Denver Nuggets 128, San Antonio Spurs 118 — Recap

April 12, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 128, San Antonio Spurs 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 37-34 SAS; Q2 DEN 33-22 SAS; Q3 DEN 31-35 SAS; Q4 DEN 27-27 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Julian Strawther (DEN) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; De'Aaron Fox (SAS) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Devin Vassell (SAS) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Keldon Johnson (SAS) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Julian Strawther

25 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 9-19 FG

Scoring · SAS

De'Aaron Fox

24 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-21 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

23 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Julian Strawther · Season-high 25 pointsCurtis Jones · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 23 largest lead Q2 3:02 (DEN 63, SAS 40) · 19-0 run, Q2 9:47–Q2 3:02

SAS 5 largest lead Q1 10:23 (DEN 2, SAS 7) · 7-0 run, Q1 3:50–Q1 3:01

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Bruce Brown makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Q1 6:32, DEN 17, SAS 16).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	37	33	31	27		128
SAS	34	22	35	27		118

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAS

50Points in the paint54

6Fast-break points19

22Second-chance points14

14Points off turnovers14

40Bench points56

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.9%Effective FG%53.0%

9.5%Turnover %7.8%

27.9%Offensive rebound %29.8%

0.218Free-throw rate0.182

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julian Strawther G	34	25	6	3	1	0	3	9-19	4-8	3-4	+2
Curtis Jones G	32	13	5	3	1	0	1	4-5	4-4	1-2	+6
Jalen Pickett G	30	11	3	6	0	1	2	4-13	1-5	2-4	+11
Bruce Brown G	28	14	4	5	1	0	1	7-8	0-1	0-0	+12
Tyus Jones G	21	5	5	4	0	0	1	2-7	1-4	0-0	+6
Zeke Nnaji F-C	20	6	2	2	0	0	0	3-6	0-2	0-0	-9
Jonas Valanciunas C	19	16	11	4	0	1	1	8-16	0-2	0-0	+12
Nikola Jokic C	18	23	8	1	0	1	0	7-12	1-2	8-8	+6
DaRon Holmes II F	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0-1	0-1	0-1	-3

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
De'Aaron Fox G	33	24	6	5	0	1	0	8-21	4-14	4-4	+2
Devin Vassell G-F	33	19	4	2	2	0	3	7-13	3-8	2-2	-2
Carter Bryant F	30	13	5	5	0	3	1	6-13	1-7	0-1	+2
Stephon Castle G	30	10	11	9	1	0	2	3-10	2-3	2-4	-11
Harrison Barnes F	25	12	1	1	1	0	0	5-11	2-5	0-0	-5
Julian Champagnie F	25	7	4	1	0	1	1	3-7	1-4	0-0	-17
Keldon Johnson F	22	18	6	1	0	0	1	6-12	2-5	4-6	+10
Dylan Harper G	18	9	3	1	1	0	0	4-9	0-1	1-1	-14
Mason Plumlee F-C	16	2	3	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Bismack Biyombo C	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-14
Jordan McLaughlin G	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julian Strawther	Starter	34	25	60.2	25.8	+4.2	11.1
Nikola Jokic	Starter	18	23	74.1	31.4	+15.0	24.4
Bruce Brown	Starter	28	14	87.5	13.0	+16.1	12.9
Zeke Nnaji	Starter	20	6	50.0	12.2	-18.1	3.4
Tyus Jones	Starter	21	5	35.7	16.0	+14.0	5.8
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	19	16	50.0	37.8	+33.3	20.6
Curtis Jones	Bench	32	13	110.5	8.6	+10.8	11.5
Jalen Pickett	Bench	30	11	37.3	20.0	+18.9	5.6
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	04	0	0.0	16.7	-16.7	-4.2
K.J. Simpson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spencer Jones	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
De'Aaron Fox	Starter	33	24	52.7	27.4	-0.6	11.8
Devin Vassell	Starter	33	19	68.4	20.0	-1.1	9.5
Stephon Castle	Starter	30	10	42.5	18.2	-22.2	11.0
Julian Champagnie	Starter	25	7	50.0	13.8	-35.6	4.6
Mason Plumlee	Starter	16	2	100.0	2.6	-13.8	5.0
Keldon Johnson	Bench	22	18	61.5	24.2	+18.2	11.8
Carter Bryant	Bench	30	13	48.4	17.7	+1.3	7.8
Harrison Barnes	Bench	25	12	54.5	18.0	-7.2	7.4
Dylan Harper	Bench	18	9	47.7	22.0	-31.3	7.7
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	06	2	100.0	20.0	-120.9	7.8
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	02	2	100.0	20.0	+150.0	20.0
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lindy Waters III	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harrison Ingram	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0