Nikola Jokic, Nuggets start fast, cool off Knicks

— Nikola Jokic scored 24 of his 32 points in a dominant first quarter in the Denver Nuggets' 113-97 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.
May 6, 2021, 05:43 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0.1%
--NY
99.9%
--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Aaron Gordon misses layup
  • Julius Randle misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Julius Randle misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • RJ Barrett misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Paul Millsap misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Elfrid Payton makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Elfrid Payton misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Julius Randle misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving dunk
  • Reggie Bullock misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
  • Julius Randle misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Elfrid Payton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 21-foot jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Reggie Bullock makes 27-foot three point shot (Elfrid Payton assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving layup
  • Reggie Bullock misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Paul Millsap makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Alec Burks misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving floating jump shot
  • Elfrid Payton misses driving layup
  • Alec Burks blocks Shaquille Harrison 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Taj Gibson misses 17-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Taj Gibson 's 4-foot layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Paul Millsap misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Austin Rivers assists)
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Derrick Rose 's 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Alec Burks misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Obi Toppin misses layup
  • Obi Toppin misses tip shot
  • Austin Rivers misses two point shot
  • JaMychal Green misses dunk
  • Immanuel Quickley misses two point shot
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Alec Burks misses two point shot
  • Taj Gibson makes two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Derrick Rose makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alec Burks assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving dunk
  • Derrick Rose misses three point pullup jump shot
  • Facundo Campazzo makes 7-foot two point shot
  • JaVale McGee blocks Derrick Rose 's 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Alec Burks misses driving layup
  • Austin Rivers makes 24-foot three pointer (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Immanuel Quickley makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Austin Rivers misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Obi Toppin makes driving layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes three pointer (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Alec Burks misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Derrick Rose makes 4-foot two point shot (Taj Gibson assists)
  • Derrick Rose makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Alec Burks assists)
  • JaMychal Green makes dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Alec Burks misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three pointer (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Derrick Rose makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Derrick Rose makes 10-foot two point shot
  • JaVale McGee makes 7-foot two point shot (Austin Rivers assists)
  • RJ Barrett misses two point shot
  • RJ Barrett blocks Austin Rivers 's 6-foot two point shot
  • Obi Toppin makes 1-foot layup (RJ Barrett assists)
  • Austin Rivers misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Julius Randle misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Austin Rivers makes two point shot
  • Immanuel Quickley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
  • Shaquille Harrison misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Immanuel Quickley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses layup
  • Julius Randle makes two point shot
  • Nerlens Noel blocks Aaron Gordon 's 3-foot two point shot
  • RJ Barrett misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Julius Randle makes driving dunk (Reggie Bullock assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo makes 23-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Derrick Rose makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses driving floating jump shot
  • RJ Barrett misses two point shot
  • Julius Randle misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Facundo Campazzo makes 25-foot three point shot (Austin Rivers assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Reggie Bullock makes 26-foot three point shot (Julius Randle assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • RJ Barrett misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nerlens Noel blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 5-foot two point shot
  • Paul Millsap misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Bullock makes two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Julius Randle makes 4-foot dunk
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes layup (Paul Millsap assists)
  • RJ Barrett misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Nerlens Noel misses 11-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Julius Randle misses two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • RJ Barrett misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Julius Randle makes tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Taj Gibson blocks Paul Millsap 's 13-foot two point shot
  • Reggie Bullock misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Elfrid Payton makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Elfrid Payton makes two point shot (Reggie Bullock assists)
  • Julius Randle blocks Paul Millsap 's 5-foot layup
  • Paul Millsap misses two point shot
  • Nerlens Noel blocks Paul Millsap 's 1-foot layup
  • Facundo Campazzo blocks Elfrid Payton 's 6-foot two point shot
  • RJ Barrett makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • RJ Barrett makes 26-foot three point jumper (Elfrid Payton assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • RJ Barrett misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Rivers makes 27-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • RJ Barrett makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
  • Shaquille Harrison makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nerlens Noel makes 6-foot dunk (Derrick Rose assists)
  • Austin Rivers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo blocks Reggie Bullock 's 26-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Bullock misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Julius Randle makes 17-foot two point shot
  • JaMychal Green misses three point jumper
  • Nerlens Noel blocks Facundo Campazzo 's 5-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • JaVale McGee blocks Julius Randle 's 10-foot driving dunk
  • Nerlens Noel blocks JaMychal Green 's 6-foot driving dunk
  • Nerlens Noel blocks JaMychal Green 's 6-foot layup
  • Facundo Campazzo makes 5-foot two point shot
  • JaMychal Green blocks Julius Randle 's 4-foot layup
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nerlens Noel makes 7-foot driving dunk
  • JaMychal Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • JaVale McGee misses 7-foot jumper
  • Austin Rivers makes 27-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Alec Burks misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick Rose misses two point shot
  • Immanuel Quickley makes 23-foot three point jumper
  • Shaquille Harrison misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Immanuel Quickley misses two point shot
  • Facundo Campazzo makes two point shot
  • Obi Toppin misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • RJ Barrett misses driving floating jump shot
  • Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • JaMychal Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Rivers makes 28-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Immanuel Quickley misses 29-foot step back jumpshot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer
  • RJ Barrett makes 29-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
  • Shaquille Harrison makes 5-foot layup (JaVale McGee assists)
  • Reggie Bullock makes 26-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 20-foot jumper
  • Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Bol Bol misses 13-foot jumper
  • JaVale McGee misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Bol Bol misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Immanuel Quickley makes 29-foot three pointer
  • Shaquille Harrison misses driving floating jump shot
  • Frank Ntilikina misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • JaVale McGee misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Knox II misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Frank Ntilikina misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Markus Howard misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Obi Toppin misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Markus Howard misses two point shot
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 2-foot tip shot
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 2-foot tip shot
  • Vlatko Cancar makes two point shot
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Knox II makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jared Harper assists)
  • Shaquille Harrison misses 13-foot jumper
  • Norvel Pelle makes 5-foot dunk (Kevin Knox II assists)
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