Denver Nuggets – Golden State Warriors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 16 February 2022

DEN117–116GSW

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It was more exciting than 67% of NBA games since 2017

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↑ GSW winsDEN wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when GSW leads and falls when DEN does.

This is how the game was decided.

Nikola Jokić decided it, the Denver Nuggets player with the most points (35, with 17 rebounds and 8 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Bryn Forbes's (+11). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Golden State Warriors 116-117 Denver Nuggets (February 16, 2022) was hit by Monte Morris: a three-pointer with 0.2 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Denver Nuggets up 117-116. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Golden State Warriors 116-117 Denver Nuggets (February 16, 2022) was a 8-0 run by the Golden State Warriors in the third quarter (from 8:24 to 6:16), from 69-61 to 77-61. The Denver Nuggets' best was a 8-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 1:27 to 14.9 s), from 106-113 to 114-113.

What were the keys of the last Golden State Warriors vs Denver Nuggets game?

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Play: Monte Morris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Monte Morris decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Morris decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

16 February 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360702:691; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · DEN

Jokic · Morris · Gordon · Forbes · Rivers

Closing lineup · GSW

Curry · Wiggins · Thompson · Looney · Porter

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DEN

Nikola Jokic

34′ · +6

Monte Morris

31′ · +5

Aaron Gordon

30′ · +2

Will Barton

21′ · -11

Jeff Green

18′ · -10

Bryn Forbes

30′ · +8

Austin Rivers

28′ · +10

Bones Hyland

17′ · -4

JaMychal Green

18′ · -2

DeMarcus Cousins

13′ · -2

GSW

Stephen Curry

39′ · -2

Andrew Wiggins

36′ · -1

Klay Thompson

31′ · 0

Kevon Looney

27′ · -4

Gary Payton II

25′ · +13

Jordan Poole

22′ · -2

Jonathan Kuminga

21′ · -1

Nemanja Bjelica

16′ · -4

Otto Porter Jr.

23′ · -4

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. DEN and GSW.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Denver Nuggets

Morris, Green, Barton, Gordon, and Jokic played 18.2 minutes together.
Forbes, Hyland, Cousins, Rivers, and Green played 12.5 minutes together.
Forbes, Morris, Rivers, Gordon, and Jokic played 8.3 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Denver Nuggets lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Golden State Warriors

Looney, Payton, Curry, Thompson, and Wiggins played 16.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Looney, Curry, Thompson, Porter, and Wiggins played 6.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
Poole, Kuminga, Curry, Bjelica, and Porter played 6.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

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Denver Nuggets

Forbes, Hyland, Rivers, Green, and Jokic played 2.9 minutes together.
Forbes, Morris, Barton, Gordon, and Jokic played 2.1 minutes together.
Forbes, Morris, Rivers, Green, and Jokic played 1.4 minutes together.
Forbes, Hyland, Rivers, Gordon, and Jokic played 1.1 minutes together.

Golden State Warriors

Poole, Kuminga, Bjelica, Thompson, and Porter played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Poole, Kuminga, Curry, Bjelica, and Wiggins played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Payton, Poole, Kuminga, Porter, and Wiggins played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Payton, Poole, Kuminga, Curry, and Wiggins played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Looney, Poole, Kuminga, Curry, and Wiggins played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Poole, Kuminga, Bjelica, Thompson, and Wiggins played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Stephen Curry covered 4.65 km, more than anyone in the game.

Nikola Jokić touched the ball 113 times, a game high.
Nikola Jokić made 73 passes, a game high.
Nikola Jokić defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Nikola Jokić had 26 rebound chances, a game high.

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Denver Nuggets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Nikola Jokić	4.01	6.5	113	73
Monte Morris	3.70	6.5	58	49
Bryn Forbes	3.68	6.8	37	22
Aaron Gordon	3.59	6.6	45	29
Austin Rivers	3.19	6.4	34	27
Will Barton	2.40	6.6	33	25
JaMychal Green	2.19	6.8	22	13
Jeff Green	2.08	6.5	19	13
Bones Hyland	2.06	7.0	45	32
DeMarcus Cousins	1.48	6.3	36	29

Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Stephen Curry	4.65	6.6	90	61
Andrew Wiggins	4.22	6.5	50	35
Klay Thompson	3.81	6.8	41	25
Gary Payton II	3.20	7.1	37	25
Kevon Looney	3.11	6.3	43

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

Denver Nuggets

Nikola Jokić contested 12.2 shots per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 4 of 386 in the league.
Jeff Green drew 0.15 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 33 of 386 in the league.
DeMarcus Cousins drew 0.15 charges per game over his 48 games.
He ranks 33 of 386 in the league.

Golden State Warriors

Stephen Curry recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 13 of 386 in the league.
Gary Payton II deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 21 of 386 in the league.
Kevon Looney contested 8.6 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 35 of 386 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Golden State Warriors have won 58 of their 120 games against the Denver Nuggets.

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Game context

Attendance

18.064

100% of capacity

Chase Center · San Francisco

Scoring

233

combined points

11.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

12 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors