Washington Wizards 128, Denver Nuggets 141 — Recap

December 14, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 128, Denver Nuggets 141. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 31-38 DEN; Q2 WAS 36-34 DEN; Q3 WAS 28-30 DEN; Q4 WAS 33-39 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 43 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists on 17-of-20 shooting; Kyle Kuzma (WAS) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (DEN) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; Will Barton (WAS) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

43 PTS, 14 REB, 8 AST · 17-20 FG

Scoring · WAS

Kyle Kuzma

24 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nah'Shon Hyland

23 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 8-11 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 43 pointsMonte Morris · Season-high 20 pointsWill Barton · Season-high 9 assists

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
WAS	31	36	28	33		128
DEN	38	34	30	39		141

🧮 How They Scored

WASDEN

48Points in the paint98

11Fast-break points29

14Second-chance points13

25Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.2%Effective FG%67.5%

11.4%Turnover %15.5%

9.5%Offensive rebound %25.9%

0.253Free-throw rate0.422

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyle Kuzma F	36	24	2	4	0	0	3	9-16	4-8	2-6	-24
Will Barton G	36	22	3	9	1	0	5	7-15	4-8	4-7	-14
Corey Kispert F	35	16	1	2	0	1	0	6-10	4-6	0-0	-1
Deni Avdija F	29	9	6	5	3	0	2	4-7	1-2	0-0	-17
Monte Morris G	28	20	0	7	1	0	0	7-11	4-7	2-3	-1
Daniel Gafford F	26	11	7	3	1	2	1	5-10	0-0	1-1	-1
Jordan Goodwin G	21	12	1	6	0	1	2	5-12	1-4	1-2	-12
Taj Gibson F	18	8	2	2	2	1	0	2-5	1-3	3-4	-11
Anthony Gill F	12	6	2	1	1	0	0	3-4	0-1	0-0	+13
Devon Dotson G	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	33	43	14	8	5	1	8	17-20	0-2	9-10	+28
Aaron Gordon F	31	22	7	3	1	1	2	8-14	0-1	6-7	+21
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	31	11	5	3	2	1	0	4-11	0-2	3-4	+23
Jamal Murray G	30	5	4	6	0	0	0	2-6	1-3	0-0	+19
Nah'Shon Hyland G	28	23	2	6	0	1	3	8-11	2-5	5-6	-1
Bruce Brown G	28	13	3	4	0	1	1	5-6	1-2	2-2	+13
Christian Braun G	24	8	1	0	0	0	0	3-6	0-1	2-4	-10
Jeff Green F	15	10	5	1	0	1	1	5-6	0-0	0-0	-5
DeAndre Jordan C	13	4	2	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Zeke Nnaji F-C	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-3
Ish Smith G	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Vlatko Cancar F	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Davon Reed G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	36	24	64.4	26.2	-29.6	6.2
Will Barton	Bench	36	22	60.8	25.3	-15.1	7.8
Monte Morris	Bench	28	20	81.2	19.4	-4.3	11.2
Corey Kispert	Bench	35	16	80.0	11.8	-4.7	6.1
Jordan Goodwin	Bench	21	12	46.6	25.9	-22.2	9.7
Daniel Gafford	Bench	26	11	52.7	16.4	-5.5	10.9
Deni Avdija	Bench	29	9	64.3	13.4	-26.2	9.2
Taj Gibson	Bench	18	8	59.2	16.7	-20.7	4.0
Anthony Gill	Bench	12	6	75.0	11.8	+34.1	11.8
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Devon Dotson	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	+50.0	20.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	33	43	88.1	38.6	+35.5	32.6
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	28	23	84.3	24.2	+2.4	12.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	22	64.4	24.7	+30.0	14.9
Bruce Brown	Bench	28	13	94.5	11.3	+20.3	10.8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	31	11	43.1	17.1	+34.8	7.6
Jeff Green	Bench	15	10	83.3	19.4	-6.6	13.6
Christian Braun	Bench	24	8	51.5	14.0	-9.2	2.3
Jamal Murray	Bench	30	5	41.7	8.1	+28.4	5.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	13	4	66.7	12.9	-30.0	1.7
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	2	2	113.6	20.0	-50.0	70.0
Ish Smith	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-50.0	-16.7
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-50.0	-40.0
Davon Reed	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-50.0	0.0