Denver Nuggets at Brooklyn Nets
· National Basketball AssociationJokic has 29 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists to lead Nuggets past Nets 144-139 in OT
Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon each scored 24 points for the Nuggets, while Russell Westbrook added 22.
Dennis Schroder scored 28 points for Brooklyn, which led by 17 in the second quarter. Cam Thomas scored 26 and Cam Johnson had 20. Nic Claxton added 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Thomas gave the Nets a 127-125 lead with the first basket of overtime, but the Nuggets scored the next eight points and led the rest of the way.
Nets: The Nets had season highs of 40 points in the first quarter and 72 points in the first half. They played without Ben Simmons, who missed his first game of the season due to lower back injury management.
Regular Season Series
DEN leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
5th 0.0 | End of Game | 144 - 139 | |
5th 0.0 | End of the 1st Overtime | 144 - 139 | |
5th 0.0 | (00:00) [Nuggets] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL) | 144 - 139 | |
5th 0.0 | Dorian Finney-Smith makes driving layup | 144 - 139 | |
5th 3.1 | Jalen Wilson offensive rebound | 144 - 137 |
Statistics
DEN | BKN | |
---|---|---|
46-89 | FG | 49-96 |
51.7 | Field Goal % | 51.0 |
13-27 | 3PT | 20-52 |
48.1 | Three Point % | 38.5 |
39-47 | FT | 21-27 |
83.0 | Free Throw % | 77.8 |
43 | Rebounds | 41 |
9 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
34 | Defensive Rebounds | 34 |
31 | Assists | 37 |
3 | Steals | 4 |
4 | Blocks | 6 |
5 | Turnovers | 8 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
5 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
3 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 11 |
14 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
56 | Points in Paint | 54 |
22 | Fouls | 32 |
7 | Largest Lead | 17 |
Game Information
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 17,926 · Capacity:
2024-25 Northwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oklahoma City | 23 | 5 | .821 | - | W8 |
Denver | 16 | 11 | .593 | 6.5 | W2 |
Minnesota | 14 | 14 | .500 | 9 | L3 |
Portland | 9 | 20 | .310 | 14.5 | L2 |
Utah | 7 | 21 | .250 | 16 | L1 |
2024-25 Atlantic Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | 22 | 7 | .759 | - | L1 |
New York | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3 | W4 |
Brooklyn | 11 | 18 | .379 | 11 | L2 |
Philadelphia | 10 | 17 | .370 | 11 | W1 |
Toronto | 7 | 23 | .233 | 15.5 | L8 |
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