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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**33**|**29**|**27**|**24**|**113**|[](/DEN)|
**WAS**|**24**|**28**|**26**|**26**|**104**|[](/WAS)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**43-88 (48.9)**|**8-22 (36.4)**|**19-28 (67.9)**|**13**|**51**|**29**|**13**|**8**|**12**|**16**|**113**|
[](/WAS)**WAS**|**39-92 (42.4)**|**8-27 (29.6)**|**18-22 (81.8)**|**12**|**40**|**31**|**12**|**6**|**9**|**23**|**104**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|32:25|8-14 (57.1)|3-7 (42.9)|0-0 (0.0)|0|6|0|3|2|2|2|19|+13|
A. Gordon^^PF|31:03|4-10 (40.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3-7 (42.9)|3|10|2|1|1|3|0|11|+12|
N. Jokic^^C|36:05|15-20 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|12-14 (85.7)|4|12|8|0|1|3|2|42|+20|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|35:21|4-9 (44.4)|1-5 (20.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|3|3|2|3|0|2|10|+10|
J. Murray^^PG|38:48|7-23 (30.4)|3-8 (37.5)|2-2 (100.0)|1|5|7|1|0|0|2|19|+4|
R. Jackson|20:50|1-4 (25.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|3|0|0|0|1|3|+5|
P. Watson|12:43|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0|3|2|2|0|3|0|2|-2|
C. Braun|21:03|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|6|2|1|0|1|3|2|-9|
Z. Nnaji|5:05|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|2|2|1|0|3|2|-4|
D. Jordan|6:37|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|2|4|0|1|0|0|1|3|-4|
**Totals**||**43-88 (48.9)**|**8-22 (36.4)**|**19-28 (67.9)**|**13**|**51**|**29**|**13**|**8**|**12**|**16**|**113**||
**DNP:** ***Justin Holiday***, ***Jay Huff***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Braxton Key***, ***Julian Strawther***
**[](/WAS)WAS**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
D. Avdija^^SF|18:24|1-5 (20.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2-4 (50.0)|0|8|3|2|0|1|1|4|-2|
K. Kuzma^^PF|33:04|7-14 (50.0)|2-4 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|6|7|2|0|2|5|17|-11|
D. Gafford^^C|30:13|7-10 (70.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|3|7|2|2|2|1|5|15|-8|
J. Poole^^SG|27:55|1-7 (14.3)|1-4 (25.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|1|0|2|0|0|4|4|-10|
T. Jones^^PG|31:15|6-14 (42.9)|3-4 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|13|1|1|0|0|15|-11|
B. Coulibaly|31:00|4-9 (44.4)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|1|2|1|4|2|9|-14|
M. Bagley III|17:35|5-9 (55.6)|0-0 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|5|7|1|0|0|0|3|14|+1|
D. Wright|16:45|3-5 (60.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|0|0|1|1|1|6|+2|
C. Kispert|17:46|1-9 (11.1)|0-6 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|0|3|1|1|0|0|0|6|+5|
L. Shamet|16:03|4-10 (40.0)|1-5 (20.0)|5-5 (100.0)|1|1|3|0|1|0|2|14|+3|
**Totals**||**39-92 (42.4)**|**8-27 (29.6)**|**18-22 (81.8)**|**12**|**40**|**31**|**12**|**6**|**9**|**23**|**104**||
**DNP:** ***Patrick Baldwin Jr.***, ***Anthony Gill***, ***Trey Jemison***, ***Isaiah Livers***, ***Eugene Omoruyi***
**Inactive:** ***Jules Bernard***, ***Jared Butler***, ***Johnny Davis***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|58|16|21|17|12|14|16|[](/DEN)|
**WAS**|56|16|13|6|49|12|20|[](/WAS)|
**Lead Changes: 2** | **Times Tied: 3** | **Gametime: 2:09** | **Attendance: 17107**
*Officials: Gediminas Petraitis, Tyler Ford, Brandon Schwab*
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Sick win!
First!
Jokic masterclass, MVP chants at the end! Wizards fans know ball
Nice win, ofc no Jokić triple double 😥
Not that anyone should care at this point, but if this Jordan Poo shows up in April 2022 the Nuggets would have 2 championships by now
Aaron Gordon is Landry Shamet father
Game score made it seem closer than what it was. Nuggets in control the entire game.
Jokic the god
Jokic should be MVP imo
Denver playing Washington after a firefight with the Celtics is like going to a 10/10 5000$ escort that sucked your soul out, back to the plain Jane in your neighborhood.
Alright, I see you Wizard fans. Pretty cool to hear MVP chants that loud for Jok
Landry Shamet has got to see AG in his nightmares when he sleeps at night.
Jokic is the worst statpadder I have ever seen LMAO just 4 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assist in the 4th quarter.
Jokic never shoots much against bad teams
Jamal really is a good teams merchant
Was a good game , Nuggets didn’t relax Jokic was dominant could have scored even more but 75 % shooting with 42 pts and another almost TD is crazy!
PWat is ridiculous
AG won’t win those big ass stuffed toys from the basketball arcade game with how he shot his FTs tonight.
Nikola Jokic is just plain unstoppable, and he goes to another gear in the playoffs.
Also once Wes Unseld Jr gets fired the Malone coaching tree goes extinct lol
If there ever were a half-assed game
Nice, onto the next
Game Plan:
https://i.redd.it/tp45x7dz8wdc1.gif
nice win 🙂
The wizards are hard to watch even when losing to the nuggets.
14 FTs for Jokic!
Murray never escaping the good team merchant allegations.
Anyway, Daniel Gafford you are a Denver Nugget.
J/k, kind of, it’d probably be the Javale trade all over again if we’re being honest.
My biggest fear for this team is that Jokić continues to play like this going forward and he just doesn’t go back to his usual self. If the nuggets want to go back to back, Jokić can’t be playing like this. It seems like he’s going out of his way to NOT shoot this game which is really weird. I really really hate to say it but the last time I truly saw him play to the finals mvp level that I know he is capable was in the kings game. That was the last game where I saw him with his God-like touch where his floater = automatic two points. That was also the last game where had the perfect mix of knowing when to be aggressive and when to facilitate/pass the ball. I know I’m being hard on Jokić, the standard that he is held too is absurdly high, and rightfully so. He is considered the best player in the NBA, he is a two time MVP, and a one time finals MVP. I really love watching him play ever since the nuggets won the chip, I’ve watched every game including pre-season, so I know I may just be overreacting and I hope that I am and Jokić goes back to dominating by facilitating and scoring. Sorry for the long comment I just felt like venting. I just hope Jokić gets his groove back because as someone who watches him very closely I just can’t get rid of this feeling that something’s not right
I’m so tired of the Chiefs. Please, God, do something.
I was blissfully unaware there was a football game going on the entire game.
I thought hard about going to this game and im glad i didn’t. Jamal Murray fucking sucks
We need some punch of the bench, I like Braun and Watson but they’re not offensive threats, cam Thomas would be nice I don’t think the nets see him as a cornerstone.
I love aggressive Jokic
Nikola finished with 3 blocked shots. Just playing hard at both ends of the court.
🪓🪓🪓
Zeke can’t set a legal screen in 2k I wonder why I ever thought he could in a real game.
The West standings are super tight. Little room for error especially with the Clippers barking up our ass
Andy Reid is really similar to Jokic