Denver Nuggets vs. Utah Jazz

Apr 8, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	19	36	40	19	114
UTA	32	26	31	29	118

Game Recap

The Jazz defeated the Nuggets, 118-114. Ochai Agbaji recorded a career-high 28 points for the Jazz, while Luka Samanic added a career-high 23 points, along with eight rebounds in the victory. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope tallied 21 points (6-8 3pt FG) and three assists for the Nuggets in the losing effort. The Jazz improve to 37-44, while the Nuggets fall to 52-29.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	20	6-14	3-9	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	1	-12	15
50Aaron GordonPF	28	6-10	1-2	2-3	4	2	0	0	0	2	+1	15
15Nikola JokicC	26	2-5	0-1	2-2	10	10	2	0	4	2	-5	6
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	28	7-12	6-8	1-1	0	3	1	2	1	3	-1	21
27Jamal MurrayPG	28	7-13	4-10	2-2	4	5	1	1	3	4	+1	20
32Jeff Green	11	1-3	0-1	1-2	1	1	0	1	1	1	+5	3
7Reggie Jackson	22	3-12	1-8	0-0	4	3	0	0	1	0	+12	7
0Christian Braun	25	5-8	0-2	4-5	6	1	3	1	0	2	+4	14
8Peyton Watson	17	1-1	0-0	4-7	3	4	0	3	0	1	+1	6
31Vlatko Cancar	12	1-5	0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	1	-10	2
22Zeke Nnaji	12	0-3	0-2	1-2	3	0	0	1	1	2	-10	1
14Ish Smith	6	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	-6	4
13Thomas Bryant	— did not play —												— did not play —
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Jack White	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	41-9045.6%	15-4632.6%	17-2470.8%	41	32	7	9	14	20	-	114

JAZZ	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
95Juan Toscano-AndersonSF	30	2-9	0-2	3-3	6	5	1	0	1	3	+15	7
19Luka SamanicPF	30	9-14	3-6	2-4	8	1	2	0	3	2	+10	23
20Udoka AzubuikeC	30	3-4	0-0	2-3	11	1	0	1	1	2	+12	8
30Ochai AgbajiSG	35	10-25	3-11	5-5	3	3	1	0	4	1	-1	28
11Kris DunnPG	36	6-13	0-0	7-8	8	14	3	1	3	2	+20	19
15Damian Jones	17	3-4	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	1	-10	6
16Simone Fontecchio	22	6-15	3-8	0-0	6	4	1	0	3	5	+1	15
25Micah Potter	21	4-7	2-4	0-0	10	1	1	0	1	2	-9	10
33Johnny Juzang	15	1-9	0-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-18	2
0Talen Horton-Tucker	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Collin Sexton	— did not play —												— did not play —




TOTAL	-	44-10044.0%	11-3531.4%	19-2382.6%	59	30	9	2	16	18	-	118

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENUTA

(12:00) N. Jokic loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
(12:00) O. Agbaji inbound TURNOVER (1 TO)
(11:45) K. Dunn personal FOUL (1 PF)
(11:38) MISS J. Murray 24' 3PT
(11:35) U. Azubuike REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:25) MISS K. Dunn 7' driving floating bank Shot
(11:23) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:12) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 20' pullup Shot
(11:09) K. Dunn REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:57) MISS O. Agbaji 27' pullup 3PT
(10:54) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(10:47) N. Jokic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(10:47) L. Samanic STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:43) L. Samanic alley-oop DUNK (2 PTS) (K. Dunn 1 AST)
02
(10:21) N. Jokic lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)
(10:21) K. Dunn STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:16) O. Agbaji driving Layup (2 PTS) (K. Dunn 2 AST)
04
+2 (10:03) A. Gordon alley-oop DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
24
+3 (9:47) O. Agbaji 26' 3PT (5 PTS) (J. Toscano-Anderson 1 AST)
27
(9:35) J. Murray bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:35) J. Toscano-Anderson STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:30) L. Samanic Layup (4 PTS) (J. Toscano-Anderson 2 AST)
29
(9:13) MISS A. Gordon 10' Jump Shot
(9:11) L. Samanic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:03) MISS K. Dunn 9' pullup Shot
(9:01) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(8:55) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT
(8:53) K. Dunn REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:47) MISS J. Toscano-Anderson 25' 3PT
(8:43) U. Azubuike REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:43) U. Azubuike 6' Hook (2 PTS)
211
(8:43) A. Gordon shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Azubuike 1 FT)
(8:43) MISS U. Azubuike Free Throw 1 of 1
(8:42) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:35) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT
(8:31) K. Dunn REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(8:23) MISS O. Agbaji 26' 3PT
(8:21) O. Agbaji REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (8:20) O. Agbaji driving Layup (7 PTS)
213
(8:20) M. Porter Jr. shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Agbaji 1 FT)
+1 (8:20) O. Agbaji Free Throw 1 of 1 (8 PTS)
214
(8:05) MISS M. Porter Jr. 24' 3PT
(8:02) O. Agbaji REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:56) U. Azubuike offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(7:56) U. Azubuike offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(7:38) MISS M. Porter Jr. 24' 3PT
(7:35) L. Samanic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:16) J. Murray shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Samanic 2 FT)
(7:16) MISS L. Samanic Free Throw 1 of 2
(7:16) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (7:16) L. Samanic Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
215
+2 (7:03) A. Gordon alley-oop DUNK (4 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
415
+2 (6:50) K. Dunn floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
417
(6:38) N. Jokic bad pass TURNOVER (3 TO)
(6:38) L. Samanic STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (6:34) O. Agbaji running DUNK (10 PTS) (K. Dunn 3 AST)
419
+3 (6:12) K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
719
+2 (5:58) O. Agbaji cutting Layup (12 PTS) (J. Toscano-Anderson 3 AST)
721
(5:40) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT
(5:39) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(5:37) MISS J. Murray 24' 3PT
(5:34) U. Azubuike REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(5:25) MISS U. Azubuike 9' floating Shot
(5:23) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(5:23) UTA Timeout
(5:08) MISS R. Jackson 25' 3PT
(5:05) S. Fontecchio REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:53) L. Samanic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(4:53) K. Caldwell-Pope STEAL (1 STL)
(4:47) MISS N. Jokic floating Shot
(4:44) S. Fontecchio REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (4:38) S. Fontecchio 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Toscano-Anderson 4 AST)
724
(4:22) D. Jones defensive-3-second technical FOUL (1 Tech)
+1 (4:22) K. Caldwell-Pope technical Free Throw 1 of 1 (4 PTS)
824
(4:14) R. Jackson bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(4:14) K. Dunn STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (4:10) K. Dunn running Layup (4 PTS)
826
(3:50) J. Toscano-Anderson shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
+1 (3:50) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
926
+1 (3:50) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1026
(3:37) K. Dunn bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(3:37) C. Braun STEAL (1 STL)
(3:34) S. Fontecchio shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Braun 2 FT)
(3:34) MISS C. Braun Free Throw 1 of 2
(3:34) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (3:34) C. Braun Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
1126
+2 (3:24) S. Fontecchio 20' step back Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1128
(3:14) MISS R. Jackson 25' 3PT
(3:10) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(2:54) MISS J. Juzang 26' 3PT
(2:50) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(2:46) J. Green charge offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(2:46) J. Green offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:46) DEN Timeout
(2:32) S. Fontecchio traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (2:19) A. Gordon Layup (6 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)
1328
(2:19) S. Fontecchio shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Gordon 1 FT)
(2:19) MISS A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1
(2:17) M. Potter REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:05) MISS O. Agbaji 26' pullup 3PT
(2:01) M. Potter REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(1:59) MISS J. Juzang 28' 3PT
(1:56) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(1:48) M. Potter shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
+1 (1:48) A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
1428
+1 (1:48) A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
1528
(1:36) O. Agbaji lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)
(1:36) C. Braun STEAL (2 STL)
(1:30) MISS C. Braun 7' driving floating Shot
(1:28) M. Potter REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(1:27) M. Potter lost ball out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (1:19) A. Gordon driving Layup (10 PTS)
1728
+2 (1:05) D. Jones DUNK (2 PTS) (S. Fontecchio 1 AST)
1730
+2 (0:49) J. Green driving Layup (2 PTS)
1930
+2 (0:34) J. Juzang driving floating bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (O. Agbaji 1 AST)
1932
(0:25) MISS J. Green 25' 3PT
(0:23) M. Potter REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(0:06) MISS M. Potter 27' 3PT
(0:03) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

UTA

114Points118

41-90(45.6%)Field Goal(%)44-100(44.0%)

15-46(32.6%)3-Point(%)11-35(31.4%)

17-24(70.8%)Free Throw(%)19-23(82.6%)

41(5)Rebounds(Offensive)59(17)

32Assists30

7Steals9

9Blocks2

14Turnovers16

20Fouls18

46Pts In The Paint64

12Fast Break Pts16

22Pts Off Turnovers15

37Bench Pts33

9Largest Lead19

Game Details

Saturday, April 8, 2023 · 3:30 PM

Vivint Arena · Salt Lake City, UT

attendance: 18,206 (99.5%)