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Golden State Warriors at Denver Nuggets

· NBA Cup - Group Play
12-8, 7-5 Away
Final
115 - 119

11-8, 6-4 Home

Jokic scores 38 points and helps Nuggets mount a late comeback to beat Warriors 119-115

Steve Kerr irate at refs over missed Nuggets timeout call

Jokic fell four assists shy of his NBA-leading ninth triple-double of the season. The reigning league MVP remained tied with Magic Johnson for the third-most triple-doubles in NBA history with 138.

Michael Porter Jr. added 22 points and Aaron Gordon had 15 points and nine rebounds for Denver.

The loss was the fifth in a row for Golden State following a 12-3 start and means the Warriors will travel to Houston next week for the NBA Cup quarterfinals.

Steph Curry had 24 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds for the Warriors, though was just 4 for 15 on 3-pointers. Jonathan Kuminga added 19 points.

Trailing 90-85 entering the fourth quarter, the Warriors rattled off a 19-4 run to take a 104-94 lead. But Denver came back and went ahead on a pair of free throws by Gordon with 48 seconds remaining.

Golden State was without defensive anchor Draymond Green, who was sidelined with left calf tightness.

Takeaways Nuggets: Denver extended its regular-season win streak against Golden State to eight games. The Nuggets have won 11 of the past 12 meetings.

Warriors: Golden State was without defensive anchor Draymond Green, who was sidelined with left calf tightness.

Key moment Jamal Murray's steal with 20 seconds remaining prevented the Warriors from attempting a game-tying or go-ahead shot and led to Jokic's two free throws on the other end to ice the game.

Key stat Eight of the past 10 matchups between the teams have been decided by six or fewer points.

Up next The Nuggets will play at Cleveland on Thursday night and the Warriors will host Houston on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

DEN leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Nuggets: 63.4%
Warriors: 36.6%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 115 - 119
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 115 - 119
4th 1.2 Christian Braun lost ball turnover (Andrew Wiggins steals) 115 - 119
4th 1.2 Andrew Wiggins vs. Christian Braun (Stephen Curry gains possession) 115 - 119
4th 5.1 Christian Braun defensive rebound 115 - 119

Statistics

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44-95 FG 40-79
46.3 Field Goal % 50.6
12-38 3PT 11-24
31.6 Three Point % 45.8
15-21 FT 28-35
71.4 Free Throw % 80.0
48 Rebounds 38
11 Offensive Rebounds 4
37 Defensive Rebounds 34
36 Assists 32
12 Steals 9
3 Blocks 5
14 Turnovers 15
1 Team Turnovers 0
15 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
22 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
11 Fast Break Points 25
50 Points in Paint 44
25 Fouls 15
12 Largest Lead 8

Game Information

Ball Arena

Location: Denver, CO
Attendance: 19,912 · Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 40 25 .615 - L4
Golden State 39 28 .582 2 W7
LA Clippers 37 30 .552 4 W2
Sacramento 33 33 .500 7.5 L4
Phoenix 31 36 .463 10 W1

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 55 12 .821 - W2
Denver 43 25 .632 12.5 L1
Minnesota 39 29 .574 16.5 W7
Portland 28 39 .418 27 L5
Utah 15 52 .224 40 L8
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