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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**NOP**|**25**|**26**|**29**|**33**|**113**|[](/NOP)|
**DEN**|**37**|**29**|**34**|**25**|**125**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/NOP)**NOP**|**42-89 (47.2)**|**13-33 (39.4)**|**16-22 (72.7)**|**8**|**35**|**30**|**8**|**9**|**3**|**10**|**113**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**50-90 (55.6)**|**14-33 (42.4)**|**11-15 (73.3)**|**10**|**48**|**30**|**15**|**5**|**4**|**18**|**125**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|33:23|8-12 (66.7)|2-5 (40.0)|2-3 (66.7)|1|10|1|1|1|1|2|20|+14|
A. Gordon^^PF|30:59|7-12 (58.3)|0-2 (0.0)|1-3 (33.3)|3|5|2|2|0|0|2|15|+9|
N. Jokic^^C|32:11|11-17 (64.7)|1-2 (50.0)|4-4 (100.0)|3|10|14|2|0|1|4|27|+12|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|31:00|4-9 (44.4)|3-6 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|3|0|2|0|0|11|+9|
J. Murray^^PG|34:07|8-15 (53.3)|3-5 (60.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|2|9|2|0|0|3|20|+18|
R. Jackson|24:21|5-10 (50.0)|2-5 (40.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|3|1|0|1|12|+4|
C. Braun|16:43|1-4 (25.0)|1-4 (25.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|6|0|3|0|0|2|4|+7|
P. Watson|15:05|3-7 (42.9)|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|0|0|1|1|1|8|+9|
D. Jordan|13:53|2-2 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|7|1|0|0|1|1|6|+6|
J. Holiday|1:56|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-6|
B. Key|0:34|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-4|
C. Gillespie|1:56|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|2|-6|
Z. Nnaji|1:56|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-6|
J. Huff|1:56|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|-6|
**Totals**||**50-90 (55.6)**|**14-33 (42.4)**|**11-15 (73.3)**|**10**|**48**|**30**|**15**|**5**|**4**|**18**|**125**||
**DNP:**
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Julian Strawther***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**[](/NOP)NOP**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
B. Ingram^^SF|33:48|4-11 (36.4)|0-1 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|4|6|2|0|0|2|9|-14|
Z. Williamson^^PF|35:21|13-22 (59.1)|0-0 (0.0)|4-6 (66.7)|2|6|5|1|0|1|1|30|-7|
J. Valanciunas^^C|25:39|5-11 (45.5)|1-3 (33.3)|6-6 (100.0)|2|6|1|0|0|0|3|17|-9|
H. Jones^^SG|19:11|3-4 (75.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|1|0|1|1|8|-2|
C. McCollum^^PG|30:10|4-10 (40.0)|3-8 (37.5)|1-2 (50.0)|0|5|7|2|1|0|2|12|-13|
N. Marshall|12:03|2-5 (40.0)|0-2 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|2|0|0|0|0|0|6|-5|
J. Alvarado|16:34|3-7 (42.9)|2-3 (66.7)|2-2 (100.0)|1|1|1|1|1|0|0|10|-2|
L. Nance Jr.|20:25|5-6 (83.3)|3-4 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|1|1|2|1|1|13|-9|
T. Murphy III|27:33|2-9 (22.2)|2-8 (25.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|3|4|0|2|0|0|6|-18|
D. Daniels|15:24|1-4 (25.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|2|4|3|0|3|0|0|2|+7|
J. Hawkins|1:56|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|+6|
E. Liddell|1:56|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|+6|
**Totals**||**42-89 (47.2)**|**13-33 (39.4)**|**16-22 (72.7)**|**8**|**35**|**30**|**8**|**9**|**3**|**10**|**113**||
**DNP:** ***Cody Zeller***
**Inactive:** ***Kira Lewis Jr.***, ***Jeremiah Robinson-Earl***, ***Matt Ryan***, ***Dereon Seabron***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**NOP**|50|6|13|5|37|9|19|[](/NOP)|
**DEN**|56|16|19|22|32|17|13|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 7** | **Times Tied: 2** | **Gametime: 2:17** | **Attendance: 19638**
*Officials: Pat Fraher, Brent Barnaky, Phenizee Ransom*
32 comments
Jamal fw Zion no wonder two freaky frogs
Never forget, right as the broadcast was going to commercial. Bob says, “Yogurt, with the easy dunk” when watching Jokic dunk. 😵💫
Hot take: Jokić is the best 7’0” Serbian center whose ever played for the Nuggets
Does the game really count if the crowd does the Wave?
You guys remember that b2b2b dunk sequence against the Pacers last year? We should do that again on Sunday.
Amazing game from the guys today, love to see Mike get his shots going
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Whose gurt??
My boy is back
Jamal Murray goes 6/15 and 1/5 from 3, the Nuggets lose.
Jamal Murray goes 8/15, 3/5 from 3, the Nuggets win.
Really makes you think that Jamal Murray should hit 60% of his 3s.
Let’s not let this impressive win distract us from the fact that the classy Bulls fans desecrated a corpse tonight.
_Brother, I have 47,_ Yogurt said to gogurt
Y’all I enjoyed that game a lot
That Gordon grenade was Jokic’s first missed 3 of the new year…
Damn, Chicago fans are a Cinderella story for worst fanbase ever.
Life is good when the Nuggets actually try.
Nice win.
But I was told the Nuggets couldn’t beat teams with +.500 records? /s
Can’t believe how much Jokić has changed before our eyes. First it was “Curios Mike”, now it’s “Insufferable Bob”. Which podcast will he attend next?
Chobanikola Yogurt
Great win all around. Mal was cooking, Yeah Mike game and Jok was Jok. Let’s put up 190 in the scoreboard against the Pacers.
After the game was over, I went downstairs and told my hubby that the Nuggets lost……
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the 4th quarter 🙂
Bad game for the doomers except the last minute.
Man we are so fucking fortuitous to see this team operate. Jok, Mal, Reggie, KCP with that missed 3 and instantly hit one. Shit makes me dance in my living room
Fr though if Jamal has 20-x-10, Mike has 20-10-x and Joker has a 25+ point triple double, no one’s beating us.
The mustest win of all must wins
Almost all around great performance by entire team throughout the entire game
Coach Malone really wanted this game huh, with only his best 9 players in rotation. Yet somehow it includes CB.
Jake from State Farm is a colossal bitch
Why didn’t they play Michael Jordan Hawkins? I thought he was injured or something, didn’t even notice him the 1 minute he played.
Daily reminder that Mike has less games played than Obi Toppin and Rui Hachimura but people act like he’s a finished product.
MPJ and PWat are going to have teams in hell for the next 7 years
This game was apparently going to prove a lot to a lot of people if we lost, not sure if it holds the same weight because we won or how they excuse that result.
Jokic said they are trying to be better than that championship team that won last year. You can’t do that in the regular season. I’d love to be the top seed, and plenty of season left to make that happen but other teams have more ways to prove themselves that they can accomplish in the regular season, by beating us for example. OKC/Minnesota/Clippers all of them, they simply need wins now more to get respect or confidence whereas these victories don’t make or break us.
This whole team can all say they believe they can win every game, I believe they can too. But they will probably lose some games to hungry teams. All the “suitable evidence” for “serious discussion” about this team’s limitations or potential it is just speculation which is fine but if we lost tonight truth is it still wouldn’t have meant shit about this team’s “chances”. It really does not matter much to that question how bad some DJ or Zeke minutes are, or a guy taking more shots because his team/coach told him to since that kind of stuff can be better measured this season and can be more important than wins for us to explore.
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Not the question will we repeat or not, for that health is ~~the #1 thing~~ everything and everything else is extra.