Denver Nuggets vs. San Antonio Spurs

Dec 11, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	28	44	31	24	127
SAS	29	27	18	38	112

Game Recap

Nikola Jokic recorded 35 points, 17 rebounds, eight assists and two blocks in 34 minutes of play for the Nuggets as they defeated the Spurs, 127-112. Markus Howard added a season-high 21 points for the Nuggets in the victory, while Devin Vassell tallied 15 points, five rebounds and four assists for the Spurs in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 13-13 on the season, while the Spurs fall to 9-16.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
50Aaron GordonSF	32	7-13	1-3	1-1	4	4	1	1	1	1	+28	16
32Jeff GreenPF	24	2-2	0-0	4-4	1	3	1	0	1	4	+17	8
15Nikola JokicC	34	15-24	4-6	1-1	17	8	1	2	5	3	+32	35
9Davon ReedSG	16	1-3	0-0	0-0	7	2	2	0	0	2	+3	2
11Monte MorrisPG	31	7-12	4-8	1-1	3	4	1	2	3	0	+20	19
22Zeke Nnaji	16	0-3	0-1	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	3	-4	2
7Facundo Campazzo	29	2-5	1-3	3-3	2	8	1	1	0	1	-2	8
3Bones Hyland	22	6-12	4-9	0-0	1	3	1	0	1	4	+3	16
00Markus Howard	21	7-15	6-12	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	3	-8	21
JaMychal Green	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	3	+2	0
31Vlatko Cancar	3	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-10	0
21Petr Cornelie	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	-6	0
10Bol Bol	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	47-9350.5%	20-4346.5%	13-1492.9%	41	33	9	8	11	25	-	127

SPURS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3Keldon JohnsonSF	20	5-7	3-3	1-2	4	1	0	0	0	1	-26	14
17Doug McDermottPF	14	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	-24	0
25Jakob PoeltlC	17	2-4	0-0	2-5	2	4	0	1	3	3	-15	6
4Derrick WhiteSG	21	3-9	0-4	4-4	2	3	1	0	2	1	-27	10
5Dejounte MurrayPG	22	3-9	0-1	0-0	5	4	2	1	5	2	-35	6
33Tre Jones	23	5-8	0-0	2-2	9	5	0	0	0	1	+19	12
1Lonnie Walker IV	22	5-9	1-4	5-5	3	0	0	0	3	0	+3	16
31Keita Bates-Diop	16	4-7	1-2	1-3	4	0	0	0	0	3	+14	10
24Devin Vassell	22	5-10	2-5	3-5	5	4	0	0	0	1	-3	15
14Drew Eubanks	20	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	2
7Bryn Forbes	19	5-13	3-6	1-1	1	1	0	0	3	2	+12	14
30Thaddeus Young	18	3-8	0-0	1-2	6	4	1	0	0	2	+7	7

TOTAL	-	41-8946.1%	10-2737.0%	20-2969.0%	45	28	4	4	17	18	-	112

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENSAS

(11:57) Jump Ball Poeltl vs. Jokic: Tip to Johnson
(11:47) MISS White 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:43) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:35) Gordon 3' Layup (2 PTS)
20
+3 (11:20) Johnson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Poeltl 1 AST)
23
(10:58) MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(10:55) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:51) Reed P.FOUL (P1.T1) (T.Washington)
(10:39) MISS Murray 14' Fadeaway Jumper
(10:34) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:21) MISS Reed 20' Jump Shot
(10:17) McDermott REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:09) MISS Poeltl 5' Floating Jump Shot
(10:04) Reed REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:56) Morris Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:56) White STEAL (1 STL)
(9:50) MISS McDermott 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:47) Je. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:42) Gordon 3' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
43
(9:42) Murray S.FOUL (P1.T1) (K.Fitzgerald)
+1 (9:42) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
53
(9:30) MISS McDermott 4' Layup
(9:28) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:25) MISS Morris 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:19) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (9:19) Jokic Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
73
(9:13) Murray Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:13) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(9:08) MISS Morris 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(9:07) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:07) Gordon Personal Take Foul (P1.T2) (J.Schroeder)
(8:56) Murray Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T2)
(8:56) Morris STEAL (1 STL)
(8:46) MISS Jokic 3' Cutting Dunk Shot
(8:43) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:38) White 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
75
(8:38) Je. Green S.FOUL (P1.T3) (K.Fitzgerald)
+1 (8:38) White Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
76
+2 (8:17) Reed 4' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
96
(8:16) SPURS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(8:03) MISS Murray 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:59) Reed REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (7:45) Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
126
(7:27) MISS Poeltl 6' Finger Roll Layup
(7:25) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(7:14) Johnson S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Schroeder)
+1 (7:14) Je. Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
136
+1 (7:14) Je. Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
146
+3 (6:58) Johnson 27' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (White 1 AST)
149
(6:40) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(6:40) Murray STEAL (1 STL)
(6:35) MISS McDermott 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:31) Reed REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(6:26) Je. Green Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T3)
(6:26) Jokic T.FOUL (P0.T3) (T.Washington)
+1 (6:26) White Free Throw Technical (4 PTS)
1410
+2 (6:18) Poeltl 4' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
1412
(6:18) Je. Green S.FOUL (P2.T4) (J.Schroeder)
(6:18) MISS Poeltl Free Throw 1 of 1
(6:15) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(6:03) MISS Reed 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(6:00) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:54) MISS Murray 13' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:54) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
+3 (5:45) Morris 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Je. Green 1 AST)
1712
+2 (5:32) White 13' Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
1714
(5:17) SPURS T.Foul (Def. 3 Sec McDermott ) (T.Washington)
+1 (5:17) Morris Free Throw Technical (4 PTS)
1814
+2 (5:10) Jokic 10' Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Morris 2 AST)
2014
+2 (4:59) Walker IV 18' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Poeltl 2 AST)
2016
(4:40) MISS Morris 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:33) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(4:33) MISS Gordon Tip Layup Shot
(4:32) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:23) Nnaji P.FOUL (P1.PN) (T.Washington)
(4:23) MISS Johnson Free Throw 1 of 2
(4:23) SPURS Rebound
+1 (4:23) Johnson Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
2017
(4:00) MISS Jokic 14' Turnaround Jump Shot
(3:58) White REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:55) Walker IV Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T3)
(3:44) MISS Hyland 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:42) Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:29) Jokic S.FOUL (P1.PN) (K.Fitzgerald)
+1 (3:29) Walker IV Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2018
+1 (3:29) Walker IV Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2019
(3:17) Bates-Diop P.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Schroeder)
+3 (3:10) Jokic 27' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Campazzo 1 AST)
2319
(2:57) Poeltl OFF.Foul (P1) (T.Washington)
(2:57) Poeltl Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T4)
(2:57) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+3 (2:33) Jokic 28' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS)
2619
(2:29) Howard P.FOUL (P1.PN) (J.Schroeder)
+1 (2:29) Poeltl Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2620
+1 (2:29) Poeltl Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2621
(2:15) MISS Howard 15' Floating Jump Shot
(2:12) Vassell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:02) Jokic S.FOUL (P2.PN) (K.Fitzgerald)
(2:02) MISS Bates-Diop Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:02) SPURS Rebound
+1 (2:02) Bates-Diop Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2622
(1:45) MISS Ja. Green 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:41) Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:36) MISS Walker IV 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:33) Howard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:22) MISS Ja. Green 4' Layup
(1:18) Bates-Diop REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:17) Walker IV 3' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
2624
(0:59) MISS Campazzo 14' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:57) Eubanks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (0:43) Vassell 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Eubanks 1 AST)
2627
(0:26) Bates-Diop S.FOUL (P2.T4) (K.Fitzgerald)
+1 (0:26) Nnaji Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2727
+1 (0:26) Nnaji Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2827
(0:08) Ja. Green S.FOUL (P1.PN) (K.Fitzgerald)
+1 (0:08) Walker IV Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
2828
+1 (0:08) Walker IV Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
2829
(0:00) MISS Hyland 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:00) Nuggets Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

SAS

127Points112

47-93(50.5%)Field Goal(%)41-89(46.1%)

20-43(46.5%)3-Point(%)10-27(37.0%)

13-14(92.9%)Free Throw(%)20-29(69.0%)

41(10)Rebounds(Offensive)45(14)

33Assists28

9Steals4

8Blocks4

11Turnovers17

25Fouls18

52Pts In The Paint46

7Fast Break Pts9

28Pts Off Turnovers13

47Bench Pts76

32Largest Lead3

Game Details

Saturday, December 11, 2021 · 8:30 PM

AT&T Center · San Antonio, TX

attendance: 14,607 (78.6%)