Utah Jazz 112, Denver Nuggets 135 — Recap

December 22, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Utah Jazz 112, Denver Nuggets 135. Scoring by quarter: Q1 UTA 15-40 DEN; Q2 UTA 31-29 DEN; Q3 UTA 38-34 DEN; Q4 UTA 28-32 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Lauri Markkanen (UTA) 27 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Keyonte George (UTA) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Peyton Watson (DEN) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · UTA

Lauri Markkanen

27 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Tim Hardaway Jr.

21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 6-12 FG

Season highs

Jonas Valanciunas · Season-high 11 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
UTA	15	31	38	28		112
DEN	40	29	34	32		135

🧮 How They Scored

UTADEN

46Points in the paint40

15Fast-break points37

13Second-chance points8

12Points off turnovers19

32Bench points51

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%63.0%

11.8%Turnover %8.8%

20.8%Offensive rebound %19.1%

0.198Free-throw rate0.272

Box Score

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen F	36	27	8	1	0	0	3	10-20	2-9	5-5	-9
Jusuf Nurkic C	35	17	14	6	0	0	2	6-10	2-2	3-5	-31
Keyonte George G	34	20	8	7	1	0	4	7-14	2-4	4-4	-12
Airious Bailey F	24	10	3	0	0	0	0	4-13	1-5	1-2	-23
Isaiah Collier G	24	2	2	9	2	0	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	-8
Brice Sensabaugh F	23	14	6	1	1	0	1	5-12	1-5	3-3	-2
Walter Clayton Jr. G	17	6	2	4	1	0	0	2-7	2-6	0-0	0
Svi Mykhailiuk G	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-8	2-5	0-0	-23
Taylor Hendricks F	13	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	+5
Kyle Filipowski C	13	5	2	1	0	0	1	2-2	1-1	0-0	-11
Cody Williams F	8	0	1	1	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson F	29	20	2	4	0	1	1	6-9	6-6	2-2	+31
Nikola Jokic C	29	14	13	13	2	3	2	5-7	1-1	3-4	+22
Peyton Watson G	28	20	3	2	1	1	0	7-9	3-4	3-4	+18
Jamal Murray G	27	27	6	5	1	0	1	8-16	6-12	5-6	+14
Bruce Brown G	27	15	5	1	2	0	0	7-9	1-1	0-0	-4
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	25	21	3	2	0	0	1	6-12	6-12	3-3	0
Jalen Pickett G	22	3	3	5	0	2	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	+9
Spencer Jones F	20	3	1	3	1	0	1	1-6	0-4	1-4	+26
Jonas Valanciunas C	16	12	11	1	0	0	0	5-11	0-1	2-2	0
Julian Strawther G	11	0	0	1	1	0	2	0-6	0-2	0-0	-3
Zeke Nnaji F-C	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Hunter Tyson F	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Lauri Markkanen	Starter	36	27	60.8	26.6	-12.3	9.0
Keyonte George	Starter	34	20	63.5	22.7	-15.6	10.9
Jusuf Nurkic	Starter	35	17	69.7	16.3	-39.4	12.7
Airious Bailey	Starter	24	10	36.0	23.3	-47.2	-2.5
Svi Mykhailiuk	Starter	14	6	37.5	20.5	-72.0	0.7
Brice Sensabaugh	Bench	23	14	52.6	23.0	-3.9	9.7
Walter Clayton Jr.	Bench	17	6	42.9	16.7	-8.8	8.7
Taylor Hendricks	Bench	13	5	62.5	12.5	+14.4	8.7
Kyle Filipowski	Bench	13	5	125.0	8.8	-40.9	10.8
Isaiah Collier	Bench	24	2	16.7	12.7	-16.9	4.2
Kyle Anderson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cody Williams	Bench	8	0	0.0	5.3	-9.6	6.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	27	27	72.4	29.9	+20.3	19.9
Cameron Johnson	Starter	29	20	101.2	15.7	+49.9	11.7
Peyton Watson	Starter	28	20	92.9	16.7	+29.8	14.0
Nikola Jokic	Starter	29	14	79.9	15.7	+32.8	23.1
Spencer Jones	Starter	20	3	19.3	19.1	+54.5	-2.9
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	25	21	78.8	23.7	0.0	13.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	27	15	83.3	13.0	-6.8	13.6
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	16	12	50.5	31.6	+3.7	16.5
Jalen Pickett	Bench	22	3	30.0	12.5	+21.2	4.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	3	0	0.0	11.1	+26.2	18.8
Julian Strawther	Bench	11	0	0.0	28.6	-8.0	-16.2
Hunter Tyson	Bench	3	0	0.0	11.1	+26.2	0.0