LA Clippers 121, Denver Nuggets 108 — Recap

December 25, 2020 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): LA Clippers 121, Denver Nuggets 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAC 32-26 DEN; Q2 LAC 40-29 DEN; Q3 LAC 26-24 DEN; Q4 LAC 23-29 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Paul George (LAC) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

24 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · LAC

Paul George

23 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 5 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

23 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 9-20 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
LAC	32	40	26	23		121
DEN	26	29	24	29		108

🧮 How They Scored

LACDEN

30Points in the paint50

8Fast-break points5

14Second-chance points10

22Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

68.2%Effective FG%52.5%

17.6%Turnover %12.1%

29.0%Offensive rebound %25.6%

0.324Free-throw rate0.383

Box Score

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paul George F	37	23	5	9	1	0	6	8-14	5-9	2-2	+14
Nicolas Batum F-G	36	13	10	4	1	1	2	5-8	2-5	1-1	+13
Kawhi Leonard F	30	21	5	7	4	1	2	8-14	2-4	3-3	+13
Lou Williams G	24	8	4	3	1	0	1	3-7	2-4	0-0	+4
Patrick Beverley G	22	9	2	0	2	0	1	3-6	2-5	1-2	+5
Serge Ibaka F-C	21	15	2	2	0	1	1	6-9	2-2	1-1	+10
Luke Kennard G	20	8	6	2	0	0	2	2-6	2-4	2-2	+6
Ivica Zubac C	19	12	0	0	0	1	2	2-2	0-0	8-11	+9
Reggie Jackson G	13	5	1	3	0	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	-4
Patrick Patterson F	11	5	3	2	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	2-2	+2
Terance Mann G	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Mfiondu Kabengele F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	38	24	9	10	1	0	5	7-13	1-4	9-11	-20
Jamal Murray G	37	23	5	3	1	0	3	9-20	4-11	1-2	-3
Monte Morris G	30	13	1	4	1	0	0	3-7	1-3	6-7	-5
Will Barton G	29	15	5	3	1	0	1	4-10	1-4	6-9	0
Michael Porter Jr. F	23	10	3	2	2	0	0	4-9	2-6	0-0	-14
Paul Millsap F	22	8	1	0	0	0	0	3-5	1-2	1-2	-10
Gary Harris G	22	2	1	2	1	0	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	-12
PJ Dozier G-F	19	7	2	0	0	0	1	3-5	1-2	0-0	+1
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	10	6	5	1	0	1	0	3-5	0-0	0-0	+7
Bol Bol C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Facundo Campazzo G	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Paul George	Bench	37	23	77.3	24.1	+16.8	17.5
Kawhi Leonard	Bench	30	21	68.5	24.3	+19.5	21.4
Serge Ibaka	Bench	21	15	79.4	22.7	+28.5	12.4
Nicolas Batum	Bench	36	13	77.0	12.2	+17.8	12.7
Ivica Zubac	Bench	19	12	87.7	20.5	+22.5	4.8
Patrick Beverley	Bench	22	9	65.4	18.2	+9.7	3.3
Luke Kennard	Bench	20	8	58.1	18.8	+16.5	10.4
Lou Williams	Bench	24	8	57.1	15.7	+10.6	10.9
Reggie Jackson	Bench	13	5	41.7	21.4	-16.0	4.1
Patrick Patterson	Bench	11	5	133.0	10.0	+3.1	7.3
Terance Mann	Bench	5	2	100.0	9.1	-25.0	5.7
Amir Coffey	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mfiondu Kabengele	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-150.0	0.0
Daniel Oturu	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	24	67.3	26.4	-26.0	18.7
Jamal Murray	Bench	37	23	55.1	27.9	-5.7	8.0
Will Barton	Bench	29	15	53.7	22.7	-4.3	8.8
Monte Morris	Bench	30	13	64.5	14.7	-8.2	11.4
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	23	10	55.6	17.0	-24.8	11.3
Paul Millsap	Bench	22	8	68.0	11.5	-24.9	2.6
PJ Dozier	Bench	19	7	70.0	14.3	+5.9	5.1
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	10	6	60.0	20.0	+22.3	19.8
Gary Harris	Bench	22	2	20.0	13.2	-25.5	-2.4
Bol Bol	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	-31.1	-2.8
Markus Howard	Bench	0	0	0.0	100.0	0.0	50.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	3	0	0.0	12.5	-110.7	-5.0