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DEN 3-3
136 – 131
FINAL
SAS 5-2

Denver Nuggets 136, San Antonio Spurs 131 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 136, San Antonio Spurs 131. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 25-37 SAS; Q2 DEN 28-32 SAS; Q3 DEN 41-37 SAS; Q4 DEN 42-25 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 39 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-21 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 31 points, 20 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Stephon Castle (SAS) 30 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; De'Aaron Fox (SAS) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Harrison Barnes (SAS) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN
Jamal Murray
39 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 11-21 FG
Scoring · DEN
Nikola Jokic
31 PTS, 20 REB, 12 AST, 2 3PM · 9-17 FG
Scoring · SAS
Stephon Castle
30 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST, 4 3PM · 7-15 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DEN 9 largest lead Q4 3:02 (DEN 128, SAS 119) · 11-0 run, Q4 10:43–Q4 9:17
SAS 20 largest lead Q2 6:45 (DEN 33, SAS 53) · 8-0 run, Q2 8:28–Q2 6:45
Swings 1 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Q4 4:38, DEN 121, SAS 119).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 3:02 Cameron Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)DEN · DEN 128, SAS 119
  • Q4 2:47 De'Aaron Fox makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephon Castle assists)SAS · DEN 128, SAS 122
  • Q4 2:12 Cameron Johnson makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Spencer Jones assists)DEN · DEN 130, SAS 122
  • Q4 1:55 Stephon Castle makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devin Vassell assists)SAS · DEN 130, SAS 125
  • Q4 1:23 Harrison Barnes makes free throw 1 of 2SAS · DEN 130, SAS 126
  • Q4 1:23 Harrison Barnes makes free throw 2 of 2SAS · DEN 130, SAS 127
  • Q4 1:00 Jamal Murray makes 6-foot turnaround jump shotDEN · DEN 132, SAS 127
  • Q4 0:56 De'Aaron Fox makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Stephon Castle assists)SAS · DEN 132, SAS 129
  • Q4 0:12 Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2DEN · DEN 133, SAS 129
  • Q4 0:12 Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2DEN · DEN 134, SAS 129
  • Q4 0:04 Harrison Barnes makes 3-foot reverse layupSAS · DEN 134, SAS 131
  • Q4 0:01 Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2DEN · DEN 135, SAS 131

Linescore

1234 T
DEN 25284142 136
SAS 37323725 131

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAS
56Points in the paint42
13Fast-break points9
15Second-chance points21
7Points off turnovers15
21Bench points48
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
56.8%Effective FG%55.3%
8.7%Turnover %8.4%
15.9%Offensive rebound %23.1%
0.432Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jamal Murray G 40392710411-212-615-15+13
Nikola Jokic C 393120123239-172-611-11+8
Christian Braun G 3811921013-112-73-4+22
Spencer Jones F 3319422208-133-60-0+14
Cameron Johnson F 3115510006-81-22-2+8
Tim Hardaway Jr. G 191210020-40-31-2-4
Bruce Brown G 176100002-50-22-2-6
Julian Strawther G 1510211004-62-40-0-11
Jonas Valanciunas C 54210001-30-02-2-8
Tyus Jones G 30000000-00-00-0-11

San Antonio Spurs

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
De'Aaron Fox G 36273910410-194-103-6-5
Stephon Castle G 353011100027-154-812-13-11
Devin Vassell G-F 3218132015-144-104-5-10
Harrison Barnes F 2720711016-102-56-7+1
Luke Kornet F-C 250302200-00-00-0-11
Dylan Harper G 2313550116-121-30-0+9
Julian Champagnie F 238710013-72-40-0-3
Keldon Johnson F 225730102-121-50-0-2
Carter Bryant F 910310004-61-21-1+7
Mason Plumlee F-C 80212000-00-00-00

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Jamal Murray Starter 403970.731.3+15.515.1
Nikola Jokic Starter 393171.026.0+9.024.0
Spencer Jones Starter 331973.116.9+25.011.0
Cameron Johnson Starter 311584.512.2+12.98.8
Christian Braun Starter 381143.115.7+29.54.9
Julian Strawther Bench 151083.317.6-30.113.3
Bruce Brown Bench 17651.014.6-8.51.9
Jonas Valanciunas Bench 05451.530.8-71.814.8
Tim Hardaway Jr. Bench 19110.214.6-12.0-7.3
Tyus Jones Bench 0300.00.0-132.10.0
Zeke Nnaji Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jalen Pickett Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Stephon Castle Starter 353072.425.3-17.118.3
De'Aaron Fox Starter 362762.427.4-13.28.5
Devin Vassell Starter 321855.621.3-20.86.2
Julian Champagnie Starter 23857.113.6-7.66.9
Luke Kornet Starter 2500.00.0-22.02.0
Harrison Barnes Bench 272076.519.2-4.714.0
Dylan Harper Bench 231354.221.0+17.010.8
Carter Bryant Bench 091077.620.7+24.617.8
Keldon Johnson Bench 22520.820.7-9.31.3
Bismack Biyombo Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Kelly Olynyk Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Mason Plumlee Bench 0800.00.00.08.4
Jordan McLaughlin Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Lindy Waters III Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series DEN 1 – 1 SAS
Last 19 meetings · since 2020-21 DEN 11 – 8 SAS
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Denver Nuggets 41-26 W2 L10 5-5 Next game recap: @ LAL · Sat, Mar 14
San Antonio Spurs 48-19 L1 L10 8-2 Next game recap: vs CHA · Sat, Mar 14

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