Nuggets 119 - 103 Warriors summary, stats, scores and highlights | NBA

Aaron Gordon put the icing on the cake with this alley oop jam to seal the Nuggets 7th straight win over the Warriors. The Nuggets will try to continue their climb up the Western Conference standings in search for a second straight one seed while the Warriors have to focus on getting out of Play-In position. 

The Warriors cut into a Nuggets lead that crept up to 16, and had a chance to bring Denver to within one possession but this steal from Jokic was one of the plays of the game on a night in which defense dominated. Golden State committed 17 turnover and that led to loads of fast break points on the other end. 

Like Nikola Jokic said after the game, keeping the Warriors to 103 points at home is not an easy thing to do. Denver played fantastic defense to keep Curry to a quiet 20 points and Thompson scoreless in the second half after a 23 point first half. Jokic would go on to post another triple-double with 32, 16 and 16. 

Jamal Murray was held quiet for the first quarter as Klay Thompson lit it up coming off the bench. He had 16 first quarter points and the Warriors would jump out to a 16 point lead in the second quarter, but Murray would come alive. He scored 14 points in the second quarter and led a 12-0 run that pulled the Nuggets back to level with the Warriors going into half. 

Joker has a few inches and a whole lot of LBS on Draymond Green and Kevon Looney. He had his way in the paint. The Serbian got to the basket at will and when the defense collapses there is no one better at finding the open man. 

The Denver Nuggets went into the Chase Center and beat the Golden State for the seventh straight time to cool off the Warriors' hot streak. Nikola Jokic recorded his third straight triple-double on a night in which the Nuggets had to battle back from a 16 point deficit. 

Aaron Gordon had another fantastic night, creating all kinds of mismatches for the GS defense and the Nuggets' size advantage was evident in the paint all night. 

IT'S ALL OVER!!! The Nuggets overcome a slow start and extend their win streak against the Warriors to seven. 

Huff to the line after the foul on Garuba and he hits both FTs. 

Jokic got it at the line and lobbed it up for Gordon who might have just put the exclamation mark on this game with a vicious alley oop. 

TImeout Warriors with 1:45 to go. 

Murray hits the fader from outside the lane with the shot clock winding down!

Green with the bounce pass across the lane for Kuminga who laid it up and got the foul! FT is good. 

MPJ missed the mid range jumper but Jokic was there for the tip in. 

Kuminga to the line after the foul on Gordon and he hits one of two with 3:19 to go in the fourth. 

The refs are reviewing an out of bounds play that was given to Denver and the Warriors wanted them to take another look. After review the Nuggets keep the ball. 

Jokic gets the roll on the floater in the lane after Murray found him with the entry pass. 

Kuminga to the line after the foul on Jackson and he hits both FTs. 

Jokic to the line after the foul on Green and he hits both FTs. 

Kuminga to the line after the foul on Jackson and he hits one of two. 

Jokic goes under the arm of Green for the lay up on the left side. 

Curry between the legs at the top of the key, jets down the lane and tear drops it home over Nnaji. 

Timeout Nuggets with 5:31 to go. 

Extra pass around the horn from Nnaji to Braun who drills the three ball on the wing!

Curry finds Green streaking down the lane for the lay up. 

KCP pulls the trigger from long range and the lead is back to 10!

Jokic picked off the pass, ran the break and lobbed it up for Nnaji for the alley oop jam. 

Porter Jr. floats it up and in from the baseline and that will force a timeout from the Warriors with 7:55 to go in the 4th quarter. 

Saric with the extra pass down low, finding Jackson-Davis who dunked it over Nnaji!

Gordon backs down Saric and lays it up and in off the glass. 

Kickout from Saric to Wiggins who threads the three ball from the top of the key!

Nnaji pulls down the offensive rebound and he got fouled by Wiggins on the put back attempt. He hits both FTs. 

Jackson-Davis to the line after the foul on Nnaji but he misses both FTs. 

WE ARE HEADED TO THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND WE HAVE A 4 POINT GAME HERE FROM THE BAY!

Curry heated up in that quarter, he scored 12 of his 14 points on a solo run to draw level with the Nuggets for a short while. 

Murray to the line after the foul on Looney and he hits both FTs. 

Kuminga puts it up quick from a tough angle on the baseline for the lay up over Jokic. 

Jokic with the outlet pass to Braun who lays it up and in on the break. 

Kuminga to the line after the foul on Jackson and he hits one of two FTs. 

Kuminga to the line after the foul on Watson and he hits both FTs. 

Porter Jr. to the line after the foul on Thompson and he hits both FTs. 

Jackson knocks down the three ball to bring an end to the Warriors run and put DEN back in the lead to quiet this crowd down. 

Curry on the penetration and kick out to Quninoes who drills the three ball in the corner!

Curry drills the three ball and he's got 12 straight for the Warriors. 

KCP cutting to the bucket and Jokic hits him for the lay in. 

Curry gets the floater in the lane and he's got the last 9 for GS. 

Jokic with the jump hook in the paint out of the timeout.

Green running the break and threads the needle for Curry for a lay up. 

Timeout Nuggets with 5:00 to go in the third quarter. 

Curry to the line after another foul on Murray and he hits both FTs. 

Gordon cutting baseline and Porter Jr. hit him for the double clutch jam. 

Murray got a piece of Curry on the three point attempt, and he goes to the line where he sinks all three. 

Gordon to the line after a foul on Wiggins and he hits one of two FTs. 

Murray blocks Wiggins and that leads to a transition three for KCP who drills the deep ball!

Gordon on a tough turn around and he banks it in from the wing. 

Murray pulls the trigger from downtown and he drills the three ball! Timeout Warriors with 8:43 to go in the third quarter. 

Murray back down Curry and he fades away from inside the lane. 

Jokic with the shoulder drop on the block and he goes glass. 

Gordon with the offensive board and dish for Jokic who was streaking to the rack. 

Curry gets into the lane on KCP and he hits the lay up with the left hand. 

Podziemski cuts down the baseline and Wiggins found him for the reverse lay up. 

WE ARE BACK IN PLAY FROM THE BAY!!!

Curry has been struggling with just 4 points in the first half but Thompson had the Warriors up 16 points at one time. It took a little while, but Murray came alive in the second quarter and led a 14-0 run to tie the game up going into the break. He's got 18 after scoring just two in the first quarter. 

Thompson has 23 off the bench, and is relishing in his new role. He's already had one 30+ game coming off the bench and looks well on his way tonight. 

Joker was there to neutralize the Thompson effect in the first quarter. He had 13, and ended the half with 18,7 and 7. 

Klay Thompson came off the bench scorching hot. He had 13 points in the blink of an eye to put the Warriors up big early on. 

For the fourth straight game, Brandon Podziemski, the birthday boy started instead of Klay Thompson. These were his only two points of the first half. 

The Warriors got off to a great start thanks to them running the break early and hitting the offensive glass hard. Kuminga has 7 points, and all three of his field goals have been dunks so far tonight. 

WE ARE HEADED TO HALFTIME!!!

The Nuggets end the second quarter on a 14-0 run to go into the halftime break tied 61-61

Murray ties this game up with a three from the top of the key and the 16 points Nuggets lead has been erased!

Gordon had a mismatch on Thompson down low and he took him to the rack, got the bucket and the foul! FT is no good. That's a 12-0 run for DEN. 

Jokic to the line after the foul on Kuminga and he hits both FTs. 

Murray on the turn around fade away jumper and he gets the roll. 

Jokic spots up off the pick and pop, dropping the three ball form the top of the key. 

Murray to the line after the foul on Payton and he hits both FTs. 

Dump down from Curry to Green who lays it up off the glass and in. 

Kuminga to the line after the foul on Jokic and he splits the two FTs. 

Gordon with the follow off his own miss and tips it in. 

Kuminga pulls up from the elbow and hits the mid range jumper over the defender. 

Murray drains the three ball and he's in double digits after a slow start. 

KCP drives to the cup off the Jokic dish and he gets the lay up to go. 

Quinones drills the three ball of the kick out from Kuminga. 

Murray with the baseline jumper and he gets the roll. 

Kuminga had a wide open lane to the bucket and he throws it down with two hands. 

Murray penetrates and dumps it off to Braun for the lay up. 

Thompson puts it on the deck and finishes off the dribble with the lay in. 

Murray using the english of the glass on the drive to the cup. 

Jackson-Davis with the block on one end and the finish on the other end!

Jackson-Davis working in the paint and gets the jump hook to fall. 

Murray pulls up from the top of the key and hits the deep two. He's only got 4 tonight. 

Thompson is going crazy!!!! He hits another three ball, this one from the wing and he's got 21 off the bench!

Timeout Nuggets with 9:29 to go in the first half. 

Thompson to the line after the foul on Nnaji and he hits both FTs. 

Nnaji to the line after the foul on Jackson-Davis and he hits both FTs. 

Jackson-Davis pulls down the offensive board, kicks it out to Thompson who found Saric wide open down low. 

Saric off the bench and gets the jump hook to fall in the paint. 

KCP running the break and Jokic hit him for the lay up and the foul! FT is good and that will bring us to the end of the first quarter!

Great pace to that first quarter, Thompson set the tone with 16 and Jokic followed up for Denver with 13. 

Thompson pull up from the FT line and he's got 16!

Jokic junder the back and he banks it home. 

Wiggins driving back to the cup and gets the floater to fall. 

Thompson from the top of the key and he's hot 14 first quarter points!

Watson drains the three ball in the corner off the kickout from Jackson!

Wiggins gets into the lane hand gets the runner to fall. 

Jokic pulls up from downtown and he's got 11 of his own. 

Thompson drills the three ball out of the timeout and he's got 11 already!

Timeout Warriors with 2:43 to go in the 1st quarter. 

Curry to the line after the foul on KCP and he hits both FTs. 

Thompson to the line after the foul on Porter and he hits both FTs. 

Jokic puts Looney in the spin cycle and lays it up and in. 

A couple of offensive boards leads to a second straight three for Thompson who's got six quick points off the bench. 

Jokic cleans up Porter Jr.'s miss and got the put back to go. 

MPJ responds with a three ball of his own after the kick out from Jokic. 

Thompson off the bench and on the board with a pump fake pull up from three point land!

Murray to the line after Curry's second foul of the first quarter and he hits both FTs as Steph goes to the bench. 

Jokic with the turnaround jumper in the lane and he's got a couple field goals early on. 

Wiggins into the paint and slips it down for Podziemski on the baseline for the reverse lay up. 

Timeout Denver early in the 1st quarter, 

Green with the bounce pass down the lane to a curling Wiggins for the lay in. 

Jokic got it from the block and spun to the bucket for the lay in underneath. 

Curry gets into the paint and finished with the reverse in traffic. 

Gordon to the line after the foul on Curry and he hits both FTs. 

Wiggins drills the three ball from the top of the key and the Warriors are off to a hot start from DT. 

Porter drops the deep two, and Denver is so much more dangerous when he gets off to a hot start early. 

Kuminga broke free in transition and threw it down on the break. 

Green was left open and he hits the three ball. He's been doing that quite a bit lately. 

Murray with the dump off on the baseline to Gordon who finished in the paint. 

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM SAN FRANCISCO!!!

Brandon Podziemski being in the starting five shouldn't be news anymore, but Klay Thompson starting the game on the bench is almost worthy of a headlines. The rookie has worked his way into Steve Kerr's starting five will be joined by the usual supects: Steph, Dray, Kuminga and Wiggins. 

Mike Malone had a couple of his starters on the injury report coming into tonight, but Jamal Murray and KCP are dressed tonight and will be in the starting five with MPJ, Jokic and Gordon. 

Previous matchup 

The Warriors haven’t beaten the Denver Nuggets since their championship winning season in 2022. They lost the three games against Jokic and company this season to stretch the streak to six straight games without a win over Denver. The last time these two teams met was in San Fran, and it was a game that went down to the final seconds. With the game tied at 127-127 Nikola Jokic threw up a prayer from half court and hit the game winner as the buzzer sounded to break the hearts of Warrior nation. Of the last six Nuggets wins, only one of those games was decided by more than 6 points. 

NBA Standings 

Taking a look at the standings, we see two teams coming into tonight in very different situations. If the season were to end tonight, the Warriors would be in the Play-In Tournament as the 10 seed and need to road wins just to get into the playoffs. They are a half game behind the Lakers in 9th and 3.5 games back of the Mavs who are currently holding the final automatic playoff spot. The Nuggets are in the hunt for the top seed, and even though they are in 4th, they are just two games back of the Western Conference leading Minnesota Timberwolves. Two of the three teams ahead of them are very young, and don’t know what it’s like to hold a slight lead in the standings at the end of the regular season, let alone make a deep run in the playoffs. 

Birthday Boy is the talk of the town

The Warriors have had a decade of dominance with the same base of players. We all know the base of that team for the entirety of that run was Steph, Klay and Dray. That’s not the case anymore. There is a changing of the guard happening in the Bay as Steve Kerr is starting to incorporate the younger crop of talent. Jonathan Kuminga has been one of the breakout stars of the season, but it’s Brandon Podziemski who has broken into the starting five at the expense of Klay Thomson. Thompson has started the last three games on the bench as the rookie gets more and more comfortable in his new role. The Rookie is averaging 10 points, six rebound and 4 assists and brings an energy that this aging Warriors side needs. 

MPJ, the matchup nightmare 

There may not be another player in the NBA who is more important to his team than Nikola Jokic. Having said that, Jokic needs his supporting cast to be at full strength for him to be at his best. Michael Porter Jr. is one of those guys who we have seen take this team to the next level when he is healthy. His outside shooting and his ability to create mismatches on the offensive end was pivotal in the Nuggets title run, and this season he’s putting up similar numbers, posting 16.4 points and 7.1 rebounds. What’s even more important than his stats is the fact that he’s played in 56 of the Nuggets 57 games this season. 

Nuggets last game

The Nuggets went to Portland to take on one of the leagues worst teams for a second straight game. After taking care of the Wizards at home, Denver went to Oregon to take on the Trail Blazers, and wouldn’t you know it, Nikola Jokic had another triple double. After making history against Washington becoming the third player to record a triple double against every team in the NBA, he posted 29, 15 and 14 on a night comfortable night in Portland. Denver went to the halftime break up 17 points, and cruised to the finish line from there. 

Warriors last game

The Warriors rattled off their third straight win in a low scoring affair against the Charlotte Hornets. It was the defense that came out on top for the Warriors who held the visitors to just 29 points in the first half. Golden State didn’t do much better on the offensive end, going into the halftime break with just 43 points. Both teams gave the ball over way too often on top of having poor shooting night, but in the end Steph Curry and the Warriors were able to go wire to wire in what ended up being a comfortable win for Golden State. Curry led his side with 15 points on a night in which five different Warriors were in double digits. 

We are live from the Bay 

Hello everyone and welcome to San Fran where the Warriors are back home for a third straight game following the All-Star break and looking to continue their recent run of good form that has turned them in to the hottest team in the league. The Denver Nuggets may not look like the dominant force that they were at this point of the season last year, but they are still in prime position to make a run up the standings as they push to secure home court advantage as the playoffs draw closer. Both teams need a win tonight, but for very different reasons.

Nuggets vs. Warriors

The last two NBA Champions are set for a Sunday afternoon showdown from San Francisco, as each team continues their trek up the Western Conference Standings. Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors host Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets and AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis from the Chase Center.