Toronto Raptors 113, Denver Nuggets 118 — Recap

March 6, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Toronto Raptors 113, Denver Nuggets 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 TOR 34-29 DEN; Q2 TOR 27-29 DEN; Q3 TOR 27-25 DEN; Q4 TOR 25-35 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 24 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Fred VanVleet (TOR) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-12 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Pascal Siakam (TOR) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

24 PTS, 1 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · TOR

Fred VanVleet

21 PTS, 1 REB, 14 AST, 3 3PM · 5-12 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

20 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 7-11 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
TOR	34	27	27	25		113
DEN	29	29	25	35		118

🧮 How They Scored

TORDEN

48Points in the paint52

10Fast-break points16

20Second-chance points14

18Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.8%Effective FG%57.6%

13.7%Turnover %11.9%

27.5%Offensive rebound %28.6%

0.233Free-throw rate0.267

Box Score

Toronto Raptors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam F	37	19	4	4	0	1	3	8-18	1-2	2-2	-2
Fred VanVleet G	35	21	1	14	2	0	5	5-12	3-9	8-8	-7
OG Anunoby F	35	12	4	1	0	0	1	3-7	3-6	3-4	-4
Scottie Barnes G-F	34	12	9	2	1	1	3	5-12	0-2	2-2	-14
Jakob Poeltl C	32	18	9	4	1	1	2	9-13	0-0	0-2	-4
Gary Trent Jr. G	23	13	1	0	0	0	0	6-9	1-2	0-0	-2
Precious Achiuwa F	19	9	6	3	1	0	0	3-4	1-1	2-2	+6
Chris Boucher F	15	4	6	0	1	1	0	2-6	0-2	0-0	-1
Will Barton G	11	5	1	1	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	0-0	+3

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	36	17	13	9	0	1	4	5-8	1-1	6-6	+7
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	36	6	2	4	1	0	0	3-10	0-4	0-0	+8
Jamal Murray G	33	24	1	5	3	0	1	9-14	5-10	1-1	+4
Michael Porter Jr. F	32	20	5	0	1	0	2	7-11	4-6	2-4	+7
Aaron Gordon F	30	19	6	5	2	1	0	7-12	0-2	5-6	+13
Reggie Jackson G	23	13	3	5	0	0	2	5-11	3-4	0-0	+4
Bruce Brown G	20	9	4	1	2	0	2	2-13	0-5	5-6	-8
Jeff Green F	18	6	3	1	0	0	2	3-4	0-1	0-0	-8
Thomas Bryant C	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Toronto RaptorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Fred VanVleet	Bench	35	21	67.7	25.3	-6.4	13.3
Pascal Siakam	Bench	37	19	50.3	25.6	+0.5	7.5
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	32	18	64.8	20.5	-4.3	13.7
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	23	13	72.2	16.7	-3.9	8.5
OG Anunoby	Bench	35	12	68.5	12.2	-7.4	4.2
Scottie Barnes	Bench	34	12	46.6	20.5	-17.2	7.1
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	19	9	92.2	11.4	+14.3	17.1
Will Barton	Bench	11	5	50.0	25.0	+19.0	0.0
Chris Boucher	Bench	15	4	33.3	16.7	-3.0	8.6
Malachi Flynn	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thaddeus Young	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
Jamal Murray	Bench	33	24	83.1	19.7	+4.2	16.8
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	32	20	78.4	20.3	+8.9	10.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	30	19	64.9	21.7	+19.8	16.5
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	17	79.9	17.6	+7.8	17.1
Reggie Jackson	Bench	23	13	59.1	24.1	+10.3	9.4
Bruce Brown	Bench	20	9	28.8	33.3	-20.9	-2.3
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	36	6	30.0	11.4	+6.1	2.5
Jeff Green	Bench	18	6	75.0	13.0	-22.4	6.4
Thomas Bryant	Bench	12	4	66.7	10.0	-15.1	14.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	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