Denver Nuggets 130, Utah Jazz 117 — Recap

April 1, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 130, Utah Jazz 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 39-28 UTA; Q2 DEN 29-26 UTA; Q3 DEN 29-36 UTA; Q4 DEN 33-27 UTA.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 37 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 10 threes on 12-of-26 shooting; Brice Sensabaugh (UTA) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Kyle Filipowski (UTA) 25 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Cameron Johnson (DEN) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Christian Braun (DEN) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

37 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 10 3PM · 12-26 FG

Scoring · UTA

Brice Sensabaugh

28 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · UTA

Kyle Filipowski

25 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-15 FG

Season highs

Cody Williams · Season-high 9 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 18 largest lead Q2 7:50 (DEN 51, UTA 33) · 12-0 run, Q1 11:48–Q1 9:41

UTA 0 largest lead Never led · 10-0 run, Q1 3:58–Q1 2:21

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	39	29	29	33		130
UTA	28	26	36	27		117

🧮 How They Scored

DENUTA

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

33Bench points35

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.3%Effective FG%52.6%

11.2%Turnover %10.2%

27.3%Offensive rebound %23.1%

0.348Free-throw rate0.263

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	37	37	5	5	1	2	1	12-26	10-16	3-3	+20
Cameron Johnson F	35	19	9	6	2	0	1	7-13	3-7	2-2	+16
Nikola Jokic C	33	15	17	12	0	0	5	5-10	0-1	5-7	+10
Christian Braun G	31	18	6	4	0	0	0	7-11	1-3	3-3	+15
Aaron Gordon F	28	6	2	2	2	0	2	1-7	1-4	3-4	+3
Bruce Brown G	27	11	3	1	4	1	0	4-8	0-2	3-4	+8
Jonas Valanciunas C	13	13	6	0	0	1	1	3-6	0-0	7-8	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Peyton Watson G	9	6	3	0	0	0	1	3-5	0-2	0-0	+6
Julian Strawther G	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
DaRon Holmes II F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Jalen Pickett G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
K.J. Simpson G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cody Williams F	38	9	2	9	1	0	3	3-10	1-3	2-2	-14
Brice Sensabaugh F	33	28	6	4	1	1	4	11-18	6-9	0-1	+4
Airious Bailey F	33	12	1	2	0	0	2	5-17	1-9	1-2	-15
Kennedy Chandler G	32	16	5	6	1	1	0	5-14	0-4	6-8	-7
Kyle Filipowski C	31	25	12	3	0	1	1	9-15	3-8	4-5	+8
John Konchar G-F	29	12	10	6	2	1	1	4-7	1-3	3-5	-10
Bez Mbeng G	23	7	1	2	1	0	0	3-6	0-1	1-2	-17
Oscar Tshiebwe F-C	21	8	7	0	1	0	1	4-8	0-0	0-0	-14

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	37	37	67.7	28.6	+20.0	17.1
Cameron Johnson	Starter	35	19	68.4	16.5	+16.3	13.5
Christian Braun	Starter	31	18	73.1	14.6	+16.9	13.0
Nikola Jokic	Starter	33	15	57.3	20.2	+11.5	16.3
Aaron Gordon	Starter	28	6	34.2	14.9	+6.5	1.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	13	13	68.3	35.5	+26.1	24.2
Bruce Brown	Bench	27	11	56.4	14.3	+12.9	10.5
Peyton Watson	Bench	09	6	60.0	27.3	+34.8	11.3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	10	3	75.0	8.0	+26.1	5.4
Tyus Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-90.0	-66.7
Julian Strawther	Bench	09	0	0.0	8.3	-31.8	-10.1
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-90.0	0.0
K.J. Simpson	Bench	02	0	0.0	25.0	-90.0	-266.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brice Sensabaugh	Starter	33	28	75.9	27.8	+8.8	14.3
Kyle Filipowski	Starter	31	25	72.7	23.7	+12.8	16.0
Airious Bailey	Starter	33	12	33.6	23.3	-19.5	-0.6
Cody Williams	Starter	38	9	41.4	15.4	-15.6	4.4
Oscar Tshiebwe	Starter	21	8	50.0	17.0	-37.4	7.5
John Konchar	Bench	29	12	65.2	13.5	-13.7	15.2
Kevin Love	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Collier	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Elijah Harkless	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0