Denver Nuggets 120, San Antonio Spurs 128 — Recap

March 10, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 120, San Antonio Spurs 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 38-26 SAS; Q2 DEN 29-42 SAS; Q3 DEN 26-30 SAS; Q4 DEN 27-30 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 37 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 14-of-24 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Keldon Johnson (SAS) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Doug McDermott (SAS) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-8 shooting; Jeremy Sochan (SAS) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

37 PTS, 11 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 14-24 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

24 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 9-21 FG

Scoring · SAS

Keldon Johnson

23 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 8-17 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · 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	38	29	26	27		120
SAS	26	42	30	30		128

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAS

54Points in the paint68

12Fast-break points12

5Second-chance points24

16Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.1%Effective FG%61.2%

12.4%Turnover %15.1%

17.8%Offensive rebound %34.2%

0.222Free-throw rate0.181

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	39	37	11	11	3	0	5	14-24	4-6	5-6	-2
Jamal Murray G	37	24	6	7	3	2	4	9-21	2-8	4-4	-4
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	37	13	2	5	4	1	0	4-8	3-6	2-2	-5
Aaron Gordon F	34	14	6	3	1	1	3	5-8	2-5	2-2	0
Bruce Brown G	25	8	1	1	2	0	2	3-8	0-3	2-2	-4
Michael Porter Jr. F	20	7	1	1	0	0	0	3-5	1-3	0-0	-5
Reggie Jackson G	17	4	0	3	0	0	0	1-6	0-3	2-2	-6
Jeff Green F	16	6	2	0	1	0	0	2-4	0-0	2-2	-7
Thomas Bryant C	8	4	3	1	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	-7
Christian Braun G	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	0

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keldon Johnson F	36	23	8	6	2	3	8-17	3-5	4-4	+9
Jeremy Sochan F	32	19	8	3	1	4	9-16	0-3	1-1	-4
Devin Vassell G-F	31	14	2	4	0	1	6-15	2-7	0-0	-7
Doug McDermott F	28	20	5	1	1	1	7-8	4-4	2-3	+17
Malaki Branham F	26	4	4	3	1	2	2-7	0-2	0-0	-12
Tre Jones G	25	14	2	8	3	3	5-7	0-1	4-5	+21
Zach Collins F-C	21	10	9	3	1	3	4-9	1-5	1-2	-3
Charles Bassey G	15	4	4	1	1	0	2-4	0-1	0-0	+8
Keita Bates-Diop F	13	9	4	0	0	1	4-6	1-2	0-0	+8
Sandro Mamukelashvili F	12	11	4	2	0	0	4-5	2-3	1-2	+3

🔬 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	37	69.4	33.0	-2.3	19.5
Jamal Murray	Bench	37	24	52.7	29.7	-3.3	10.5
Aaron Gordon	Bench	34	14	78.8	15.0	+3.1	8.8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	37	13	73.2	10.1	-4.6	9.9
Bruce Brown	Bench	25	8	45.0	20.4	-5.6	1.0
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	20	7	70.0	9.6	-5.3	4.7
Jeff Green	Bench	16	6	61.5	13.2	-22.9	9.7
Thomas Bryant	Bench	8	4	50.0	22.2	-52.1	16.7
Reggie Jackson	Bench	17	4	29.1	17.5	-22.4	1.3
Christian Braun	Bench	7	3	75.0	11.1	0.0	6.1
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
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jack White	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Keldon Johnson	Bench	36	23	61.3	22.1	+9.6	12.8
Doug McDermott	Bench	28	20	107.3	13.9	+27.4	14.6
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	32	19	57.8	23.5	-7.0	10.6
Devin Vassell	Bench	31	14	46.7	21.3	-11.9	5.0
Tre Jones	Bench	25	14	76.1	17.9	+28.8	15.7
Sandro Mamukelashvili	Bench	12	11	93.5	21.4	+7.5	21.3
Zach Collins	Bench	21	10	50.6	24.1	-3.7	8.7
Keita Bates-Diop	Bench	13	9	75.0	21.2	+24.4	17.2
Malaki Branham	Bench	26	4	28.6	13.6	-18.5	-0.3
Charles Bassey	Bench	15	4	50.0	9.8	+20.2	6.4
Devonte' Graham	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gorgui Dieng	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Romeo Langford	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0