Denver Nuggets 107, Washington Wizards 97 — Recap

January 22, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 107, Washington Wizards 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 27-23 WAS; Q2 DEN 21-23 WAS; Q3 DEN 33-29 WAS; Q4 DEN 26-22 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Peyton Watson (DEN) 35 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; KyShawn George (WAS) 20 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; Tre Johnson (WAS) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (DEN) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Peyton Watson

35 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

24 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · WAS

KyShawn George

20 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 6-17 FG

Season highs

Peyton Watson · Season-high 35 points

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 12 largest lead Q3 5:08 (DEN 70, WAS 58) · 9-0 run, Q4 8:34–Q4 6:14

WAS 1 largest lead Q2 6:21 (DEN 33, WAS 34) · 7-0 run, Q2 1:44–Q3 11:42

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Bruce Brown makes driving layup (Aaron Gordon assists) (Q4 8:34, DEN 85, WAS 83).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	27	21	33	26		107
WAS	23	23	29	22		97

🧮 How They Scored

DENWAS

46Points in the paint36

8Fast-break points9

12Second-chance points15

11Points off turnovers13

14Bench points21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%45.8%

10.4%Turnover %12.9%

28.2%Offensive rebound %28.6%

0.313Free-throw rate0.286

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson G	40	35	8	3	2	4	1	10-16	6-8	9-10	+13
Jamal Murray G	36	24	4	5	2	1	4	9-17	2-5	4-5	+18
Aaron Gordon F	33	16	5	5	1	0	0	5-12	1-6	5-5	+23
Jalen Pickett G	33	2	5	5	1	0	3	0-4	0-1	2-2	+16
Spencer Jones F	28	2	5	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Jonas Valanciunas C	22	16	9	2	0	0	0	6-13	0-1	4-4	-3
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	20	2	3	0	1	0	2	1-8	0-5	0-0	-8
Bruce Brown G	18	6	6	2	2	0	1	3-8	0-0	0-0	-7
Zeke Nnaji F-C	10	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-2

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Carlton Carrington G	38	13	2	2	3	2	5	4-14	3-13	2-2	-18
Alexandre Sarr C	37	15	8	4	1	1	0	5-13	0-1	5-6	-9
KyShawn George F	34	20	12	7	1	0	3	6-17	2-6	6-6	-4
Tre Johnson G	34	19	3	3	0	1	2	7-14	3-7	2-2	-11
Khris Middleton F	28	9	2	0	1	0	1	3-11	1-6	2-2	-18
Will Riley F	21	13	4	0	1	0	2	4-10	3-7	2-4	+5
Justin Champagnie F	18	3	2	3	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2
Jamir Watkins F	18	3	5	1	1	1	1	1-2	0-1	1-2	+2
Anthony Gill F	12	2	4	0	0	1	0	1-1	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
Peyton Watson	Starter	40	35	85.8	24.7	+16.9	24.7
Jamal Murray	Starter	36	24	62.5	26.5	+23.6	15.3
Aaron Gordon	Starter	33	16	56.3	18.4	+33.4	13.6
Jonas Valanciunas	Starter	22	16	54.2	28.8	-4.6	17.9
Jalen Pickett	Starter	33	2	20.5	10.7	+24.6	3.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	18	6	37.5	20.0	-17.9	12.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	10	4	66.7	12.5	-9.5	10.3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	20	2	12.5	21.7	-16.8	-5.5
Spencer Jones	Bench	28	2	50.0	3.2	+1.8	4.7
Julian Strawther	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
KyShawn George	Starter	34	20	50.9	27.7	-7.2	15.2
Tre Johnson	Starter	34	19	63.8	21.3	-18.0	9.7
Alexandre Sarr	Starter	37	15	48.0	19.0	-12.3	11.8
Carlton Carrington	Starter	38	13	43.7	22.5	-23.7	2.3
Khris Middleton	Starter	28	9	37.9	20.0	-32.7	-1.4
Will Riley	Bench	21	13	55.3	28.6	+9.6	8.9
Justin Champagnie	Bench	18	3	75.0	4.5	+5.3	9.8
Jamir Watkins	Bench	18	3	52.1	9.5	+10.0	6.9
Anthony Gill	Bench	12	2	100.0	3.4	+7.4	14.1
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Malaki Branham	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
AJ Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0