Denver Nuggets 120, San Antonio Spurs 121 — Recap

April 12, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 120, San Antonio Spurs 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 31-32 SAS; Q2 DEN 37-18 SAS; Q3 DEN 32-37 SAS; Q4 DEN 20-34 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 35 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 14-of-26 shooting; Victor Wembanyama (SAS) 34 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-27 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Sandro Mamukelashvili (SAS) 21 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Zach Collins (SAS) 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

35 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 14-26 FG

Scoring · SAS

Victor Wembanyama

34 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 12-27 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

22 PTS, 7 REB, 12 AST, 1 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Sandro Mamukelashvili · Season-high 21 points

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	31	37	32	20		120
SAS	32	18	37	34		121

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.9%Effective FG%63.7%

7.6%Turnover %16.3%

14.3%Offensive rebound %26.5%

0.123Free-throw rate0.288

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	39	22	7	12	2	1	3	9-13	1-2	3-3	—
Jamal Murray G	29	35	5	4	1	—	1	14-26	5-11	2-2	—
Michael Porter Jr. F	29	14	3	—	—	—	1	5-14	1-5	3-3	—
Aaron Gordon F	29	13	4	4	1	—	—	6-6	1-1	—	—
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	29	5	1	1	1	—	—	2-6	1-4	—	—
Christian Braun G	23	11	3	3	—	2	1	4-7	2-4	1-2	—
Peyton Watson G	19	6	7	—	1	1	1	3-8	0-1	—	—
Zeke Nnaji F-C	9	—	1	1	—	—	—	0-1	—	—	—

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tre Jones G	39	14	6	10	—	—	3	6-11	1-2	1-3	—
Victor Wembanyama F-C	37	34	12	5	1	2	7	12-27	5-12	5-7	—
Julian Champagnie F	37	14	5	2	—	—	1	4-5	2-3	4-4	—
Sandro Mamukelashvili F	30	21	12	2	—	1	2	8-14	3-5	2-4	—
Zach Collins F-C	21	15	6	3	1	1	2	5-9	2-3	3-3	—
Blake Wesley G	19	2	1	4	—	—	1	1-2	—	—	—
Sidy Cissoko G	17	8	3	—	—	—	—	4-5	0-1	—	—

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	29	35	65.1	39.7	-6.6	18.6
Nikola Jokic	Bench	39	22	76.8	18.2	-1.3	14.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	29	14	45.7	23.2	-11.3	3.1
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	13	108.3	8.8	+1.6	12.6
Christian Braun	Bench	23	11	69.8	19.1	+24.3	11.2
Peyton Watson	Bench	19	6	37.5	22.0	-5.1	7.1
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	29	5	41.7	8.7	-11.5	2.5
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	09	—	0.0	4.8	0.0	-7.0
Collin Gillespie	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	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
Victor Wembanyama	Bench	37	34	56.5	40.4	-15.3	14.9
Sandro Mamukelashvili	Bench	30	21	66.6	24.0	+0.2	14.7
Zach Collins	Bench	21	15	72.7	22.2	-14.8	18.6
Tre Jones	Bench	39	14	56.8	15.6	+17.8	10.1
Julian Champagnie	Bench	37	14	103.6	8.9	+9.5	9.8
Sidy Cissoko	Bench	17	8	80.0	12.8	+44.5	4.6
Blake Wesley	Bench	19	2	50.0	6.7	-68.3	2.8
Jamaree Bouyea	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0