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UTA 1-6
129 – 135
FINAL
DEN 3-3

Utah Jazz 129, Denver Nuggets 135 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Utah Jazz 129, Denver Nuggets 135. Scoring by quarter: Q1 UTA 26-37 DEN; Q2 UTA 36-25 DEN; Q3 UTA 43-36 DEN; Q4 UTA 24-37 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 33 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-16 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 31 points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Kyle Filipowski (UTA) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Cody Williams (UTA) 24 points, 0 rebounds, 7 assists on 9-of-14 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 21 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN
Nikola Jokic
33 PTS, 15 REB, 12 AST, 2 3PM · 13-16 FG
Scoring · DEN
Jamal Murray
31 PTS, 6 REB, 14 AST, 5 3PM · 9-18 FG
Scoring · UTA
Kyle Filipowski
25 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 11-17 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

UTA 14 largest lead Q3 3:17 (UTA 96, DEN 82) · 7-0 run, Q2 0:49–Q3 11:42
DEN 12 largest lead Q1 1:03 (UTA 24, DEN 36) · 8-0 run, Q1 1:57–Q1 1:03
Swings 5 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Cameron Johnson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) (Q4 0:47, UTA 129, DEN 132).

Linescore

1234 T
UTA 26364324 129
DEN 37253637 135

🧮 How They Scored

UTADEN
74Points in the paint46
22Fast-break points17
15Second-chance points19
21Points off turnovers11
41Bench points35
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
60.5%Effective FG%57.4%
8.8%Turnover %11.4%
20.5%Offensive rebound %30.6%
0.200Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Utah Jazz

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Elijah Harkless G 4111422214-162-91-1-9
Cody Williams F 3024072019-140-06-7-1
John Konchar G-F 3016821208-100-10-0-4
Kennedy Chandler G 2916171017-102-40-2-10
Airious Bailey F 2715710027-141-70-0-12
Brice Sensabaugh F 2613462034-83-62-2+6
Kyle Filipowski C 25258500111-171-62-4+15
Bez Mbeng G 190212000-20-00-0-16
Oscar Tshiebwe F-C 129930013-40-03-3+1

Denver Nuggets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Nikola Jokic C 3933151210713-162-25-8+13
Jamal Murray G 39316140019-185-108-8+8
Aaron Gordon F 3117711116-120-45-6+15
Tim Hardaway Jr. G 2821001005-125-126-7+25
Cameron Johnson F 2612401014-114-110-0-3
Christian Braun G 227200103-81-30-0-9
Peyton Watson G 217540242-101-22-3-2
Bruce Brown G 157310003-51-20-0-5
Spencer Jones F 140601000-10-10-0-8
Julian Strawther G 50220000-20-10-0-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kyle Filipowski Starter 252566.632.8+24.818.1
Cody Williams Starter 302470.323.4-3.211.7
Airious Bailey Starter 271553.626.2-15.85.8
Brice Sensabaugh Starter 261373.219.0+8.210.9
Elijah Harkless Starter 411133.517.0-11.31.7
John Konchar Bench 301680.012.8-11.416.8
Oscar Tshiebwe Bench 12984.618.8-0.824.8
Kevin Love Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Svi Mykhailiuk Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Isaiah Collier Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Nikola Jokic Starter 393384.525.7+14.820.0
Jamal Murray Starter 393172.020.8+9.118.3
Aaron Gordon Starter 311758.119.5+21.18.0
Cameron Johnson Starter 261254.517.9-3.03.7
Christian Braun Starter 22743.813.6-17.61.9
Tim Hardaway Jr. Bench 282169.620.5+43.48.6
Bruce Brown Bench 15770.012.8-20.313.2
Peyton Watson Bench 21730.930.0+1.1-0.5
Tyus Jones Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jonas Valanciunas Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Zeke Nnaji Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jalen Pickett Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Julian Strawther Bench 0500.015.4-40.02.3
DaRon Holmes II Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Spencer Jones Bench 1400.03.0-24.62.4

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series UTA 0 – 3 DEN
Last 22 meetings · since 2020-21 UTA 9 – 13 DEN
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Utah Jazz 21-53 L4 L10 2-8 Next game recap: @ PHX · Sat, Mar 28
Denver Nuggets 47-28 W5 L10 8-2 Next game recap: vs GSW · Sun, Mar 29

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