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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**TOR**|**34**|**27**|**27**|**25**|**113**|[](/TOR)|
**DEN**|**29**|**29**|**25**|**35**|**118**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/TOR)**TOR**|**43-86 (50.0)**|**10-27 (37.0)**|**17-20 (85.0)**|**11**|**41**|**29**|**15**|**6**|**4**|**20**|**113**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**43-86 (50.0)**|**13-33 (39.4)**|**19-23 (82.6)**|**12**|**41**|**30**|**13**|**9**|**2**|**12**|**118**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|32:01|7-11 (63.6)|4-6 (66.7)|2-4 (50.0)|0|5|0|2|1|0|1|20|+7|
A. Gordon^^PF|29:44|7-12 (58.3)|0-2 (0.0)|5-6 (83.3)|5|6|5|0|2|1|1|19|+13|
N. Jokic^^C|36:13|5-8 (62.5)|1-1 (100.0)|6-6 (100.0)|3|13|9|4|0|1|1|17|+7|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|35:36|3-10 (30.0)|0-4 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|4|0|1|0|2|6|+8|
J. Murray^^PG|33:04|9-14 (64.3)|5-10 (50.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|1|5|1|3|0|1|24|+4|
B. Brown|20:18|2-13 (15.4)|0-5 (0.0)|5-6 (83.3)|2|4|1|2|2|0|3|9|-8|
J. Green|18:16|3-4 (75.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|1|2|0|0|1|6|-8|
R. Jackson|23:01|5-11 (45.5)|3-4 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|5|2|0|0|2|13|+4|
T. Bryant|11:47|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|0|0|0|0|0|4|-2|
**Totals**||**43-86 (50.0)**|**13-33 (39.4)**|**19-23 (82.6)**|**12**|**41**|**30**|**13**|**9**|**2**|**12**|**118**||
**DNP:** ***Christian Braun***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Jack White***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Peyton Watson***
**[](/TOR)TOR**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
O. Anunoby^^SF|34:36|3-7 (42.9)|3-6 (50.0)|3-4 (75.0)|2|4|1|1|0|0|3|12|-4|
P. Siakam^^PF|36:34|8-18 (44.4)|1-2 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2|4|4|3|0|1|1|19|-2|
J. Poeltl^^C|32:02|9-13 (69.2)|0-0 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|3|9|4|2|1|1|3|18|-4|
S. Barnes^^SG|33:54|5-12 (41.7)|0-2 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|3|9|2|3|1|1|2|12|-14|
F. VanVleet^^PG|34:35|5-12 (41.7)|3-9 (33.3)|8-8 (100.0)|0|1|14|5|2|0|4|21|-7|
P. Achiuwa|19:26|3-4 (75.0)|1-1 (100.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|6|3|0|1|0|1|9|+6|
C. Boucher|14:56|2-6 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|6|0|0|1|1|1|4|-1|
G. Trent Jr.|23:13|6-9 (66.7)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|2|13|-2|
W. Barton|10:42|2-5 (40.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|1|0|0|3|5|+3|
**Totals**||**43-86 (50.0)**|**10-27 (37.0)**|**17-20 (85.0)**|**11**|**41**|**29**|**15**|**6**|**4**|**20**|**113**||
**DNP:** ***Malachi Flynn***, ***Thaddeus Young***
**Inactive:** ***Dalano Banton***, ***Jeff Dowtin Jr.***, ***Ron Harper Jr.***, ***Christian Koloko***, ***Otto Porter Jr.***, ***Joe Wieskamp***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**TOR**|48|20|10|10|31|15|18|[](/TOR)|
**DEN**|52|14|16|5|32|14|18|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 7** | **Times Tied: 7** | **Gametime: 2:13** | **Attendance: 0**
*Officials: Scott Foster, Nick Buchert, Robert Hussey*
by BigHoneyBot
39 Comments
Should have kept the receipts of people saying Reggie was awful and Jokic was holding us back. That ended well for them.
We were sweating 40 wins before 20 losses… but now we may get 50 before 20.
Good game y’all, rooting for you guys to make finals. Jokic is a very unique matchup on both sides for us so I expected a close one
Curious, do you guys have any refs you hate seeing ref Nuggets game? Despite tonight, I don’t mind Scott Foster (minus his incredibly shady past) but I will legit not watch when Ed Malloy refs a Raptors game
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Scott Foster just shamelessly padding Jokic stats
Did you guys know, that, according to the basketball savants on R/NBA, the Suns will absolutely crush the Nuggets in the playoffs because they don’t have anyone who can stop KD? Might as well call it a season 😞
Can’t believe both teams ended up with the same number of rebounds and Denver had one more offensive rebound
I’m confused at all the ref talk. I thought both challenges were correctly called. Jokic played some amazing defense to end the game.
Bruh we were winning that game with Barnes in or not. I’ll take that dub.
I think we’ll see at least a few more games like that from Jok to close out the regular season. Now that we have the commanding lead in the standings we’ll probably only really see him turn it on in the 4th IF he needs to.
Man Ball Arena got loud in that last minute and a half, I haven’t seen it that vibrant in a little while.
Grizzlies going to drop to the 4th or 5th seed the way Kings, Suns and Warriors are playing.
Dub is a dub is a dub
https://preview.redd.it/hf6sroc2oama1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=e251777ba1aa8f45ad815339dd74f112e6201e83
Orod on a terror. Love to see it!
AG is 9/11(81.8%) from the line in his 4 games since the All-Star Break. Small sample size for sure, but the [rhythm looks genuinely good and every single shot has been on-line](https://streamable.com/ensxsu), even the 2 misses.
If AG can make himself an 80% FT shooter, which I think he can if he reps the hell out of his current form, it’s curtains for the league.
Wait, Malone actually [called it a “Sombor Double”](https://twitter.com/nuggets/status/1632976187474706432)? Lmaoooo
30-4 at home. Damn.
Jokic played like he was out until 5am at Shotgun Willies last night and still came out with a Sombor Triple Double and the win.
No way the Celtics are paying Grant Williams $20 million a year😭 highway robbery
5th through 13th in the West separated be 3 losses total.
9th through 13th all have exactly 34 losses.
The Nuggets are about to start mathematically eliminating these teams from top seed contention in the next couple of games. Magic Number is 11 with 17 games left. Let’s Go!!
Rules question from late in the game:
After the Nuggets successful challenge there was a jump ball at center court. The shot clock was set back to 24. I was thinking that it would have stayed at what it previously was if Toronto got the tip. Was it handled correctly?
It’s Twitter so obviously the takes are gonna be shit but people are saying the refs are rigging games for the Nuggets LMAO feels like we finally made it boys and girls. This is what being a championship contender feels like!
We have a shot of getting the best record in the NBA.
Over the last 30 years the team with the best NBA record made it to the conference finals 23 times. 15 times they went to the finals and only 3 teams lost in the finals, so 12-3.
So basically 77% to make it to the conference finals, 50% to get to the Finals with a 40% odds to win.
Obviously winning the most games is good, just putting it in perspective.
Prolly about to listen to the Whistleblower podcast again after tonight tbh
Are Raptors fans always like this?
People keep talking about Jokic’s awful game: he was one assist from a triple double shooting 63/100/100 lmao
Disappointed at the lack of MPJ praise. He was, once again, so good this game.
was at the game, no idea why scottie was ejected but also i’m not sure why r/nba is convinced the raptors would’ve won without that we were up 2 scores and had all the momentum
We stole one ~~on the..~~ at home. Shout out Scott Foster.
i was also at the game – im just getting caught up on the public reaction. i had no idea it was that bad. in stadium sure we were booiong the bad calls and all – and the ejection seemed really weird. but i didnt realize how fucked up the ending was.
all in all – im happy that we got to be on the good side of one of these shit shows for a while.
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also – where the FUCK is Christian Braun. put him on FVV
“David Stern wonders why the league is losing money,” Shaq told a reporter during a televised interview. “That’s why. People paid good money to come watch these athletes play and [the refs] try to take over the f—ing game!” When the reporter interrupted the star to tell him the interview was live, the big man responded: “I don’t give a shit.”
I like that the nuggets won.
per altitude, jokić ties dan issel in career steals
https://preview.redd.it/dceaefl40bma1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=a025cd02128dc4099259fb4c78592d580ba6d05e
All they do is win win win no matter what.
🥇🥇🥇
Man, a couple of unserious hot take artists make some trolling comments on ESPN and some of y’all seem to have taken that as an open invitation to get reckless and behave like Utah Jazz fans. Let’s maybe cut that shit out lol
50 before 20 stays alive 👀
I was at the game tonight, and Reggie’s fit really stuck out to me. I enjoyed the second unit a lot, and Reggie and Bruce seem to me like they can stagger with Jamal and KCP. Maybe they’re going to test it more late season.
Bruce seems like he’s always aggressive with the green light, but wow Reggie was all over the floor. He facilitated big time and was disrupting passes from a team that moved the ball very well. I didn’t like watching OG on Jokić though.
E: I missed Vlatko too. Also DeAndre Jordan enthusiastically and with a real looking smile about it was coaching up Thomas Bryant from the sidelines, despite Bryant being 9 years younger and on the exact same expiring contract. I noticed him shouting something to Bryant maybe 3 times? It didn’t look like he was giving him shit, but like coaching.
Sct Brn def said the nono word right
They call it rigging I call it reperations