Golden State Warriors 121, Denver Nuggets 126 — Recap

April 24, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Golden State Warriors 121, Denver Nuggets 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 GSW 21-26 DEN; Q2 GSW 31-37 DEN; Q3 GSW 37-35 DEN; Q4 GSW 32-28 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 37 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 14-of-21 shooting; Stephen Curry (GSW) 33 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Klay Thompson (GSW) 32 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 7 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

37 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 14-21 FG

Scoring · GSW

Stephen Curry

33 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · GSW

Klay Thompson

32 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 7 3PM · 12-20 FG

Season highs

Monte Morris · Season-high 24 points

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
GSW	21	31	37	32		121
DEN	26	37	35	28		126

🧮 How They Scored

GSWDEN

56Points in the paint46

11Fast-break points15

16Second-chance points10

28Points off turnovers30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.0%Effective FG%66.4%

13.0%Turnover %18.4%

24.3%Offensive rebound %15.6%

0.372Free-throw rate0.493

Box Score

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jordan Poole G	39	11	2	9	3	0	3	3-10	1-5	4-4	-6
Stephen Curry G	37	33	3	8	4	1	2	10-23	3-11	10-14	-4
Andrew Wiggins F-G	37	20	6	1	2	2	1	9-16	1-3	1-2	+5
Draymond Green F	34	13	11	6	2	0	2	5-6	0-1	3-3	+18
Klay Thompson G	31	32	4	0	2	0	2	12-20	7-11	1-2	+9
Otto Porter Jr. F	15	1	3	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	1-2	-16
Andre Iguodala G-F	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	0-3	0-1	0-0	-10
Kevon Looney F	12	2	5	1	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Jonathan Kuminga F	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	3-5	-3
Gary Payton II G	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-9
Nemanja Bjelica F	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-9

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	38	37	8	6	0	0	7	14-21	3-5	6-6	-2
Austin Rivers G	36	3	0	3	5	0	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	+12
Aaron Gordon F	35	21	6	4	1	2	2	5-11	1-3	10-13	-7
Will Barton G	32	6	5	1	2	0	1	2-7	2-5	0-0	-12
Monte Morris G	29	24	2	5	0	0	3	7-11	5-7	5-5	-8
Nah'Shon Hyland G	20	15	4	7	1	0	3	5-10	3-6	2-4	+13
Jeff Green F	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-1	0
JaMychal Green F	14	7	2	0	0	0	1	3-3	0-0	1-1	+9
Bryn Forbes G	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+13
DeMarcus Cousins C	10	10	4	2	0	0	1	3-3	0-0	4-6	+7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Stephen Curry	Bench	37	33	56.6	32.2	-3.6	19.1
Klay Thompson	Bench	31	32	76.6	32.4	+12.1	15.5
Andrew Wiggins	Bench	37	20	59.2	20.0	+8.0	10.2
Draymond Green	Bench	34	13	88.8	10.8	+23.4	14.6
Jordan Poole	Bench	39	11	46.8	15.6	-8.7	7.1
Jonathan Kuminga	Bench	11	9	72.6	20.7	-11.1	10.9
Kevon Looney	Bench	12	2	50.0	9.1	+7.7	7.2
Otto Porter Jr.	Bench	15	1	56.8	7.3	-47.9	-6.5
Gary Payton II	Bench	7	0	0.0	5.6	-70.5	0.0
Andre Iguodala	Bench	13	0	0.0	17.9	-33.8	-28.8
Nemanja Bjelica	Bench	5	0	0.0	7.7	-95.5	6.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	37	78.3	34.8	-6.9	20.2
Monte Morris	Bench	29	24	90.9	24.6	-13.1	13.5
Aaron Gordon	Bench	35	21	62.8	23.8	-11.2	10.7
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	20	15	63.8	30.6	+29.5	22.1
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	10	10	88.7	27.3	+45.9	24.0
JaMychal Green	Bench	14	7	101.7	12.5	+30.0	10.0
Will Barton	Bench	32	6	42.9	10.4	-19.6	3.5
Jeff Green	Bench	16	3	104.2	2.6	+3.3	3.6
Austin Rivers	Bench	36	3	30.0	8.4	+14.1	0.7
Bryn Forbes	Bench	11	0	0.0	4.2	+54.2	-9.7
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0