Denver Nuggets 114, Utah Jazz 118 — Recap

April 8, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 114, Utah Jazz 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 19-32 UTA; Q2 DEN 36-26 UTA; Q3 DEN 40-31 UTA; Q4 DEN 19-29 UTA.

Top performers (box score): Ochai Agbaji (UTA) 28 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-25 shooting; Luka Samanic (UTA) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (DEN) 21 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Kris Dunn (UTA) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 14 assists on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · UTA

Ochai Agbaji

28 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 10-25 FG

Scoring · UTA

Luka Samanic

23 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · DEN

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

21 PTS, 0 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Ochai Agbaji · Season-high 28 pointsLuka Samanic · Season-high 23 pointsKris Dunn · Season-high 14 assistsUdoka Azubuike · Season-high 11 reboundsMicah Potter · Season-high 10 rebounds

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	19	36	40	19		114
UTA	32	26	31	29		118

🧮 How They Scored

DENUTA

46Points in the paint64

12Fast-break points16

12Second-chance points26

22Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.9%Effective FG%49.5%

12.2%Turnover %12.7%

10.6%Offensive rebound %32.1%

0.267Free-throw rate0.230

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	29	21	0	3	1	2	1	7-12	6-8	1-1	-1
Jamal Murray G	28	20	4	5	1	1	3	7-13	4-10	2-2	+1
Aaron Gordon F	28	15	4	2	0	0	0	6-10	1-2	2-3	+1
Nikola Jokic C	27	6	10	10	2	0	4	2-5	0-1	2-2	-5
Christian Braun G	26	14	6	1	3	1	0	5-8	0-2	4-5	+4
Reggie Jackson G	22	7	4	3	0	0	1	3-12	1-8	0-0	+12
Michael Porter Jr. F	20	15	4	2	0	0	1	6-14	3-9	0-0	-12
Peyton Watson G	17	6	3	4	0	3	0	1-1	0-0	4-7	+1
Jeff Green F	12	3	1	1	0	1	1	1-3	0-1	1-2	+5
Vlatko Cancar F	12	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	-10
Zeke Nnaji F-C	12	1	3	0	0	1	1	0-3	0-2	1-2	-10
Ish Smith G	7	4	1	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	-6

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kris Dunn G	37	19	8	14	3	1	3	6-13	0-0	7-8	+20
Ochai Agbaji G	35	28	3	3	1	0	4	10-25	3-11	5-5	-1
Luka Samanic F	31	23	8	1	2	0	3	9-14	3-6	2-4	+10
Udoka Azubuike C-F	30	8	11	1	0	1	1	3-4	0-0	2-3	+12
Juan Toscano-Anderson F	30	7	6	5	1	0	1	2-9	0-2	3-3	+15
Simone Fontecchio F	23	15	6	4	1	0	3	6-15	3-8	0-0	+1
Micah Potter F	21	10	10	1	1	0	1	4-7	2-4	0-0	-9
Damian Jones C	18	6	5	1	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	-10
Johnny Juzang G	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-9	0-4	0-0	-18

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	29	21	84.4	18.1	-1.5	11.3
Jamal Murray	Bench	28	20	72.0	21.6	-1.7	11.6
Aaron Gordon	Bench	28	15	66.3	14.9	-1.7	9.2
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	20	15	53.6	28.3	-27.7	9.5
Christian Braun	Bench	26	14	68.6	17.5	+7.4	18.4
Reggie Jackson	Bench	22	7	29.2	26.5	+27.5	4.0
Nikola Jokic	Bench	27	6	51.0	15.2	-8.2	13.5
Peyton Watson	Bench	17	6	73.5	10.8	+5.8	14.9
Ish Smith	Bench	7	4	50.0	31.3	-47.6	3.6
Jeff Green	Bench	12	3	38.7	17.9	+15.1	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	12	2	20.0	23.1	-41.7	-5.2
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	12	1	12.9	19.2	-41.7	-6.5
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jack White	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ochai Agbaji	Bench	35	28	51.5	33.7	+0.2	8.4
Luka Samanic	Bench	31	23	73.0	24.1	+16.5	14.3
Kris Dunn	Bench	37	19	57.5	19.6	+24.4	18.3
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	23	15	50.0	29.0	+4.0	9.0
Micah Potter	Bench	21	10	71.4	14.0	-22.0	17.8
Udoka Azubuike	Bench	30	8	75.2	7.7	+20.9	10.4
Juan Toscano-Anderson	Bench	30	7	33.9	13.6	+23.2	3.8
Damian Jones	Bench	18	6	75.0	8.5	-23.3	10.0
Johnny Juzang	Bench	15	2	11.1	23.7	-50.9	-7.1
Collin Sexton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0