New York Knicks vs. Denver Nuggets

Mar 6, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
NYK	27	38	40	37	142
DEN	29	23	28	23	103

Game Recap

The New York Knicks defeated the Denver Nuggets, 142-103, to improve to 41-23 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 39-25.

Player Stats

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8OG AnunobySF	31	11-17	6-11	6-6	7	5	4	1	0	1	+17	34
3Josh HartPF	24	8-12	2-4	0-2	5	2	0	0	1	3	+10	18
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	27	7-12	1-4	2-3	13	2	1	0	1	4	+19	17
25Mikal BridgesSG	24	4-8	1-2	0-0	2	4	0	3	1	2	+12	9
11Jalen BrunsonPG	33	3-13	1-3	2-2	3	15	1	0	1	3	+19	9
51Mohamed Diawara	12	2-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	2	+7	4
23Mitchell Robinson	14	6-7	0-0	1-2	5	1	0	0	1	4	+12	13
44Landry Shamet	18	3-5	2-4	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	2	+21	10
5Jose Alvarado	11	1-3	0-1	2-2	1	3	0	0	0	1	+13	4
4Pacome Dadiet	9	4-5	3-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	+13	11
13Tyler Kolek	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	8	0	0	0	0	+13	2
10Jeremy Sochan	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	2	3	0	2	0	+13	2
00Jordan Clarkson	7	3-5	0-1	1-2	3	0	1	0	0	1	+13	7
55Ariel Hukporti	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	1	+13	2
9Kevin McCullar Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	55-9557.9%	16-3447.1%	16-2176.2%	50	44	11	4	10	24	-	142

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23Cameron JohnsonSF	21	4-7	1-3	1-2	3	5	1	0	1	3	-6	10
32Aaron GordonPF	21	1-7	0-3	1-2	3	3	0	0	0	0	-7	3
15Nikola JokicC	30	14-21	1-7	9-10	8	5	2	0	3	1	-18	38
0Christian BraunSG	30	2-7	1-4	2-4	4	5	0	0	1	3	-18	7
27Jamal MurrayPG	17	5-10	1-3	1-3	1	3	0	1	0	1	-4	12
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	22	1-6	1-5	3-5	1	1	0	0	1	1	-24	6
11Bruce Brown	21	3-3	0-0	1-1	2	3	2	0	2	2	-22	7
3Julian Strawther	16	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	-15	2
21Spencer Jones	9	1-4	0-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	4	-15	2
17Jonas Valanciūnas	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	2	-4	2
1Tyus Jones	12	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	0	-14	3
22Zeke Nnaji	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	0	-13	0
24Jalen Pickett	9	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-13	0
14DaRon Holmes II	7	3-4	2-3	3-3	1	0	0	0	2	0	-9	11
45David Roddy	6	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	-13	0
TOTAL	-	37-8344.6%	8-4020.0%	21-3070.0%	31	30	6	1	15	19	-	103

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterNYKDEN

(11:56) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Towns: Tip to Braun
(11:35) MISS Gordon 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:34) NUGGETS Rebound
(11:30) MISS Murray 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:28) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:09) MISS Bridges 3PT Jump Shot
(11:07) Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:00) Murray 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Braun 1 AST)
02
+2 (10:33) Brunson 12' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
22
(10:20) MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:17) Braun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (10:16) Gordon 1' Driving Dunk (2 PTS) (Braun 2 AST)
24
(10:13) Knicks Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(9:53) MISS Hart 11' Jump Shot
(9:50) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:36) MISS Braun 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:33) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:26) MISS Brunson 15' Step Back Jump Shot
(9:25) NUGGETS Rebound
+2 (9:13) Jokic 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
26
(9:13) Towns S.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Buchert)
+1 (9:13) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
27
(8:54) MISS Hart 3PT Jump Shot
(8:50) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (8:42) Murray 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
210
(8:15) MISS Bridges 7' Turnaround Bank Hook Shot
(8:15) NUGGETS Rebound
(8:04) Brunson S.FOUL (P1.T2) (P.Fraher)
+1 (8:04) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
211
(8:04) MISS Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2
(8:02) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:45) Towns 8' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (2 PTS)
411
+2 (7:34) Murray 11' Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
413
+2 (7:26) Hart 1' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS)
613
(7:03) MISS Murray 5' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(7:01) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(7:00) MISS Braun 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:00) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:53) Johnson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (D.Collins)
(6:53) MISS Hart Free Throw 1 of 2
(6:53) Knicks Rebound
(6:53) MISS Hart Free Throw 2 of 2
(6:50) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:40) MISS Johnson 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:38) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:21) Bridges 7' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS)
813
(6:20) Foul : Double Personal - Towns (2 PF), Johnson (2 PF) (N.Buchert)
+2 (6:10) Murray 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
815
(5:58) MISS Brunson 8' Floating Jump Shot
(5:56) Robinson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (5:55) Robinson Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
1015
(5:55) Braun S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Buchert)
+1 (5:55) Robinson Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
1115
+3 (5:45) Braun 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1118
(5:29) MISS Diawara 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:24) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(5:09) MISS Murray 9' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(5:06) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (5:06) Jokic Tip Layup Shot (6 PTS)
1120
+3 (4:43) Shamet 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Diawara 1 AST)
1420
(4:19) Jokic Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T1)
(4:07) MISS Brunson 17' Step Back Jump Shot
(4:05) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:52) Brown 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1422
(3:52) Hart S.FOUL (P1.T3) (N.Buchert)
+1 (3:52) Brown Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
1423
(3:41) MISS Diawara 3PT Jump Shot
(3:37) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:32) MISS Murray 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(3:29) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:21) MISS Hart 3PT Jump Shot
(3:16) Robinson REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(3:16) MISS Robinson 2' Putback Layup
(3:15) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:10) MISS Hardaway Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:07) Shamet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:01) Hart 1' Running Layup (4 PTS)
1623
(3:01) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(2:51) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:48) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:41) Robinson Alley Oop Dunk (5 PTS) (Anunoby 1 AST)
1823
(2:31) Robinson S.FOUL (P1.T4) (D.Collins)
+1 (2:31) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
1824
+1 (2:31) Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
1825
+2 (2:17) Robinson Alley Oop Dunk (7 PTS) (Brunson 2 AST)
2025
+2 (1:58) Jokic 4' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (10 PTS) (Braun 3 AST)
2027
+3 (1:46) Shamet 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Brunson 3 AST)
2327
(1:29) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:27) Shamet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:12) MISS Brunson 13' Step Back Jump Shot
(1:09) Robinson REBOUND (Off:3 Def:0)
(1:06) MISS Alvarado 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:03) NUGGETS Rebound
(0:51) MISS Strawther 2' Driving Layup
(0:49) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (0:43) Anunoby 4' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Brunson 4 AST)
2527
+2 (0:38) Braun 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
2529
(0:28) MISS Anunoby 3PT Jump Shot
(0:26) Shamet REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(0:23) MISS Shamet 3PT Jump Shot
(0:20) Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:16) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T2)
(0:16) Anunoby STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:00) Robinson 2' Layup (9 PTS) (Anunoby 2 AST)
2729

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

NYK

DEN

142Points103

55-95(57.9%)Field Goal(%)37-83(44.6%)

16-34(47.1%)3-Point(%)8-40(20.0%)

16-21(76.2%)Free Throw(%)21-30(70.0%)

50(14)Rebounds(Offensive)31(8)

44Assists30

11Steals6

4Blocks1

10Turnovers15

24Fouls19

76Pts In The Paint46

22Fast Break Pts8

24Pts Off Turnovers11

55Bench Pts33

42Largest Lead9

Game Details

Friday, March 6, 2026 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,807 (103.7%)