Utah Jazz 115, Denver Nuggets 109 — Recap

January 5, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Utah Jazz 115, Denver Nuggets 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 UTA 26-26 DEN; Q2 UTA 31-30 DEN; Q3 UTA 31-22 DEN; Q4 UTA 27-31 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Bojan Bogdanovic (UTA) 36 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 26 points, 21 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Rudy Gay (UTA) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · UTA

Bojan Bogdanovic

36 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

26 PTS, 21 REB, 11 AST, 1 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Will Barton

20 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 7-17 FG

Season highs

Bojan Bogdanovic · Season-high 36 pointsBojan Bogdanovic · Season-high 13 reboundsMonte Morris · Season-high 5 threes

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
UTA	26	31	31	27		115
DEN	26	30	22	31		109

🧮 How They Scored

UTADEN

58Points in the paint56

4Fast-break points6

8Second-chance points8

12Points off turnovers6

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.3%Effective FG%54.0%

6.5%Turnover %11.3%

18.2%Offensive rebound %14.3%

0.196Free-throw rate0.170

Box Score

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bojan Bogdanovic F	40	36	13	4	1	0	1	12-20	1-6	11-13	0
Donovan Mitchell G	36	17	2	3	1	0	2	8-22	1-9	0-0	-1
Royce O'Neale F	36	13	11	5	1	1	0	5-12	3-6	0-0	+5
Jordan Clarkson G	31	13	1	2	1	0	3	5-13	3-8	0-0	+3
Rudy Gay F	29	18	7	1	1	2	0	6-9	4-7	2-2	+14
Mike Conley G	29	10	4	6	1	0	0	4-11	2-4	0-0	+10
Udoka Azubuike C-F	16	5	1	0	1	1	1	2-3	0-0	1-1	-8
Eric Paschall F	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	1-2	+2
Trent Forrest G	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Barton G	39	20	4	5	0	1	0	7-17	2-6	4-4	-8
Nikola Jokic C	37	26	21	11	0	2	5	10-17	1-3	5-6	-1
Aaron Gordon F	31	17	3	0	0	0	1	8-11	1-4	0-0	+1
Monte Morris G	29	20	1	2	1	0	2	7-13	5-9	1-1	+5
Austin Rivers G	25	6	2	1	0	0	1	3-7	0-4	0-0	-5
Facundo Campazzo G	20	5	2	4	0	0	2	2-6	1-3	0-0	-6
Nah'Shon Hyland G	20	3	4	1	0	0	0	1-6	1-4	0-0	-4
Davon Reed G	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-4
JaMychal Green F	15	8	3	0	0	1	0	2-6	0-1	4-4	-5
Bol Bol C	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Rayjon Tucker F	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Bojan Bogdanovic	Bench	40	36	70.0	29.7	+1.3	23.0
Rudy Gay	Bench	29	18	91.1	14.7	+23.0	15.0
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	36	17	38.6	28.9	+0.2	3.2
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	31	13	50.0	23.2	+2.9	0.7
Royce O'Neale	Bench	36	13	54.2	14.5	+7.9	11.7
Mike Conley	Bench	29	10	45.5	15.9	+13.0	12.9
Udoka Azubuike	Bench	16	5	72.7	10.8	-22.9	3.8
Eric Paschall	Bench	13	3	52.1	10.3	+7.7	5.3
Trent Forrest	Bench	10	0	0.0	0.0	+25.0	7.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	26	66.2	27.6	-1.3	24.3
Will Barton	Bench	39	20	53.3	21.1	-10.0	9.9
Monte Morris	Bench	29	20	74.4	22.1	+3.1	13.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	17	77.3	16.4	+1.5	9.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	15	8	51.5	22.9	-19.2	6.7
Austin Rivers	Bench	25	6	42.9	14.0	-9.4	1.9
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	20	5	41.7	17.0	-15.9	2.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	20	3	25.0	14.0	-7.0	0.0
Bol Bol	Bench	4	2	100.0	25.0	-117.9	20.0
Davon Reed	Bench	16	2	33.3	8.8	-4.7	-2.9
Rayjon Tucker	Bench	4	0	0.0	9.1	+55.6	19.0