Nuggets (135) vs Pacers (120) · Dec 3, 2025 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Dec 3, 2025

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	33	39	30	33	135
IND	28	20	31	41	120

Injury Report

21Spencer Jones
Knee·GTD
0Christian Braun
Ankle·OUT
3Julian Strawther
Back·OUT
32Aaron Gordon
Hamstring·OUT

1Obi Toppin
Foot·OUT
23Aaron Nesmith
Knee·OUT
29Quenton Jackson
Hamstring·OUT
7Kam Jones
Back·OUT
0Tyrese Haliburton
Achilles·OFS

Game Recap

The Nuggets defeated the Pacers, 135-120. The Nuggets move to 15-6 while the Pacers fall to 4-18.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21Spencer JonesSF	17	0-1	0-1	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	4	+18	1
8Peyton WatsonPF	36	3-8	1-3	4-5	7	0	1	3	0	4	+22	11
15Nikola JokicC	35	9-17	1-4	5-5	8	13	0	1	4	2	+26	24
23Cameron JohnsonSG	33	3-7	2-3	1-2	4	4	1	0	1	4	+16	9
27Jamal MurrayPG	36	19-25	10-11	4-5	6	4	1	0	1	0	+23	52
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	27	4-8	2-4	1-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	-11	11
11Bruce Brown	26	6-7	1-1	1-2	4	0	0	1	2	3	-1	14
17Jonas Valanciūnas	11	3-5	0-0	3-4	3	0	1	0	1	3	-11	9
22Zeke Nnaji	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	1	-7	2
1Curtis Jones	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
5Hunter Tyson	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Jalen Pickett	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


TOTAL	-	49-8359.0%	17-2860.7%	20-2676.9%	38	23	6	5	10	21	-	135

PACERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
00Bennedict MathurinSF	28	5-10	2-3	3-3	7	2	0	0	4	2	-25	15
43Pascal SiakamPF	33	7-16	3-5	6-8	3	4	0	0	1	5	-3	23
32Jay HuffC	17	1-6	1-6	0-0	1	2	0	2	0	3	-2	3
26Ben SheppardSG	17	5-5	3-3	1-2	5	2	2	0	1	1	+3	14
2Andrew NembhardPG	28	5-11	2-3	4-6	3	7	0	1	1	1	-18	16
5Jarace Walker	21	4-7	1-2	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	2	-24	11
12Johnny Furphy	16	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	-6	0
22Isaiah Jackson	16	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	0	0	3	-3	6
9T.J. McConnell	16	7-10	0-0	0-0	1	6	3	1	1	3	+3	14
24Garrison Mathews	19	3-4	1-2	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	+10	9
13Tony Bradley	13	1-2	0-0	5-6	4	0	0	1	1	2	-10	7
4Taelon Peter	3	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	3	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
55Ethan Thompson	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	42-8151.9%	13-2846.4%	23-2979.3%	38	24	6	5	12	24	-	120

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENIND

(11:55) Jump Ball Huff vs. Jokic: Tip to Nembhard
(11:38) MISS Nembhard 14' Pullup Jump Shot
(11:37) Nembhard REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (11:35) Nembhard 7' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
02
(11:16) MISS Johnson 4' Driving Layup
(11:13) Sheppard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:02) Watson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Jelks)
+1 (11:02) Siakam Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
03
(11:02) MISS Siakam Free Throw 2 of 2
(11:01) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:47) MISS Murray 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:41) Sheppard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(10:24) Sheppard Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:24) Johnson STEAL (1 STL)
(10:10) MISS Jokic 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:08) Mathurin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:01) Siakam 3' Running Layup (3 PTS) (Mathurin 1 AST)
05
+3 (9:37) Johnson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
35
(9:17) MISS Huff 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:15) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:07) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:07) Sheppard STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:03) Mathurin 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Siakam 1 AST)
37
+2 (8:44) Jokic 2' Driving Bank Hook Shot (2 PTS)
57
(8:28) S. Jones S.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Jelks)
+1 (8:28) Mathurin Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
58
+1 (8:28) Mathurin Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
59
+3 (8:09) Murray 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
89
(7:54) Mathurin Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:44) Huff P.FOUL (P1.T1) (K.Scott)
+2 (7:30) Jokic 3' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
109
(7:16) MISS Siakam 12' Turnaround Jump Shot
(7:13) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:10) MISS Murray 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(7:06) Sheppard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (7:03) Sheppard 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Nembhard 1 AST)
1012
(6:48) MISS Jokic 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:48) Huff BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:44) Sheppard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(6:41) MISS Huff 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(6:37) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:33) Johnson 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1212
(6:31) PACERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:18) S. Jones S.FOUL (P2.T3) (S.Corbin)
(6:18) MISS Nembhard Free Throw 1 of 2
(6:18) PACERS Rebound
(6:18) MISS Nembhard Free Throw 2 of 2
(6:17) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(6:00) MISS S. Jones 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:56) Nembhard REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (5:48) Mathurin 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (6 PTS)
1214
+2 (5:38) Murray 4' Cutting Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1414
+3 (5:29) Nembhard 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1417
+2 (5:12) Jokic 1' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Hardaway Jr. 1 AST)
1617
(4:49) MISS Mathurin 2' Driving Layup
(4:46) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (4:44) Hardaway Jr. 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (3 PTS)
1917
(4:25) MISS Mathurin 6' Driving Layup
(4:23) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (4:19) Watson 4' Running Layup (2 PTS)
2117
(4:19) Jackson S.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Corbin)
+1 (4:19) Watson Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
2217
(3:58) MISS McConnell 10' Fadeaway Jumper
(3:55) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:53) Brown Traveling Turnover (P1.T2)
(3:47) MISS Walker 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(3:45) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (3:38) Murray 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (8 PTS)
2517
(3:20) MISS Mathurin 13' Pullup Jump Shot
(3:20) Brown BLOCK (1 BLK)
(3:18) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (3:12) Valanciunas 20' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
2717
(3:10) PACERS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(2:50) MISS Siakam 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(2:47) Jackson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (2:46) Jackson 1' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
2719
+2 (2:24) Nnaji 2' Layup (2 PTS)
2919
+2 (2:13) McConnell 15' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2921
(1:52) Furphy P.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Corbin)
(1:42) Siakam S.FOUL (P1.PN) (S.Jelks)
+1 (1:42) Valanciunas Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
3021
+1 (1:42) Valanciunas Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
3121
(1:32) MISS Mathews 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:28) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (1:10) Murray 12' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (10 PTS)
3321
+3 (1:03) Siakam 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Mathews 1 AST)
3324
(0:49) Brown Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(0:49) McConnell STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:46) Mathews 2' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (McConnell 1 AST)
3326
(0:38) Valanciunas OFF.Foul (P1) (K.Scott)
(0:38) Valanciunas Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T4)
+2 (0:27) Jackson 4' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
3328
(0:04) MISS Valanciunas 14' Jump Shot
(0:01) Jackson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

IND

135Points120

49-83(59.0%)Field Goal(%)42-81(51.9%)

17-28(60.7%)3-Point(%)13-28(46.4%)

20-26(76.9%)Free Throw(%)23-29(79.3%)

38(5)Rebounds(Offensive)38(8)

23Assists24

6Steals6

5Blocks5

10Turnovers12

21Fouls24

52Pts In The Paint36

21Fast Break Pts19

17Pts Off Turnovers18

38Bench Pts49

29Largest Lead5

Game Details

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 · 7:00 PM

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis, IN

attendance: 15,578 (86.9%)

spread: DEN -8.5