Toronto Raptors 115, Denver Nuggets 121 — Recap

March 20, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Toronto Raptors 115, Denver Nuggets 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 TOR 30-27 DEN; Q2 TOR 23-30 DEN; Q3 TOR 41-28 DEN; Q4 TOR 21-36 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 31 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Jakob Poeltl (TOR) 23 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists on 10-of-14 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 7 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Brandon Ingram (TOR) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

31 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · TOR

Jakob Poeltl

23 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 10-14 FG

Scoring · DEN

Tim Hardaway Jr.

23 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 7 3PM · 8-16 FG

Season highs

Jakob Poeltl · Season-high 23 points

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

📊 Game Flow

TOR 11 largest lead Q3 4:50 (TOR 81, DEN 70) · 11-0 run, Q1 11:23–Q1 8:36

DEN 6 largest lead Q2 0:29 (TOR 51, DEN 57) · 9-0 run, Q4 7:27–Q4 5:03

Swings 8 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists) (Q4 0:44, TOR 115, DEN 117).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
TOR	30	23	41	21		115
DEN	27	30	28	36		121

🧮 How They Scored

TORDEN

50Points in the paint52

18Fast-break points12

8Second-chance points16

15Points off turnovers14

25Bench points35

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.0%Effective FG%63.0%

9.4%Turnover %9.8%

27.5%Offensive rebound %23.7%

0.267Free-throw rate0.309

Box Score

Toronto Raptors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Scottie Barnes G-F	38	15	8	8	2	2	2	7-18	1-6	0-0	0
Brandon Ingram F	36	19	5	2	0	0	3	7-12	1-3	4-6	+2
Jakob Poeltl C	35	23	11	2	2	0	0	10-14	0-0	3-6	-2
RJ Barrett F-G	34	18	5	2	0	1	3	6-14	1-5	5-5	-4
Immanuel Quickley G	34	15	4	8	3	0	1	6-11	3-7	0-0	0
Ja'Kobe Walter G	23	14	2	2	1	1	0	4-6	4-5	2-2	-12
Jamal Shead G	21	4	2	5	0	0	1	2-7	0-3	0-1	-9
Sandro Mamukelashvili F	14	4	2	2	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	0
Jamison Battle F	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	1-1	-5

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	40	31	5	6	1	0	1	10-18	2-6	9-10	+2
Nikola Jokic C	37	22	8	9	1	1	2	9-14	1-2	3-5	-2
Christian Braun G	33	11	4	2	0	0	1	5-9	1-3	0-0	-8
Cameron Johnson F	31	6	5	2	2	0	1	2-7	0-4	2-3	+7
Aaron Gordon F	29	16	5	3	0	1	1	6-10	1-2	3-5	-4
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	28	23	4	0	1	0	2	8-16	7-10	0-0	+12
Bruce Brown G	21	12	3	0	0	0	2	4-6	2-3	2-2	+13
Spencer Jones F	18	0	3	4	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+7
Tyus Jones G	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jakob Poeltl	Starter	35	23	69.1	20.8	+0.6	15.3
Brandon Ingram	Starter	36	19	64.9	22.5	+6.2	7.5
RJ Barrett	Starter	34	18	55.6	26.4	-4.2	7.4
Immanuel Quickley	Starter	34	15	68.2	16.4	-1.2	15.1
Scottie Barnes	Starter	38	15	41.7	22.7	+4.8	8.6
Ja'Kobe Walter	Bench	23	14	101.7	13.5	-20.1	14.3
Sandro Mamukelashvili	Bench	14	4	106.4	5.9	-8.6	8.3
Jamal Shead	Bench	21	4	26.9	16.7	-10.7	0.5
Jamison Battle	Bench	05	3	43.6	18.8	-35.7	7.6
Garrett Temple	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trayce Jackson-Davis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gradey Dick	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jonathan Mogbo	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	Starter	40	31	69.2	27.1	+2.1	18.5
Nikola Jokic	Starter	37	22	67.9	20.9	-5.8	14.1
Aaron Gordon	Starter	29	16	65.6	20.0	-8.9	11.3
Christian Braun	Starter	33	11	61.1	14.1	-10.5	4.7
Cameron Johnson	Starter	31	6	36.1	12.3	+7.1	4.4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	28	23	71.9	29.0	+17.1	11.1
Bruce Brown	Bench	21	12	87.2	19.1	+33.4	10.5
Tyus Jones	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spencer Jones	Bench	18	0	0.0	2.6	+19.4	2.8