NBA Final Intelligence

LAC 1-6
109 โ€“ 122
FINAL
DEN 3-3

LA Clippers 109, Denver Nuggets 122 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): LA Clippers 109, Denver Nuggets 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAC 27-35 DEN; Q2 LAC 23-24 DEN; Q3 LAC 30-33 DEN; Q4 LAC 29-30 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 31 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; James Harden (LAC) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Peyton Watson (DEN) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท DEN
31 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM ยท 8-11 FG
Scoring ยท LAC
25 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM ยท 8-17 FG
Scoring ยท DEN
22 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM ยท 6-9 FG

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

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

LAC 7 largest lead Q1 9:58 (LAC 10, DEN 3) ยท 12-0 run, Q2 0:29โ€“Q3 9:19
DEN 18 largest lead Q4 3:22 (LAC 98, DEN 116) ยท 11-0 run, Q4 9:04โ€“Q4 7:20
Swings 6 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Jamal Murray makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists) (Q3 5:23, LAC 69, DEN 70).

Linescore

1234 T
LAC 27233029 109
DEN 35243330 122

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

LACDEN
44Points in the paint40
15Fast-break points8
15Second-chance points13
20Points off turnovers13
27Bench points46
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
54.7%Effective FG%65.8%
8.6%Turnover %12.1%
23.4%Offensive rebound %23.3%
0.244Free-throw rate0.438

Box Score

LA Clippers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
James Harden G 3425590148-174-105-5-17
Kawhi Leonard F 3121362028-181-44-5-4
John Collins F-C 3118641107-114-70-1-15
Ivica Zubac C 3013720026-100-01-2-6
Kris Dunn G 255250002-91-60-0-5
Kobe Sanders G 238220003-72-50-0-8
Nicolas Batum F-G 226311002-62-60-0-2
Jordan Miller G 197301003-60-21-3-5
Brook Lopez C 160302110-00-00-0-10
Kobe Brown F 43000000-00-03-4+2
Cam Christie G 43000001-10-01-1+2
Yanic Konan Niederhauser C 20000000-10-00-0+3

Denver Nuggets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jamal Murray G 3620491037-104-52-2+25
Peyton Watson G 3521430039-172-51-2+22
Spencer Jones F 354611101-41-11-2+3
Bruce Brown G 266231021-31-23-3+17
Nikola Jokic C 25311253018-112-313-17+11
Tim Hardaway Jr. G 2522200006-95-75-5+10
Jonas Valanciunas C 2111620225-110-01-1+5
Julian Strawther G 173331101-21-10-0-11
Jalen Pickett G 140330000-40-40-0-8
Zeke Nnaji F-C 22000011-10-00-0-3
DaRon Holmes II F 22000001-10-00-0-3
Hunter Tyson F 20110000-00-00-0-3

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

LA ClippersTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
James Harden Starter 342565.129.9-27.113.9
Kawhi Leonard Starter 312152.032.8-4.613.4
John Collins Starter 311878.715.7-21.912.1
Ivica Zubac Starter 301359.720.3-12.77.5
Kris Dunn Starter 25527.816.1-7.31.1
Kobe Sanders Bench 23857.113.7-22.57.1
Jordan Miller Bench 19747.816.7-13.54.0
Nicolas Batum Bench 22650.012.5-4.96.5
Kobe Brown Bench 04385.225.0+28.610.5
Cam Christie Bench 043104.212.5+28.615.8
Brook Lopez Bench 1600.02.6-26.80.7
Yanic Konan Niederhauser Bench 0200.020.0+75.0-11.1
Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Nikola Jokic Starter 253183.935.7+24.834.2
Peyton Watson Starter 352158.726.3+29.07.5
Jamal Murray Starter 362091.917.7+33.615.0
Spencer Jones Starter 35441.06.3+4.23.4
Jalen Pickett Starter 1400.011.8-32.60.0
Tim Hardaway Jr. Bench 252298.221.2+20.416.9
Jonas Valanciunas Bench 211148.128.9+9.110.0
Bruce Brown Bench 26669.411.3+33.33.6
Julian Strawther Bench 17375.06.3-39.813.7
Zeke Nnaji Bench 22100.050.0-75.011.1
DaRon Holmes II Bench 022100.025.0-75.011.1
Hunter Tyson Bench 0200.00.0-75.022.2

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series LAC 0 โ€“ 2 DEN
Last 21 meetings ยท since 2020-21 LAC 6 โ€“ 15 DEN
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
LA Clippers 22-25 L1 L10 8-2 Next game recap: @ PHX ยท Sun, Feb 1
Denver Nuggets 33-16 W2 L10 7-3 Next game recap: vs OKC ยท Sun, Feb 1

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