Denver Nuggets 127, San Antonio Spurs 112 — Recap

December 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 127, San Antonio Spurs 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-29 SAS; Q2 DEN 44-27 SAS; Q3 DEN 31-18 SAS; Q4 DEN 24-38 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 35 points, 17 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 15-of-24 shooting; Markus Howard (DEN) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Lonnie Walker IV (SAS) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

35 PTS, 17 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 15-24 FG

Scoring · DEN

Markus Howard

21 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 6 3PM · 7-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Monte Morris

19 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Markus Howard · Season-high 21 pointsFacundo Campazzo · Season-high 8 assistsMarkus Howard · Season-high 6 threesNikola Jokic · Season-high 4 threesMonte Morris · 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		T
DEN	28	44	31	24		127
SAS	29	27	18	38		112

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAS

52Points in the paint46

7Fast-break points9

16Second-chance points16

28Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.3%Effective FG%51.7%

10.0%Turnover %14.3%

24.4%Offensive rebound %31.1%

0.151Free-throw rate0.326

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	34	35	17	8	1	2	5	15-24	4-6	1-1	+32
Aaron Gordon F	32	16	4	4	1	1	1	7-13	1-3	1-1	+28
Monte Morris G	31	19	3	4	1	2	3	7-12	4-8	1-1	+20
Facundo Campazzo G	29	8	2	8	1	1	0	2-5	1-3	3-3	-2
Jeff Green F	24	8	1	3	1	0	1	2-2	0-0	4-4	+17
Nah'Shon Hyland G	23	16	1	3	1	0	1	6-12	4-9	0-0	+3
Markus Howard G	21	21	1	0	0	0	0	7-15	6-12	1-2	-8
Davon Reed G	17	2	7	2	2	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	+3
Zeke Nnaji F-C	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	2-2	-4
JaMychal Green F	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Vlatko Cancar F	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-10
Petr Cornelie F	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Vassell G-F	23	15	5	4	0	0	0	5-10	2-5	3-5	-3
Tre Jones G	23	12	9	5	0	0	0	5-8	0-0	2-2	+19
Dejounte Murray G	23	6	5	4	2	1	5	3-9	0-1	0-0	-35
Lonnie Walker IV G	22	16	3	0	0	0	3	5-9	1-4	5-5	+3
Derrick White G	22	10	2	3	1	0	2	3-9	0-4	4-4	-27
Keldon Johnson F	21	14	4	1	0	0	0	5-7	3-3	1-2	-26
Bryn Forbes G	20	14	1	1	0	0	3	5-13	3-6	1-1	+12
Drew Eubanks F	20	2	3	2	0	2	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Thaddeus Young F	19	7	6	4	1	0	0	3-8	0-0	1-2	+7
Jakob Poeltl C	18	6	2	4	0	1	3	2-4	0-0	2-5	-15
Keita Bates-Diop F	16	10	4	0	0	0	0	4-7	1-2	1-3	+14
Doug McDermott F	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-24

🔬 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	34	35	71.6	35.8	+44.4	28.9
Markus Howard	Bench	21	21	66.1	28.3	-27.1	10.5
Monte Morris	Bench	31	19	76.4	20.3	+32.3	13.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	32	16	59.5	18.2	+41.8	12.1
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	23	16	66.7	24.5	+3.9	11.1
Jeff Green	Bench	24	8	106.4	8.9	+35.3	6.6
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	29	8	63.3	9.0	-8.0	11.9
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	16	2	25.8	10.8	-16.4	-3.5
Davon Reed	Bench	17	2	33.3	7.7	+8.1	9.2
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	4	0	0.0	18.2	-134.7	-4.0
JaMychal Green	Bench	7	0	0.0	13.3	+4.9	-7.3
Petr Cornelie	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-150.0	4.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	22	16	71.4	26.9	+6.4	12.4
Devin Vassell	Bench	23	15	61.5	21.4	-0.5	14.2
Keldon Johnson	Bench	21	14	88.8	16.0	-58.2	15.9
Bryn Forbes	Bench	20	14	52.1	31.4	+32.4	2.9
Tre Jones	Bench	23	12	67.6	14.0	+43.2	21.2
Derrick White	Bench	22	10	46.5	21.6	-53.5	7.2
Keita Bates-Diop	Bench	16	10	60.1	19.5	+53.5	7.1
Thaddeus Young	Bench	19	7	39.4	18.4	+20.0	10.1
Dejounte Murray	Bench	23	6	33.3	25.9	-67.0	4.0
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	18	6	48.4	20.9	-40.8	0.7
Drew Eubanks	Bench	20	2	50.0	6.3	-2.9	5.7
Doug McDermott	Bench	14	0	0.0	8.8	-75.0	-5.6