Dallas Mavericks vs. Denver Nuggets

Dec 6, 2022

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL	36	28	27	25	116
DEN	29	29	28	29	115

Game Recap

Led by Luka Doncics 6th triple-double of the season and 52nd of his career (22 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists) the Mavericks defeated the Nuggets, 116-115. Tim Hardaway Jr. recorded 29 points (6-8 3PT FG) for the Mavericks, while Dorian Finney-Smith added 19 points (5-10 3PT FG) in the victory. Nikola Jokic tallied 19 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists for the Nuggets, while Aaron Gordon added a team-high 27 points and eight rebounds in the losing effort. The Mavericks improve to 13-11 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 14-10.

Player Stats

MAVERICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11Tim Hardaway Jr.SF	31	7-12	6-8	9-12	3	2	3	0	2	4	+4	29
10Dorian Finney-SmithPF	35	7-13	5-10	0-0	1	3	3	0	2	6	-4	19
7Dwight PowellC	20	3-3	0-0	2-2	7	1	1	1	2	4	0	8
26Spencer DinwiddieSG	30	3-8	1-2	6-6	2	7	1	0	1	2	-3	13
77Luka DoncicPG	37	5-17	4-9	8-9	10	12	0	1	5	2	+7	22
8Josh Green	17	1-5	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	4	+1	2
35Christian Wood	26	6-7	0-1	2-2	6	2	2	1	1	3	+9	14
42Maxi Kleber	26	4-6	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	4	-6	9
25Reggie Bullock Jr.	14	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	3	-3	0
44Davis Bertans	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Jaden Hardy	— did not play —												— did not play —
00JaVale McGee	— did not play —												— did not play —
21Frank Ntilikina	— did not play —												— did not play —
1Theo Pinson	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Kemba Walker	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	36-7250.0%	17-3647.2%	27-3187.1%	35	27	10	4	15	32	-	116

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11Bruce BrownSF	29	3-7	2-3	4-4	6	5	1	1	1	4	-7	12
50Aaron GordonPF	31	10-13	2-2	5-7	8	2	1	0	2	2	-6	27
15Nikola JokicC	34	7-13	0-3	5-6	8	8	1	0	3	1	+2	19
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	29	5-9	2-5	0-0	2	2	2	1	2	4	+1	12
27Jamal MurrayPG	30	2-11	0-5	7-9	2	5	1	0	2	5	+15	11
31Vlatko Cancar	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	2	1	-8	0
32Jeff Green	17	3-4	1-2	0-1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	7
3Bones Hyland	30	7-15	5-10	1-1	4	5	2	1	3	3	-4	20
22Zeke Nnaji	13	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	1	-3	2
0Christian Braun	15	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	5	+5	5
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Davon Reed	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Ish Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Peyton Watson	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	40-7851.3%	13-3240.6%	22-2878.6%	36	30	8	4	17	28	-	115

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDALDEN

(11:56) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. D. Powell: Tip to B. Brown
+2 (11:40) A. Gordon Layup (2 PTS) (B. Brown 1 AST)
02
(11:22) K. Caldwell-Pope personal FOUL (1 PF)
(11:12) MISS T. Hardaway Jr. 15' pullup Shot
(11:08) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:55) K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
05
(10:41) MISS L. Doncic 25' step back 3PT
(10:38) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:33) A. Gordon 24' 3PT running pullup (5 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
08
(10:20) J. Murray personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (10:15) S. Dinwiddie 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (L. Doncic 1 AST)
38
(9:56) MISS N. Jokic floating Shot
(9:56) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(9:56) N. Jokic loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
(9:33) MISS D. Finney-Smith 3PT - blocked
(9:33) B. Brown BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:29) D. Powell REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (9:25) D. Finney-Smith cutting Layup (2 PTS) (D. Powell 1 AST)
58
(9:14) MISS J. Murray 3PT
(9:14) L. Doncic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:07) D. Finney-Smith 3PT running (5 PTS) (S. Dinwiddie 1 AST)
88
(8:48) MISS A. Gordon turnaround Hook
(8:46) L. Doncic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:36) D. Powell offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(8:36) D. Powell offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(8:31) D. Finney-Smith personal FOUL (1 PF)
(8:24) MISS B. Brown 10' driving floating Shot
(8:22) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (8:20) K. Caldwell-Pope driving Layup (5 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)
810
+3 (8:02) D. Finney-Smith 3PT (8 PTS) (S. Dinwiddie 2 AST)
1110
+2 (7:48) J. Murray driving floating bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
1112
(7:32) L. Doncic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(7:32) K. Caldwell-Pope STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (7:13) A. Gordon Layup (7 PTS)
1114
+2 (7:01) D. Powell cutting Layup (2 PTS) (S. Dinwiddie 3 AST)
1314
(6:46) MISS J. Murray 27' 3PT
(6:42) D. Powell REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:38) DAL Timeout
(6:20) MISS S. Dinwiddie 13' driving floating bank Shot
(6:16) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:13) V. Cancar lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(6:13) T. Hardaway Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
(6:10) B. Brown shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Hardaway Jr. 2 FT)
+1 (6:10) T. Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1414
+1 (6:10) T. Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1514
+2 (6:00) A. Gordon Layup (9 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
1516
(6:00) T. Hardaway Jr. shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 1 FT)
+1 (6:00) A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1 (10 PTS)
1517
+2 (5:47) C. Wood DUNK (2 PTS) (L. Doncic 2 AST)
1717
(5:31) K. Caldwell-Pope bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (5:21) C. Wood 6' Layup (4 PTS) (L. Doncic 3 AST)
1917
(5:01) N. Jokic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(5:01) T. Hardaway Jr. STEAL (2 STL)
(4:58) V. Cancar shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Hardaway Jr. 2 FT)
+1 (4:58) T. Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2017
+1 (4:58) T. Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2117
(4:44) B. Brown bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(4:44) S. Dinwiddie STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (4:39) T. Hardaway Jr. 31' 3PT running (7 PTS) (S. Dinwiddie 4 AST)
2417
(4:39) DEN Timeout
+2 (4:28) N. Jokic 13' floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (B. Hyland 1 AST)
2419
(4:28) M. Kleber shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 1 FT)
+1 (4:28) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
2420
(4:20) B. Hyland personal FOUL (1 PF) (Wood 2 FT)
+1 (4:20) C. Wood Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
2520
+1 (4:20) C. Wood Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
2620
(4:02) MISS B. Hyland 9' turnaround Shot
(3:59) J. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:56) MISS J. Green running Layup
(3:52) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:44) J. Green personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (3:32) J. Green 3PT (3 PTS) (V. Cancar 1 AST)
2623
(3:32) C. Wood away-from-play personal FOUL (1 PF) (Murray 1 FT)
+1 (3:32) J. Murray away-from-play Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
2624
(3:13) MISS L. Doncic 10' driving floating Shot
(3:10) V. Cancar REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:57) M. Kleber shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Murray 2 FT)
(2:57) MISS J. Murray Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:57) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (2:57) J. Murray Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2625
+2 (2:45) J. Green 10' driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (L. Doncic 4 AST)
2825
(2:23) MISS J. Murray driving reverse Layup - blocked
(2:23) M. Kleber BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:19) C. Wood REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:14) MISS L. Doncic 7' Hook - blocked
(2:14) Z. Nnaji BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:14) V. Cancar REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(2:04) MISS B. Hyland 31' 3PT
(2:00) V. Cancar REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(1:57) C. Wood shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Murray 2 FT)
+1 (1:57) J. Murray Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
2826
(1:57) MISS J. Murray Free Throw 2 of 2
(1:54) L. Doncic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(1:41) J. Murray personal FOUL (2 PF) (Doncic 2 FT)
+1 (1:41) L. Doncic Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2926
+1 (1:41) L. Doncic Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
3026
(1:27) J. Green step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:13) J. Green offensive FOUL (2 PF)
(1:13) J. Green offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:59) V. Cancar bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(0:59) C. Wood STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (0:55) L. Doncic 27' 3PT running pullup (5 PTS)
3326
+3 (0:34) B. Hyland 25' 3PT (3 PTS)
3329
+3 (0:29) L. Doncic 28' 3PT step back (8 PTS)
3629
(0:07) MISS V. Cancar 9' driving Layup
(0:04) L. Doncic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(0:00) MISS L. Doncic 31' pullup 3PT
(0:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DAL

DEN

116Points115

36-72(50.0%)Field Goal(%)40-78(51.3%)

17-36(47.2%)3-Point(%)13-32(40.6%)

27-31(87.1%)Free Throw(%)22-28(78.6%)

35(4)Rebounds(Offensive)36(8)

27Assists30

10Steals8

4Blocks4

15Turnovers17

32Fouls28

38Pts In The Paint50

19Fast Break Pts14

23Pts Off Turnovers16

25Bench Pts34

10Largest Lead8

Game Details

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 · 10:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,520 (102.2%)

tv: TNT