Denver Nuggets 127, Washington Wizards 109 — Recap

March 16, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 127, Washington Wizards 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 34-28 WAS; Q2 DEN 39-24 WAS; Q3 DEN 31-29 WAS; Q4 DEN 23-28 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Deni Avdija (WAS) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-10 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (DEN) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (WAS) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists on 5-of-10 shooting; Corey Kispert (WAS) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 13 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 10-14 FG

Scoring · WAS

Deni Avdija

19 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST · 7-10 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nah'Shon Hyland

17 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 6-10 FG

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	34	39	31	23		127
WAS	28	24	29	28		109

🧮 How They Scored

DENWAS

56Points in the paint64

4Fast-break points19

5Second-chance points14

14Points off turnovers9

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.4%Effective FG%50.0%

8.3%Turnover %9.0%

18.6%Offensive rebound %28.3%

0.233Free-throw rate0.356

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Monte Morris G	31	15	1	4	1	0	1	6-11	3-7	0-0	+8
JaMychal Green F	27	2	5	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+6
Nikola Jokic C	26	29	13	8	2	1	3	10-14	2-2	7-7	+16
Will Barton G	26	4	2	5	2	0	0	1-6	0-4	2-2	+10
Nah'Shon Hyland G	24	17	6	5	1	0	2	6-10	2-4	3-3	+3
Aaron Gordon F	22	14	2	0	0	1	0	6-13	1-2	1-1	+13
Austin Rivers G	21	13	3	2	0	0	1	4-7	2-4	3-3	+8
Jeff Green F	21	6	4	1	1	0	0	2-3	0-0	2-2	+12
DeMarcus Cousins C	20	14	5	3	0	1	1	6-12	1-4	1-2	+1
Bryn Forbes G	17	10	0	0	0	0	0	3-9	3-8	1-1	+10
Markus Howard G	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	+1
Facundo Campazzo G	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Davon Reed G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Corey Kispert F	34	15	3	0	0	1	2	6-10	2-5	1-2	-4
Deni Avdija F	28	19	7	3	0	0	0	7-10	0-1	5-6	-14
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	27	12	4	1	2	0	2	4-10	2-5	2-4	-13
Rui Hachimura F	27	12	7	3	2	0	0	6-15	0-5	0-0	-6
Kyle Kuzma F	27	6	9	7	1	0	2	3-10	0-3	0-0	-22
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	23	16	7	1	0	3	2	5-10	0-2	6-9	-19
Ish Smith G	23	7	2	2	2	1	0	3-12	1-1	0-0	-13
Raul Neto G	19	4	3	6	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Daniel Gafford F	14	7	3	1	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	5-6	+3
Thomas Bryant C	11	9	1	1	0	1	0	3-4	0-1	3-4	-2
Tomas Satoransky G-F	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Anthony Gill F	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	26	29	84.9	32.8	+30.4	32.1
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	24	17	75.1	24.5	+8.5	17.9
Monte Morris	Bench	31	15	68.2	17.4	+16.2	8.2
Aaron Gordon	Bench	22	14	52.1	25.5	+29.8	6.3
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	20	14	54.3	31.1	+2.4	10.2
Austin Rivers	Bench	21	13	78.1	18.8	+17.8	14.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	17	10	53.0	22.0	+20.8	2.5
Jeff Green	Bench	21	6	77.3	8.2	+26.7	9.7
Will Barton	Bench	26	4	29.1	11.7	+20.1	4.7
Markus Howard	Bench	1	3	75.0	66.7	+50.0	40.0
JaMychal Green	Bench	27	2	33.3	6.7	+15.0	-0.4
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+50.0	20.0
Davon Reed	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+50.0	0.0

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Deni Avdija	Bench	28	19	75.2	18.8	-22.6	16.1
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	23	16	57.3	28.1	-36.6	9.3
Corey Kispert	Bench	34	15	68.9	15.9	-7.4	5.8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	27	12	51.0	20.9	-24.1	6.7
Rui Hachimura	Bench	27	12	40.0	23.1	-14.8	8.3
Thomas Bryant	Bench	11	9	78.1	21.4	-17.0	14.7
Daniel Gafford	Bench	14	7	75.4	19.4	+6.9	9.0
Ish Smith	Bench	23	7	29.2	21.1	-26.5	3.0
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	27	6	30.0	18.2	-36.3	9.6
Raul Neto	Bench	19	4	66.7	9.3	-10.5	10.2
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	5	2	100.0	11.1	+20.8	16.0
Anthony Gill	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-2.4	9.4