Denver Nuggets 120, Utah Jazz 127 — Recap

May 7, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 120, Utah Jazz 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 41-40 UTA; Q2 DEN 32-29 UTA; Q3 DEN 26-29 UTA; Q4 DEN 21-29 UTA.

Top performers (box score): Bojan Bogdanovic (UTA) 48 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 threes on 16-of-23 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 31 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-11 shooting; Jordan Clarkson (UTA) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-20 shooting; Paul Millsap (DEN) 19 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · UTA

Bojan Bogdanovic

48 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 8 3PM · 16-23 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

31 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

24 PTS, 9 REB, 13 AST, 2 3PM · 9-11 FG

Season highs

Bojan Bogdanovic · Season-high 48 pointsBojan Bogdanovic · Season-high 8 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	41	32	26	21		120
UTA	40	29	29	29		127

🧮 How They Scored

DENUTA

48Points in the paint40

7Fast-break points14

13Second-chance points18

15Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.0%Effective FG%60.1%

15.6%Turnover %9.2%

23.7%Offensive rebound %23.7%

0.241Free-throw rate0.258

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	38	31	6	1	2	0	1	10-19	4-9	7-7	+3
Nikola Jokic C	35	24	9	13	0	1	5	9-11	2-2	4-4	-4
Facundo Campazzo G	33	5	8	9	1	0	2	2-10	1-7	0-0	-3
Aaron Gordon F	30	10	6	1	1	0	1	5-9	0-3	0-1	+1
Austin Rivers G	27	18	2	3	1	0	3	6-10	5-7	1-2	-12
Paul Millsap F	26	19	1	2	1	0	1	7-10	2-4	3-4	-3
JaMychal Green F	21	9	2	0	0	0	2	3-6	3-4	0-0	-2
Shaquille Harrison G	16	4	2	2	1	1	1	1-5	0-2	2-2	-12
JaVale McGee C	13	0	2	0	1	1	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	-3

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bojan Bogdanovic F	39	48	8	2	2	0	5	16-23	8-11	8-8	+4
Jordan Clarkson G	37	21	5	8	2	0	1	6-20	6-14	3-6	+12
Rudy Gobert C	35	14	9	2	1	2	1	5-9	0-0	4-4	-1
Joe Ingles F	35	10	3	9	1	0	1	3-9	2-6	2-2	-2
Royce O'Neale F	28	7	2	0	2	0	1	3-7	1-4	0-0	0
Georges Niang F	24	13	4	1	0	0	0	5-10	3-6	0-0	+5
Trent Forrest G	16	6	3	3	0	1	0	3-6	0-3	0-0	+2
Derrick Favors F-C	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-1	+8
Ersan Ilyasova F	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-1	2-2	0
Miye Oni G	5	0	1	2	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	38	31	70.2	25.6	+0.4	14.8
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	24	94.0	23.4	-3.7	17.9
Paul Millsap	Bench	26	19	80.8	23.6	-0.5	12.2
Austin Rivers	Bench	27	18	82.7	21.9	-19.1	10.4
Aaron Gordon	Bench	30	10	53.0	15.2	+5.4	7.6
JaMychal Green	Bench	21	9	75.0	16.3	-4.7	3.2
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	33	5	25.0	15.6	-4.3	6.5
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	16	4	34.0	17.1	-28.9	2.5
JaVale McGee	Bench	13	0	0.0	12.5	-11.1	-2.1

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Bojan Bogdanovic	Bench	39	48	90.5	33.7	+5.1	22.6
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	37	21	46.4	26.7	+16.0	8.1
Rudy Gobert	Bench	35	14	65.1	14.1	-4.4	10.7
Georges Niang	Bench	24	13	65.0	16.4	+4.7	6.5
Joe Ingles	Bench	35	10	50.6	13.1	-6.2	7.9
Royce O'Neale	Bench	28	7	50.0	11.9	-2.0	3.0
Trent Forrest	Bench	16	6	50.0	15.8	+2.1	11.3
Ersan Ilyasova	Bench	6	5	64.4	31.3	-8.8	5.3
Derrick Favors	Bench	13	3	104.2	3.2	+29.1	7.5
Miye Oni	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	+73.6	5.6