Utah Jazz vs Denver Nuggets

135 vs 125

Results

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	T	Outcome
Nuggets	31	28	19	37	20	135	Win
Jazz	25	27	31	32	10	125	Loss

Recap

So here it is Game one of round one of the NBA Playoffs 2020. Nuggets take on Jazz. The teams were tight in the regular season so this was bound to be a nail biter with both teams wanting the strong start.

Nuggets came our strong and led by 10+ points at points of the first half. Jazz defended well on the inside but was unable to deal with the nuggets from behind the 3-point line. Mitchell was a force for the Jazz dropping 57 points, setting a record for the Jazz for points scored in a playoff game. Unfortunately, Jazz couldn’t keep up with the Nuggets in OT1, and they took the first game shutting them out by 10 Points.

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Nuggets

#	Player	Position	Mins	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TO	PF
4	Paul Millsap	Power Forward	0:29	8	3	0	3	1	3	10	30.0	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	1	2	0	0
1	Michael Porter Jr	Power Forward	0:31	13	8	1	0	1	5	13	38.5	3	7	42.9	0	0	0	1	7	1	3
3	Torrey Craig	Small Forward	0:21	11	4	0	0	0	4	7	57.1	3	5	60.0	0	0	0	2	2	1	6
15	Nikola Jokic	Center	0:42	29	10	3	2	1	11	21	52.4	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	1	9	4	2
27	Jamal Murray	Point Guard	0:40	36	5	9	1	0	13	20	65.0	6	9	66.7	4	4	100.0	2	3	3	4
7	Mason Plumlee	Power Forward	0:11	2	6	2	1	1	1	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	3
9	Jerami Grant	Power Forward	0:40	19	0	3	1	1	5	11	45.5	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	0	0	0	2
11	Monte Morris	Point Guard	0:29	14	3	4	1	1	6	9	66.7	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	0	3	1	1
35	PJ Dozier	Point Guard	0:20	3	2	1	1	0	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
	Total			135	41	23	10	6	49	95	51.6	22	41	53.7	15	18	83.3	8	33	11	22

Jazz

#	Player	Position	Mins	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TO	PF
16	Juwan Morgan	Small Forward	0:25	3	7	1	1	0	1	5	20.0	1	4	25.0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0
27	Rudy Gobert	Center	0:42	17	7	1	2	4	8	11	72.7	0	0	0	1	6	16.7	4	3	1	5
2	Joe Ingles	Power Forward	0:43	19	5	6	1	0	6	14	42.9	5	12	41.7	2	2	100.0	0	5	3	3
45	Donovan Mitchell	Point Guard	0:43	57	9	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	2	7	5	2
31	Georges Niang	Small Forward	0:20	7	3	0	0	0	3	6	50.0	1	4	25.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1
13	Tony Bradley	Center	0:11	0	9	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	1
0	Jordan Clarkson	Point Guard	0:39	18	4	3	0	0	8	17	47.1	2	9	22.2	0	0	0	1	3	2	5
15	Emmanuel Mudiay	Point Guard	0:10	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	1	0	0	0
0	Nigel Williams-Goss	Point Guard	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Rayjon Tucker	Shooting Guard	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	Miye Oni	Shooting Guard	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Royce ONeale	Small Forward	0:32	3	7	0	1	0	1	6	16.7	1	3	33.3	0	0	0	0	7	1	5
	Total			125	52	18	6	4	46	97	47.4	16	47	34.0	17	23	73.9	16	36	15	22