	+10
Keldon Johnson F	32	19	9	3	1	1	1	9-14	1-2	0-0	+2
Lonnie Walker IV G	29	3	5	3	0	0	4	1-5	1-2	0-0	+4
Patty Mills G	28	17	2	1	3	0	0	4-9	4-8	5-5	+9
Jakob Poeltl C	25	4	6	1	1	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-2	+11
LaMarcus Aldridge F	22	5	3	3	0	0	0	1-3	1-1	2-2	+1
Devin Vassell G-F	18	9	2	0	1	0	0	3-4	1-2	2-3	+2
Rudy Gay F	16	6	6	5	1	0	3	3-9	0-3	0-0	+8
Tre Jones G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Keita Bates-Diop F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Quinndary Weatherspoon G	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 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	39	35	67.9	35.7	-13.2	17.2
Jamal Murray	Bench	35	20	71.4	19.2	-12.3	17.4
Gary Harris	Bench	34	11	62.8	13.9	-1.8	6.3
Monte Morris	Bench	23	10	46.0	23.5	-28.1	3.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	19	9	76.5	20.0	-35.9	7.4
Will Barton	Bench	30	9	50.0	15.6	-2.1	1.7
Paul Millsap	Bench	23	8	72.5	12.2	+10.3	10.7
JaMychal Green	Bench	20	3	75.0	6.7	-29.2	6.5
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	5	2	33.3	36.4	+10.0	2.0
R.J. Hampton	Bench	1	2	100.0	100.0	+200.0	200.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+200.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+200.0	0.0
Markus Howard	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+200.0	0.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	10	0	0.0	12.5	-4.3	4.8

San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	36	30	87.8	23.4	+12.5	21.0
Dejounte Murray	Bench	32	26	58.9	31.6	+15.2	11.2
Keldon Johnson	Bench	32	19	67.9	21.4	+3.2	15.7
Patty Mills	Bench	28	17	75.9	17.2	+15.3	12.8
Devin Vassell	Bench	18	9	84.6	12.8	-0.7	10.8
Rudy Gay	Bench	16	6	33.3	30.0	+19.1	9.9
LaMarcus Aldridge	Bench	22	5	64.4	8.5	+4.9	8.6
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	25	4	41.0	8.3	+20.4	3.5
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	29	3	30.0	13.4	+7.0	0.7
Tre Jones	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-200.0	0.0
Keita Bates-Diop	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-200.0	0.0
Quinndary Weatherspoon	Bench	1	0	0.0	50.0	-200.0	-100.0