Denver Nuggets vs. Atlanta Hawks

Dec 5, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	23	31	40	40	134
ATL	41	32	30	30	133

Game Recap

The Nuggets overcome a 23-PT deficit, the 2nd-largest comeback in the NBA this season, to defeat the Hawks, 134-133.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21Spencer JonesSF	23	2-2	0-0	2-2	4	2	1	0	0	3	-2	6
8Peyton WatsonPF	28	4-11	1-4	0-0	6	2	1	2	0	4	-9	9
15Nikola JokicC	35	13-26	1-8	13-15	9	8	1	1	2	1	-15	40
23Cameron JohnsonSG	34	6-14	4-9	0-1	4	2	1	1	2	2	+15	16
27Jamal MurrayPG	38	8-16	4-6	3-3	5	12	2	1	4	1	+6	23
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	27	5-11	4-8	3-5	6	0	0	0	1	0	-4	17
11Bruce Brown	32	4-4	2-2	3-4	3	0	3	1	2	3	+1	13
22Zeke Nnaji	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3	2
17Jonas Valanciūnas	12	4-4	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	1	+16	8
1Curtis Jones	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Jalen Pickett	— did not play —												— did not play —
5Hunter Tyson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	47-8952.8%	16-3743.2%	24-3080.0%	42	28	9	6	12	15	-	134

HAWKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10Zaccharie RisacherSF	20	4-7	0-2	1-1	3	0	0	0	0	3	-7	9
1Jalen JohnsonPF	37	9-20	1-4	2-2	18	16	2	0	3	3	+3	21
17Onyeka OkongwuC	27	4-8	3-6	2-2	6	2	1	0	1	1	-18	13
5Dyson DanielsSG	33	7-14	1-3	0-0	3	8	2	0	3	4	+4	15
7Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPG	33	10-17	5-9	5-5	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	30
8Kristaps Porzingis	20	9-13	4-7	3-4	2	1	1	2	1	4	+18	25
27Vit Krejci	27	5-8	5-8	0-0	2	2	1	0	1	3	+7	15
3Luke Kennard	17	0-2	0-1	2-2	1	1	1	0	1	3	-1	2
2Keaton Wallace	10	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	4	0	0	0	0	-6	0
18Mouhamed Gueye	10	1-4	1-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	-5	3
14Asa Newell	— did not play —												— did not play —
11Trae Young	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	49-9551.6%	20-4643.5%	15-1693.8%	45	35	8	2	12	25	-	133

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENATL

(11:56)
(11:54) MISS Johnson 14' Jump Shot
(11:49) Okongwu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:39) Daniels 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Okongwu 1 AST)
02
(11:22) MISS Johnson 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(11:18) Okongwu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (11:12) Okongwu 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
05
(10:55) MISS Watson 14' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:50) Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:43) Watson Violation:Kicked Ball (P.O'Connell)
(10:28) HAWKS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
(10:12) MISS Jokic 12' Turnaround Hook Shot
(10:08) S. Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (10:06) Jokic 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (S. Jones 1 AST)
25
(9:53) Johnson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:53) Johnson STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:51) Johnson 2' Running Layup (2 PTS)
45
(9:51) Alexander-Walker S.FOUL (P1.T1) (P.O'Connell)
(9:51) MISS Johnson Free Throw 1 of 1
(9:48) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:34) MISS Johnson 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(9:30) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:20) MISS Murray 19' Step Back Jump Shot
(9:16) Okongwu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(9:08) Daniels Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(9:08) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(8:58) MISS Johnson 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:54) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:53) Watson 2' Dunk (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
65
+3 (8:41) Daniels 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Johnson 2 AST)
68
(8:25) MISS Watson 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:22) Daniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (8:15) Okongwu 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Daniels 1 AST)
611
(8:00) MISS Murray 4' Driving Layup
(7:54) S. Jones REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(7:51) MISS Johnson 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:46) Murray REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (7:45) Murray 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
911
+2 (7:37) Alexander-Walker 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
913
+2 (7:25) Murray 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS)
1113
+2 (7:16) Daniels 2' Driving Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Johnson 3 AST)
1115
(7:00) Murray Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(7:00) Okongwu STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:55) Johnson 3' Running Layup (2 PTS)
1117
(6:55) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(6:41) MISS Jokic 15' Turnaround Jump Shot
(6:38) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:27) Daniels OFF.Foul (P1) (S.Foster)
(6:27) Daniels Offensive Foul Turnover (P2.T4)
+2 (6:17) Murray 2' Cutting Layup Shot (7 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1317
+2 (5:58) Risacher Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Johnson 4 AST)
1319
(5:58) Watson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (P.O'Connell)
+1 (5:58) Risacher Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
1320
(5:53) Risacher P.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Goldenberg)
(5:44) MISS Jokic 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(5:41) Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (5:35) Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Johnson 5 AST)
1323
+2 (5:14) Jokic 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1523
(5:06) MISS Alexander-Walker 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:03) Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:45) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:42) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (4:35) Johnson 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1526
(4:18) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:15) Risacher REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (4:10) Okongwu 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Johnson 6 AST)
1529
(4:09) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
+3 (3:57) Hardaway Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1829
+3 (3:37) Krejci 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Daniels 2 AST)
1832
(3:20) MISS Watson 2' Cutting Dunk Shot
(3:18) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+2 (3:11) Daniels 1' Layup (9 PTS) (Krejci 1 AST)
1834
(3:03) Kennard P.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Foster)
(2:55) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:52) Wallace REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:39) MISS Kennard 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:35) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:23) MISS Murray 5' Cutting Layup Shot
(2:20) Gueye REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:10) HAWKS Timeout: Coach Challenge (Full 0 Short 0)
(2:10) Brown P.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Foster)
+3 (2:01) Porzingis 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wallace 1 AST)
1837
+2 (1:54) Hardaway Jr. 21' Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
2037
(1:45) MISS Porzingis 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:40) Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:34) MISS Jokic 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:32) Krejci REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:23) Porzingis 12' Fadeaway Bank Shot (5 PTS) (Wallace 2 AST)
2039
(1:02) MISS Jokic 10' Turnaround Jump Shot
(1:02) Porzingis BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:00) Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
+3 (0:57) Brown 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
2339
(0:42) MISS Wallace 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:39) Nuggets Rebound
(0:35) MISS Hardaway Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:32) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:13) Porzingis 16' Step Back Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Wallace 3 AST)
2341
(0:02) HAWKS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(0:02) MISS Jokic 21' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:02) Porzingis BLOCK (2 BLK)
(0:02) Nuggets Rebound
(0:02) Jump Ball Porzingis vs. Jokic: Tip to Hardaway Jr.

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

ATL

134Points133

47-89(52.8%)Field Goal(%)49-95(51.6%)

16-37(43.2%)3-Point(%)20-46(43.5%)

24-30(80.0%)Free Throw(%)15-16(93.8%)

42(9)Rebounds(Offensive)45(11)

28Assists35

9Steals8

6Blocks2

12Turnovers12

15Fouls25

54Pts In The Paint44

26Fast Break Pts18

22Pts Off Turnovers10

40Bench Pts45

11Largest Lead23

Game Details

Friday, December 5, 2025 · 7:30 PM

State Farm Arena · Atlanta, GA

attendance: 16,149 (76.9%)