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Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets

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0-6, 0-2 Away
Final
103 - 129

3-3, 1-2 Home

Nikola Jokic scores team-high 27 points, leading the Nuggets past the Jazz 129-103

Gordon lobs a beauty to Westbrook for a Nuggets alley-oop

Julian Strawther added 19 points and Christian Braun 17 for the Nuggets, who sent the winless Jazz to their sixth consecutive loss to start the season. Jokic also had 16 rebounds and nine assists.

Utah was led by Walker Kessler with 18 points and 14 rebounds and Johnny Juzang with 17 points.

Both teams were dealing with injuries. Russell Westbrook started in place of Nuggets star Jamal Murray, who remained in concussion protocol after suffering a head injury in a collision with Julius Randle at Minnesota on Friday.

Utah has been leaning on rookies Cody Williams and Kyle Filipowski, who were in the starting lineup, in the absence of Lauri Markkanen (back spasms) and Taylor Hendricks (broken leg).

Utah committed 24 turnovers that the Nuggets turned into 39 points.

Takeaways Jazz: Utah kept it fairly close in the first half but wore down in the third quarter, when it fell behind by 24 points.

Nuggets: Denver began its home campaign with losses to the Thunder and the Clippers before defeating Utah. The victory was in keeping with their home record against sub-.500 teams at home last season, when they were 15-0.

Key moment Utah fought back from a 17-point first-quarter deficit to tie the game at 42-all midway through the second quarter. But Denver responded with a 14-0 run that featured 3-pointers by Braun and Porter, helping the Nuggets go on top 65-56 at halftime.

Key stat Jokic scored 18 of his 27 points in the third quarter, helping the Nuggets outscore the Jazz 34-19.

Up next The Jazz continue their four-game road trip Monday night in Chicago while the Nuggets host the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

DEN leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Nuggets: 73.1%
Jazz: 26.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 103 - 129
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 103 - 129
4th 2.0 Spencer Jones defensive rebound 103 - 129
4th 6.0 Cody Williams misses 11-foot step back jumpshot 103 - 129
4th 18.0 Zeke Nnaji makes 1-foot dunk (Hunter Tyson assists) 103 - 129

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/utah.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originUTAH https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/den.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originDEN
32-77 FG 48-99
41.6 Field Goal % 48.5
13-42 3PT 16-32
31.0 Three Point % 50.0
26-31 FT 17-23
83.9 Free Throw % 73.9
39 Rebounds 52
8 Offensive Rebounds 19
31 Defensive Rebounds 33
24 Assists 33
7 Steals 14
8 Blocks 1
22 Turnovers 17
2 Team Turnovers 1
24 Total Turnovers 18
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
39 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 17
12 Fast Break Points 28
38 Points in Paint 54
22 Fouls 25
3 Largest Lead 28

Game Information

Ball Arena

Location: Denver, CO
Attendance: 19,702 · 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
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