Washington Wizards vs. Denver Nuggets

Dec 14, 2022

FINAL

11-18WashingtonWizards

128

17-10DenverNuggets

141

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
WAS	31	36	28	33	128
DEN	38	34	30	39	141

Game Recap

Led by Nikola Jokic’s season-high 43 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals, the Nuggets defeated the Wizards, 141-128. Bones Hyland (23 points, 6 assists) and Aaron Gordon (22 points, 7 rebounds) combined for 45 points for the Nuggets in the victory. Kyle Kuzma tallied 24 points and 4 assists for the Wizards in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 17-10, while the Wizards fall to 11-18.

Player Stats

WIZARDS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9Deni AvdijaSF	28	4-7	1-2	0-0	6	5	3	0	2	5	-17	9
33Kyle KuzmaPF	35	9-16	4-8	2-6	2	4	0	0	3	4	-24	24
67Taj GibsonC	17	2-5	1-3	3-4	2	2	2	1	0	6	-11	8
24Corey KispertSG	34	6-10	4-6	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	3	-1	16
22Monte MorrisPG	27	7-11	4-7	2-3	0	7	1	0	0	3	-1	20
7Jordan Goodwin	20	5-12	1-4	1-2	1	6	0	1	2	1	-12	12
5Will Barton	35	7-15	4-8	4-7	3	9	1	0	5	3	-14	22
21Daniel Gafford	25	5-10	0-0	1-1	7	3	1	2	1	2	-1	11
16Anthony Gill	11	3-4	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	1	+13	6
3Devon Dotson	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	+3	0
6Kristaps Porzingis	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	48-9152.7%	19-3948.7%	13-2356.5%	24	40	10	5	13	28	-	128

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11Bruce BrownSF	27	5-6	1-2	2-2	3	4	0	1	1	2	+13	13
50Aaron GordonPF	31	8-14	0-1	6-7	7	3	1	1	2	0	+21	22
15Nikola JokicC	33	17-20	0-2	9-10	14	8	5	1	8	2	+28	43
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	30	4-11	0-2	3-4	5	3	2	1	0	1	+23	11
27Jamal MurrayPG	30	2-6	1-3	0-0	4	6	0	0	0	2	+19	5
0Christian Braun	23	3-6	0-1	2-4	1	0	0	0	0	1	-10	8
3Bones Hyland	28	8-11	2-5	5-6	2	6	0	1	3	4	-1	23
32Jeff Green	15	5-6	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	1	1	1	-5	10
6DeAndre Jordan	13	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	3	-12	4
22Zeke Nnaji	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	-3	2
9Davon Reed	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
31Vlatko Cancar	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	0
14Ish Smith	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0
TOTAL	-	54-8365.1%	4-1625.0%	29-3582.9%	45	31	8	7	18	17	-	141

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterWASDEN

(11:55) Jump Ball T. Gibson vs. N. Jokic: Tip to K. Kuzma
+2 (11:37) K. Kuzma 18' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (2 PTS)
20
(11:16) N. Jokic lost ball out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+3 (11:01) C. Kispert 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (M. Morris 1 AST)
50
+2 (10:54) B. Brown driving Layup (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
52
+2 (10:46) D. Avdija driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (K. Kuzma 1 AST)
72
+2 (10:33) K. Caldwell-Pope 13' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
74
+2 (10:21) K. Kuzma driving DUNK (4 PTS)
94
(10:20) DEN Timeout
+2 (10:08) N. Jokic bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)
96
(9:53) K. Kuzma offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(9:53) K. Kuzma offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:31) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 6' driving floating bank Shot
(9:30) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (9:29) N. Jokic putback Layup (4 PTS)
98
(9:09) MISS K. Kuzma 24' pullup 3PT
(9:07) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:59) B. Brown cutting Layup (4 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
910
+2 (8:49) D. Avdija cutting Layup (4 PTS) (M. Morris 2 AST)
1110
(8:38) M. Morris personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (8:32) N. Jokic 8' turnaround Jump Shot (6 PTS) (B. Brown 1 AST)
1112
+3 (8:15) M. Morris 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (D. Avdija 1 AST)
1412
+2 (8:04) A. Gordon driving reverse DUNK (2 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
1414
+2 (7:58) C. Kispert driving Layup (5 PTS) (M. Morris 3 AST)
1614
(7:45) MISS A. Gordon turnaround Hook
(7:44) D. Avdija REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:35) MISS T. Gibson 17' Jump Shot
(7:33) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (7:29) K. Caldwell-Pope running Layup (4 PTS) (N. Jokic 4 AST)
1616
+2 (7:18) M. Morris 21' pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS) (T. Gibson 1 AST)
1816
+2 (7:08) N. Jokic driving floating Jump Shot (8 PTS)
1818
(6:55) N. Jokic personal FOUL (1 PF)
(6:50) C. Braun shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gibson 2 FT)
(6:50) MISS T. Gibson Free Throw 1 of 2
(6:50) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (6:50) T. Gibson Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
1918
(6:41) T. Gibson personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (6:36) A. Gordon DUNK (4 PTS) (B. Brown 2 AST)
1920
(6:25) MISS D. Avdija 25' 3PT
(6:22) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(6:20) N. Jokic bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (2 TO)
(6:08) MISS D. Gafford Jump Shot - blocked
(6:08) K. Caldwell-Pope BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:07) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+3 (6:04) K. Kuzma 3PT (7 PTS) (J. Goodwin 1 AST)
2220
(5:48) N. Jokic bad pass TURNOVER (3 TO)
(5:48) D. Avdija STEAL (1 STL)
(5:41) J. Goodwin bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (5:28) A. Gordon Layup (6 PTS) (B. Brown 3 AST)
2222
(5:00) WAS shot clock Team TURNOVER
+2 (4:52) A. Gordon driving reverse Layup (8 PTS)
2224
(4:51) WAS Timeout
(4:39) D. Avdija bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(4:39) A. Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
(4:36) W. Barton shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
(4:36) MISS A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2
(4:36) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (4:36) A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)
2225
(4:22) MISS J. Goodwin 3PT
(4:19) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:13) A. Gordon 3-second-violation TURNOVER (1 TO)
(4:02) K. Kuzma bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(4:02) N. Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (3:58) B. Hyland running DUNK (2 PTS)
2227
(3:45) MISS W. Barton driving finger roll Layup
(3:43) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(3:40) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 26' running pullup 3PT
(3:36) D. Gafford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:17) MISS D. Gafford 8' floating Shot
(3:15) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(3:12) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope running finger roll Layup
(3:11) D. Avdija REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:02) B. Hyland personal FOUL (1 PF)
(2:56) MISS J. Goodwin 12' pullup Shot - blocked
(2:56) N. Jokic BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:54) J. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:51) MISS C. Braun running Layup - blocked
(2:51) C. Kispert BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:49) C. Kispert REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:43) MISS D. Gafford running reverse Layup
(2:41) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
+2 (2:37) J. Green running DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 5 AST)
2229
(2:36) WAS Timeout
+3 (2:24) M. Morris 26' 3PT pullup (8 PTS) (D. Gafford 1 AST)
2529
+2 (2:00) J. Green driving DUNK (4 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)
2531
(1:51) D. Jordan shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Barton 2 FT)
(1:51) MISS W. Barton Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:51) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (1:51) W. Barton Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2631
(1:38) MISS B. Hyland 30' pullup 3PT
(1:34) D. Gafford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:25) MISS W. Barton 6' driving floating Shot
(1:23) C. Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:18) C. Braun running Layup (2 PTS)
2633
+3 (1:12) W. Barton 26' 3PT (4 PTS) (M. Morris 4 AST)
2933
(0:39) J. Green bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:39) W. Barton STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:36) A. Gill running DUNK (2 PTS) (W. Barton 1 AST)
3133
+2 (0:26) B. Hyland 6' driving floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
3135
(0:02) MISS W. Barton 26' pullup 3PT
(0:00) B. Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:00) M. Morris shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Hyland 3 FT)
+1 (0:00) B. Hyland Free Throw 1 of 3 (5 PTS)
3136
+1 (0:00) B. Hyland Free Throw 2 of 3 (6 PTS)
3137
+1 (0:00) B. Hyland Free Throw 3 of 3 (7 PTS)
3138

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

WAS

DEN

128Points141

48-91(52.7%)Field Goal(%)54-83(65.1%)

19-39(48.7%)3-Point(%)4-16(25.0%)

13-23(56.5%)Free Throw(%)29-35(82.9%)

24(4)Rebounds(Offensive)45(7)

40Assists31

10Steals8

5Blocks7

13Turnovers18

28Fouls17

48Pts In The Paint98

11Fast Break Pts29

25Pts Off Turnovers17

51Bench Pts47

5Largest Lead16

Game Details

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,550 (102.4%)