Oklahoma City Thunder 101, Denver Nuggets 99 — Recap

January 22, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 101, Denver Nuggets 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 27-18 DEN; Q2 OKC 25-29 DEN; Q3 OKC 29-27 DEN; Q4 OKC 20-25 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 34 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Josh Giddey (OKC) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 15 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-15 shooting; Bruce Brown (DEN) 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

34 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 13-21 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

26 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 11-23 FG

Scoring · OKC

Josh Giddey

18 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST · 9-17 FG

Season highs

Zeke Nnaji · Season-high 10 rebounds

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
OKC	27	25	29	20		101
DEN	18	29	27	25		99

🧮 How They Scored

OKCDEN

58Points in the paint44

9Fast-break points6

13Second-chance points12

14Points off turnovers5

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.9%Effective FG%50.0%

7.7%Turnover %8.5%

30.4%Offensive rebound %21.7%

0.180Free-throw rate0.402

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	37	34	5	5	0	2	1	13-21	1-2	7-8	+5
Josh Giddey G	31	18	9	3	1	1	4	9-17	0-1	0-0	+4
Luguentz Dort G	30	7	3	2	0	0	2	3-13	1-6	0-0	+1
Jalen Williams G-F	29	4	6	2	1	1	0	1-6	0-2	2-2	+3
Kenrich Williams G-F	25	11	6	4	1	0	0	4-7	3-5	0-0	-3
Isaiah Joe G	21	8	2	2	1	0	0	3-9	2-7	0-0	-1
Mike Muscala F-C	16	8	4	1	0	0	0	3-7	0-0	2-2	+11
Aaron Wiggins G	16	4	4	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	2-2	-3
Darius Bazley F	16	0	5	1	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Tre Mann G	13	7	4	0	0	0	1	3-6	0-2	1-2	0
Jaylin Williams F	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	38	26	5	9	0	0	1	11-23	1-6	3-4	-4
Aaron Gordon F	38	15	10	1	2	1	2	4-15	1-3	6-13	-2
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	37	10	4	1	2	0	2	3-8	2-6	2-3	-3
Bruce Brown G	36	14	7	2	2	0	1	6-13	2-5	0-2	+4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	28	12	10	1	0	2	0	3-5	2-3	4-8	+2
Christian Braun G	22	10	6	3	0	2	0	4-7	1-2	1-1	-2
Jeff Green F	20	12	0	2	0	0	2	5-7	1-1	1-2	-4
Nah'Shon Hyland G	11	0	0	3	1	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	-1
Vlatko Cancar F	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	37	34	69.3	30.5	+7.0	27.4
Josh Giddey	Bench	31	18	52.9	30.0	+5.0	14.3
Kenrich Williams	Bench	25	11	78.6	13.0	-6.5	16.4
Isaiah Joe	Bench	21	8	44.4	20.5	-2.5	5.5
Mike Muscala	Bench	16	8	50.8	20.5	+34.4	13.9
Luguentz Dort	Bench	30	7	26.9	23.4	+5.3	-4.8
Tre Mann	Bench	13	7	50.9	25.8	-9.4	5.9
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	16	4	51.5	10.5	-6.3	3.5
Jalen Williams	Bench	29	4	29.1	10.8	+5.5	5.5
Lindy Waters III	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylin Williams	Bench	7	0	0.0	0.0	-4.4	5.8
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Darius Bazley	Bench	16	0	0.0	0.0	-13.3	8.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	38	26	52.5	28.9	-6.9	19.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	38	15	36.2	26.4	-2.8	4.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	36	14	50.4	17.3	+7.8	10.9
Jeff Green	Bench	20	12	76.1	25.0	-4.1	5.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	28	12	70.4	13.4	+3.8	15.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	37	10	53.6	13.1	-5.9	4.8
Christian Braun	Bench	22	10	67.2	15.6	-4.8	17.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	11	0	0.0	22.7	0.0	-5.4
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	10	0	0.0	0.0	-5.5	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0