Denver Nuggets @ Washington Wizards
Game Leaders
Team Stats
51% (46-90)
Field Goal %
47% (41-87)
41% (15-37)
Three Point %
22% (5-23)
95% (20-21)
Free Throw %
71% (22-31)
10
Turnovers
11
41
Rebounds
48
28
Largest Lead
1
Game Information
Washington, DC

Referee:Derek Richardson
Referee:Josh Tiven
Referee:John Butler

Shot Chart
- Will Barton makes 11-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kristaps Porzingis misses 31-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 18-foot jumper
- Raul Neto makes layup (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Kristaps Porzingis misses 10-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three pointer
- Raul Neto makes 3-foot layup (Kristaps Porzingis assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Jeff Green assists)
- Monte Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes layup (Raul Neto assists)
- Monte Morris misses pullup jump shot
- Kristaps Porzingis misses 6-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses layup
- Nikola Jokic blocks Kristaps Porzingis's layup
- Aaron Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Aaron Gordon blocks Kyle Kuzma 's 16-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Corey Kispert makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes driving layup
- Kristaps Porzingis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 3-foot layup
- Corey Kispert misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Corey Kispert makes 14-foot two point shot (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Daniel Gafford misses 2-foot two point shot
- Deni Avdija misses three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses 4-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses layup
- Deni Avdija misses two point shot
- Corey Kispert makes 2-foot layup (Deni Avdija assists)
- Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 16-foot jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
- Deni Avdija makes layup (Thomas Bryant assists)
- Bones Hyland misses two point shot
- Rui Hachimura misses three point jumper
- JaMychal Green makes layup (Bones Hyland assists)
- Thomas Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Deni Avdija makes 4-foot two point shot
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 27-foot three point jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins makes 2-foot two point shot
- Deni Avdija makes two point shot
- Bones Hyland misses 12-foot two point shot
- Bryn Forbes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bryn Forbes makes 27-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
- Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
- Deni Avdija misses two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup (Bones Hyland assists)
- Kristaps Porzingis misses 31-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers makes two point shot
- Bones Hyland makes layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses driving layup
- Kristaps Porzingis makes 2-foot layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Bryn Forbes makes 26-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ish Smith assists)
- Bryn Forbes misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 22-foot two point shot
- Bryn Forbes misses 10-foot two point shot
- Kristaps Porzingis blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 2-foot layup
- Corey Kispert misses three point jumper
- Ish Smith makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- DeMarcus Cousins makes 7-foot hook shot
- Ish Smith misses alley oop layup
- Ish Smith misses layup
- Raul Neto misses 9-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Raul Neto assists)
- Austin Rivers makes 23-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Kyle Kuzma misses driving floating jump shot
- Austin Rivers misses two point shot
- Monte Morris makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Thomas Bryant makes 15-foot jumper (Raul Neto assists)
- Thomas Bryant blocks Aaron Gordon 's 2-foot dunk
- Thomas Bryant makes alley oop dunk shot (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Monte Morris misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura makes layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Thomas Bryant makes dunk (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Jeff Green makes 8-foot hook shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes layup
- Deni Avdija makes 20-foot jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Will Barton misses 16-foot jumper
- Kyle Kuzma misses 16-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot layup (Monte Morris assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes two point shot (Deni Avdija assists)
- Monte Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kyle Kuzma misses 40-foot three point shot
- Jeff Green makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 17-foot jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Raul Neto assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Kristaps Porzingis makes 2-foot dunk (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
- Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kristaps Porzingis makes layup
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot
- Will Barton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Corey Kispert misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses layup
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Corey Kispert blocks Jeff Green 's 2-foot layup
- Monte Morris makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes 9-foot two point shot (Raul Neto assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot driving dunk
- Kyle Kuzma makes 6-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kristaps Porzingis makes 2-foot layup (Raul Neto assists)
- Monte Morris makes three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Ish Smith misses two point shot
- Will Barton misses 29-foot step back jumpshot
- Kyle Kuzma misses 8-foot two point shot
- Monte Morris misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Kristaps Porzingis makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Rui Hachimura misses 20-foot jumper
- Rui Hachimura makes two point shot
- Kristaps Porzingis blocks JaMychal Green 's 4-foot layup
- Ish Smith makes two point shot
- Bones Hyland makes 29-foot step back jumpshot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Ish Smith misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- DeMarcus Cousins blocks Rui Hachimura's layup
- Bones Hyland makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Ish Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Bones Hyland makes 31-foot three pointer (Austin Rivers assists)
- Bones Hyland misses 33-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ish Smith misses two point shot
- Corey Kispert makes dunk
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Rui Hachimura makes two point shot (Ish Smith assists)
- Bryn Forbes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- Deni Avdija makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Bones Hyland makes 1-foot layup (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Corey Kispert misses 27-foot three point jumper
- JaMychal Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bryn Forbes misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Ish Smith misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Bryn Forbes misses three point jumper
- Corey Kispert makes 30-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Bones Hyland makes driving layup
- Ish Smith misses driving layup
- Rui Hachimura misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Ish Smith blocks Bones Hyland 's 28-foot three point jumper
- Ish Smith misses two point shot
- Corey Kispert makes tip shot
- Ish Smith misses driving layup
- Monte Morris misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Deni Avdija makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot
- Austin Rivers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura makes driving dunk
- Rui Hachimura makes pullup jump shot (Deni Avdija assists)
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 20-foot jumper
- Daniel Gafford makes dunk (Tomas Satoransky assists)
- Monte Morris makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Bones Hyland assists)
- Daniel Gafford blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 3-foot layup
- Rui Hachimura misses two point shot
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura misses 19-foot jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins makes 9-foot hook shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Tomas Satoransky makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot
- DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
- Deni Avdija makes 2-foot layup (Daniel Gafford assists)
- Markus Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
- Anthony Gill blocks Markus Howard 's 3-foot driving layup
- Bryn Forbes misses 29-foot three point jumper
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 34 | 7 | .829 | - | W4 |
| Denver | 28 | 13 | .683 | 6 | W3 |
| Minnesota | 27 | 14 | .659 | 7 | W2 |
| Portland | 19 | 22 | .463 | 15 | L2 |
| Utah | 14 | 26 | .350 | 19.5 | L1 |
Eastern Conference
| Southeast | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 22 | 18 | .550 | - | W1 |
| Miami | 21 | 19 | .525 | 1 | W1 |
| Atlanta | 20 | 22 | .476 | 3 | L1 |
| Charlotte | 14 | 26 | .350 | 8 | L1 |
| Washington | 10 | 29 | .256 | 11.5 | L4 |
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