Jokic scores 33 points, leads Nuggets to 125-114 win over Mavericks in NBA tournament opener

— The only thing brighter than Denver's new vibrant blue-and-yellow floor was the shooting performance of Nikola Jokic.
Nov 4, 2023, 06:09 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--DAL
100%
--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Derrick Jones Jr. makes two point shot
  • Dereck Lively II makes two point shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
  • Luka Doncic makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Grant Williams misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses driving layup
  • Grant Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dwight Powell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dwight Powell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Derrick Jones Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Derrick Jones Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Dwight Powell misses layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden Hardy assists)
  • Peyton Watson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Peyton Watson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Josh Green makes 2-foot layup (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Reggie Jackson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Jaden Hardy misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Zeke Nnaji makes tip shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson blocks Josh Green 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Christian Braun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Zeke Nnaji makes 3-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Zeke Nnaji misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Luka Doncic misses layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Derrick Jones Jr. makes 7-foot pullup jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick Jones Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson blocks Luka Doncic 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Christian Braun makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Josh Green makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Derrick Jones Jr. assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Reggie Jackson makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Christian Braun misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Seth Curry misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dwight Powell makes 2-foot dunk (Seth Curry assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Grant Williams misses driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Dwight Powell 's 3-foot layup
  • Reggie Jackson misses three point shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Nikola Jokic misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes technical free throw
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 12-foot two point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes finger roll layup (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dereck Lively II blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
  • Grant Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Grant Williams blocks Jamal Murray 's 11-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes alley oop dunk shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Reggie Jackson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Grant Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses running pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving blocks Aaron Gordon 's 5-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon misses 1-foot tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Grant Williams assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Grant Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Grant Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. blocks Grant Williams 's 19-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Grant Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes driving dunk
  • Luka Doncic makes technical free throw
  • Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Grant Williams makes layup (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic misses 16-foot jumper
  • Aaron Gordon blocks Dwight Powell 's 1-foot tip shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 22-foot running pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Grant Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Luka Doncic misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot
  • Josh Green makes 22-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Josh Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses driving layup
  • Peyton Watson makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jaden Hardy misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Reggie Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Reggie Jackson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving blocks Peyton Watson 's 3-foot layup
  • Dwight Powell makes 1-foot dunk (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Jaden Hardy makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic misses driving layup
  • Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes two point shot
  • Luka Doncic blocks Peyton Watson 's 5-foot layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Reggie Jackson misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Reggie Jackson makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jaden Hardy makes 23-foot three point jumper (Grant Williams assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Reggie Jackson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot
  • Grant Williams blocks Reggie Jackson 's 26-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun makes 7-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kyrie Irving makes layup (Jaden Hardy assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
  • Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Jaden Hardy misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
  • Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
  • Dereck Lively II misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Green assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes alley oop layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes technical free throw
  • Luka Doncic misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
  • Josh Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
  • Josh Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kyrie Irving misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 29-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Dereck Lively II makes 2-foot two point shot (Josh Green assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Josh Green makes dunk (Jaden Hardy assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. blocks Olivier-Maxence Prosper 's 7-foot jumper
  • Jaden Hardy misses 25-foot three point jumper
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