Denver Nuggets vs. LA Clippers

Oct 12, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	31	28	17	26	102
LAC	32	29	14	19	94

Game Recap

The Nuggets defeated the Clippers, 102-94. The Nuggets improve to 2-1, while the Clippers fall to 1-1 in the preseason.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23Cameron JohnsonSF	22	3-8	2-7	0-0	0	0	3	0	1	4	-1	8
32Aaron GordonPF	22	6-11	2-5	4-6	7	2	1	0	3	0	-1	18
15Nikola JokicC	22	6-9	0-2	0-0	9	6	1	1	1	1	-2	12
0Christian BraunSG	22	4-5	3-4	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	2	+9	11
27Jamal MurrayPG	20	3-9	1-4	0-0	1	3	1	1	3	3	-3	7
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	17	0-4	0-4	1-2	1	2	1	0	0	1	-7	1
8Peyton Watson	17	3-6	1-2	2-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	+1	9
11Bruce Brown	16	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2	-3	0
17Jonas Valanciūnas	17	5-7	0-1	0-1	9	1	0	0	4	5	+3	10
3Julian Strawther	14	2-5	2-3	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	0	+1	6
21Spencer Jones	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	-5	0
22Zeke Nnaji	10	0-4	0-1	2-2	3	1	1	0	2	1	+9	2
24Jalen Pickett	8	2-3	1-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	+8	5
14DaRon Holmes II	6	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+10	2
Curtis Jones	6	3-6	3-6	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	+10	11
5Hunter Tyson	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	+11	0
Tamar Bates	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Moses Brown	— did not play —												— did not play —
20Kessler Edwards	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	38-8246.3%	15-4235.7%	11-1764.7%	45	23	9	2	15	22	-	102

CLIPPERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5Derrick Jones Jr.SF	20	5-8	0-2	2-3	3	1	2	0	0	0	+2	12
20John CollinsPF	24	3-7	1-2	2-2	4	1	0	1	3	2	-2	9
40Ivica ZubacC	22	5-6	0-0	1-4	10	2	2	0	3	0	0	11
2Kawhi LeonardSG	19	5-10	1-6	6-6	2	1	2	0	0	1	+2	17
1James HardenPG	23	1-6	1-3	2-2	5	11	2	0	3	2	+4	5
3Chris Paul	21	1-5	0-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	2	-4	2
8Kris Dunn	18	1-3	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	3	-2	3
11Brook Lopez	16	6-10	3-6	0-0	1	1	0	3	1	3	-3	15
33Nicolas Batum	14	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-6	0
24Kobe Brown	16	1-7	1-6	3-4	4	2	0	0	0	2	-5	6
11Jordan Miller	16	2-7	1-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-5	5
12Cam Christie	9	2-4	0-1	1-1	2	1	1	0	0	1	-8	5
14Yanic Konan Niederhauser	8	1-1	0-0	2-4	5	1	0	1	0	0	-5	4
10Jason Preston	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	1	-8	0
23Patrick Baldwin Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
0Bradley Beal	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Bogdan Bogdanovic	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Trentyn Flowers	— did not play —												— did not play —
John Poulakidas	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Kobe Sanders	— did not play —												— did not play —
Jahmyl Telfort	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	33-7742.9%	9-3724.3%	19-2673.1%	42	24	9	5	15	17	-	94

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENLAC

(12:00) Jump Ball Zubac vs. Jokic: Tip to Gordon
(11:31) MISS Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:30) Jones Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:02) Collins 19' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jones Jr. 1 AST)
02
(10:32) MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:26) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:58) Johnson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (9:58) Leonard Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
03
+1 (9:58) Leonard Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
04
(9:48) Gordon Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:48) Harden STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:44) Leonard 4' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
06
(9:27) MISS Gordon 3' Driving Reverse Layup
(9:27) Collins BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:23) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (9:22) Gordon 2' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
26
+2 (9:08) Zubac 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Harden 2 AST)
28
(9:08) Jokic S.FOUL (P1.T2) (E.Malloy)
+1 (9:08) Zubac Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
29
+2 (9:02) Jokic 7' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
49
(8:48) Harden Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:48) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(8:41) MISS Jokic 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:34) Leonard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:28) Zubac 2' Reverse Layup (5 PTS) (Harden 3 AST)
411
(8:28) Murray S.FOUL (P1.T3) (E.Malloy)
(8:28) MISS Zubac Free Throw 1 of 1
(8:26) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:17) MISS Murray 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:17) Zubac REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:17) MISS Jones Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:17) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:15) Collins S.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Malloy)
+1 (8:15) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
511
+1 (8:15) Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
611
(8:12) Collins Offensive Charge Foul (P2) (E.Malloy)
(8:12) Collins Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
+2 (8:06) Jokic 2' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
811
+3 (7:51) Harden 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
814
+3 (7:34) Braun 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
1114
(7:11) MISS Collins 10' Pullup Jump Shot
(7:08) Zubac REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (7:08) Zubac Tip Layup Shot (7 PTS)
1116
+2 (6:55) Braun 1' Driving Reverse Layup (5 PTS)
1316
(6:44) MISS Leonard 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:41) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:40) Leonard C.P.FOUL (P1.T2) (C.Painter)
(6:40) CLIPPERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:40) MISS Gordon Free Throw Clear Path 1 of 2
(6:40) Nuggets Rebound
+1 (6:40) Gordon Free Throw Clear Path 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1416
+3 (6:32) Gordon 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1716
(6:06) MISS Harden 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(6:04) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:55) MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:51) Jones Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:42) MISS Jones Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:39) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(5:27) MISS Braun 3PT Jump Shot
(5:25) Nuggets Rebound
(5:23) MISS Johnson 3PT Jump Shot
(5:20) Collins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:06) Collins 20' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Harden 4 AST)
1718
(4:55) MISS Hardaway Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:53) Leonard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:53) Hardaway Jr. P.FOUL (P1.T4) (J.DeRosa)
+3 (4:42) Dunn 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Lopez 1 AST)
1721
+3 (4:16) Braun 27' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
2021
(4:04) MISS Batum 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:01) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (3:50) Gordon 20' Jump Shot (10 PTS)
2221
(3:31) Harden Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(3:31) Hardaway Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (3:28) Johnson 1' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Hardaway Jr. 1 AST)
2421
+3 (3:12) Lopez 29' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Harden 5 AST)
2424
(3:08) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:51) MISS Murray 12' Fadeaway Jumper
(2:49) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(2:49) Dunn P.FOUL (P1.T3) (E.Malloy)
+2 (2:42) Valanciunas 11' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS)
2624
(2:42) Lopez S.FOUL (P1.T4) (J.DeRosa)
(2:42) MISS Valanciunas Free Throw 1 of 1
(2:39) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (2:22) Lopez 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Harden 6 AST)
2627
(2:13) Harden P.FOUL (P1.PN) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (2:13) Watson Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2727
+1 (2:13) Watson Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2827
(2:02) Harden Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T4)
(2:02) Murray STEAL (1 STL)
(1:37) MISS Murray 22' Pullup Jump Shot
(1:37) Nuggets Rebound
(1:37) Nuggets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#2)
+3 (1:15) Lopez 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Harden 7 AST)
2830
+3 (0:54) Murray 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Valanciunas 1 AST)
3130
(0:48) MISS Lopez 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:44) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:27) MISS Murray 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(0:23) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (0:03) Lopez 12' Turnaround Fadeaway (11 PTS) (Harden 8 AST)
3132
(0:01) B. Brown Heave:Team Field Goal Attempt
(0:01) Nuggets Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

LAC

102Points94

38-82(46.3%)Field Goal(%)33-77(42.9%)

15-42(35.7%)3-Point(%)9-37(24.3%)

11-17(64.7%)Free Throw(%)19-26(73.1%)

45(8)Rebounds(Offensive)42(8)

23Assists24

9Steals9

2Blocks5

15Turnovers15

22Fouls17

40Pts In The Paint38

13Fast Break Pts18

20Pts Off Turnovers21

46Bench Pts40

8Largest Lead7

Game Details

Sunday, October 12, 2025 · 9:30 PM

Intuit Dome · Inglewood, CA

attendance: 13,951 (77.5%)

tv: ESPN