LA Clippers 124, Denver Nuggets 134 — Recap

February 26, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): LA Clippers 124, Denver Nuggets 134 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAC 22-35 DEN; Q2 LAC 36-31 DEN; Q3 LAC 30-31 DEN; Q4 LAC 32-23 DEN; OT1 LAC 4-14 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 40 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists on 14-of-21 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 33 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 29 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Paul George (LAC) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists on 6-of-13 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-22 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

40 PTS, 17 REB, 10 AST · 14-21 FG

Scoring · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

33 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

29 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 12-18 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	OT		T
LAC	22	36	30	32	4		124
DEN	35	31	31	23	14		134

🧮 How They Scored

LACDEN

46Points in the paint62

20Fast-break points12

11Second-chance points23

18Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.0%Effective FG%57.8%

10.4%Turnover %11.3%

13.3%Offensive rebound %25.6%

0.333Free-throw rate0.323

Box Score

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard F	39	33	6	2	0	1	2	12-19	3-4	6-8	-10
Paul George F	36	23	4	4	1	1	3	6-13	0-4	11-11	-18
Marcus Morris F	33	6	3	2	1	0	1	3-7	0-4	0-0	-17
Mason Plumlee F-C	27	7	10	1	0	2	1	2-2	0-0	3-5	-15
Russell Westbrook G	25	17	5	4	5	0	2	6-10	1-2	4-4	-12
Terance Mann G	25	7	3	3	0	0	0	3-7	1-4	0-0	+5
Eric Gordon G	25	0	3	2	1	1	1	0-4	0-1	0-0	-4
Nicolas Batum F-G	21	12	2	3	2	0	1	4-8	3-7	1-1	+10
Norman Powell F-G	17	9	0	1	1	0	1	4-9	1-3	0-1	+3
Nah'Shon Hyland G	15	10	2	2	0	0	0	4-11	2-5	0-0	+8
Amir Coffey G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Moussa Diabate F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	42	40	17	10	3	0	1	14-21	0-1	12-15	+11
Jamal Murray G	41	21	5	12	2	0	5	8-22	4-13	1-2	+13
Michael Porter Jr. F	39	29	11	0	0	0	0	12-18	4-8	1-1	+17
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	38	8	1	0	3	0	2	2-4	1-2	3-3	+9
Bruce Brown G	30	13	7	2	1	0	1	5-10	1-3	2-2	+6
Aaron Gordon F	29	6	6	6	0	0	2	3-9	0-5	0-0	+5
Reggie Jackson G	19	7	0	4	1	1	0	2-6	2-5	1-2	-3
Vlatko Cancar F	17	6	0	1	0	0	1	2-3	1-2	1-2	-6
Thomas Bryant C	11	4	3	0	0	2	2	1-3	0-0	2-4	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Bench	39	33	73.3	28.9	-10.9	14.4
Paul George	Bench	36	23	64.5	26.3	-19.3	12.2
Russell Westbrook	Bench	25	17	72.3	25.5	-17.4	17.1
Nicolas Batum	Bench	21	12	71.1	18.8	+29.1	10.4
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	15	10	45.5	33.3	+34.3	8.2
Norman Powell	Bench	17	9	47.7	23.8	+5.3	2.8
Mason Plumlee	Bench	27	7	83.3	8.6	-30.1	10.8
Terance Mann	Bench	25	7	50.0	13.0	+18.7	3.8
Marcus Morris	Bench	33	6	42.9	11.3	-20.9	3.9
Eric Gordon	Bench	25	0	0.0	9.3	-5.6	0.0
Amir Coffey	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Moussa Diabate	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robert Covington	Bench	00	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	42	40	72.5	28.7	+9.9	27.4
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	39	29	78.6	18.9	+21.0	18.3
Jamal Murray	Bench	41	21	45.9	28.3	+14.8	9.9
Bruce Brown	Bench	30	13	59.7	16.7	+6.0	11.3
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	38	8	75.2	7.6	+8.5	1.5
Reggie Jackson	Bench	19	7	50.9	16.3	-4.5	7.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	6	33.3	15.3	+6.1	2.8
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	17	6	77.3	12.5	-17.1	5.3
Thomas Bryant	Bench	11	4	42.0	22.2	-19.0	-2.6
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jack White	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0