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Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets

March 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Jazz 128-125 on 2026-03-02 on the road against the Jazz. The Jazz started Keyonte George, Elijah Harkless, Cody Williams, Kyle Filipowski, and Ace Bailey. The Nuggets started Jonas Valanciunas, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Julian Strawther, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 29 points (10/18) in his matchups, with Kyle Filipowski as his primary defender. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 16 points (6/6) in his matchups, with Jamal Murray as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

UTA

Utah Jazz 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ace Bailey GS	31:38	18	4	0	1	0	0	5	6-14	2-5	4-4	-5
Keyonte George GS	30:10	36	2	2	4	0	4	2	14-22	4-9	4-5	-4
Kyle Filipowski GS	29:24	19	8	6	1	0	0	5	5-8	1-3	8-9	+1
Elijah Harkless GS	26:55	2	0	3	2	0	0	6	0-5	0-4	2-2	-4
Cody Williams GS	11:00	3	1	1	1	0	1	2	1-1	0-0	1-2	-10
Svi Mykhailiuk	25:54	15	3	2	1	0	1	1	5-10	4-8	1-2	+5
John Konchar	23:24	6	2	1	0	2	0	2	2-3	2-3	0-0	-2
Brice Sensabaugh	22:54	8	3	2	1	0	1	2	2-10	2-7	2-2	+1
Isaiah Collier	20:17	10	2	6	0	0	2	2	5-8	0-0	0-0	+5
Oscar Tshiebwe	18:24	8	8	1	0	1	0	1	4-5	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		125	33	24	11	3	9	28	44-86	15-39	22-26

Did not play: Mo Bamba (DNP - Coach's Decision), Blake Hinson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	37:34	45	2	8	2	0	7	3	13-19	8-13	11-12	0
Nikola Jokić GS	36:24	22	12	5	0	2	3	5	6-11	0-0	10-11	+2
Christian Braun GS	32:29	11	6	4	0	0	1	1	4-7	1-3	2-3	+3
Julian Strawther GS	28:58	15	1	1	0	0	1	2	5-11	3-9	2-2	-4
Jonas Valančiūnas GS	17:10	13	6	1	1	0	0	3	4-6	0-0	5-5	+10
Bruce Brown	31:41	4	3	4	1	0	1	5	2-5	0-2	0-0	0
Tim Hardaway Jr.	31:31	7	6	1	0	0	2	0	3-11	1-8	0-0	+5
Jalen Pickett	18:35	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-3	2-2	0
Zeke Nnaji	5:39	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1
Totals		128	38	25	4	2	15	20	40-74	16-39	32-35

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Spencer Jones (DND - Injury/Illness), KJ Simpson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Keyonte George · Elijah Harkless · Cody Williams · Kyle Filipowski · Ace Bailey Starter 10.8 min
Svi Mykhailiuk · John Konchar · Oscar Tshiebwe · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier 13.8 min
Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Elijah Harkless · Kyle Filipowski · Ace Bailey 6.4 min
Svi Mykhailiuk · Keyonte George · Elijah Harkless · Kyle Filipowski · Ace Bailey 5.4 min
Svi Mykhailiuk · John Konchar · Oscar Tshiebwe · Isaiah Collier · Ace Bailey 3.9 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jonas Valanciunas · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun Starter 7.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 10.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Julian Strawther 7.4 min
Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther 5.6 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Jazz defense

Nikola Jokić 29 pts (10/18) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Kyle Filipowski (29 %, 9 pts) · Elijah Harkless (16 %, 0 pts) · Oscar Tshiebwe (15 %, 4 pts)
Jamal Murray 17 pts (5/10) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Elijah Harkless (22 %, 2 pts) · Ace Bailey (18 %, 2 pts) · Keyonte George (16 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Keyonte George	Christian Braun: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Ace Bailey	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kyle Filipowski	Nikola Jokić: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Jonas Valanciunas: 15 poss., 8 pts (1/1)
Elijah Harkless	Jamal Murray: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jokić: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Svi Mykhailiuk	Julian Strawther: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jalen Pickett: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
John Konchar	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brice Sensabaugh	Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jalen Pickett: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Isaiah Collier	Bruce Brown: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Pickett: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oscar Tshiebwe	Nikola Jokić: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Zeke Nnaji: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cody Williams	Nikola Jokić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Nuggets defense

Keyonte George 16 pts (6/6) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Murray (33 %, 8 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (16 %, 0 pts) · Christian Braun (14 %, 4 pts)
Brice Sensabaugh 9 pts (4/7) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Bruce Brown (28 %, 2 pts) · Julian Strawther (18 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Pickett (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Elijah Harkless: 27 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · John Konchar: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jamal Murray	Keyonte George: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Ace Bailey: 11 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Christian Braun	Ace Bailey: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kyle Filipowski: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ace Bailey: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Keyonte George: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Brice Sensabaugh: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Isaiah Collier: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Svi Mykhailiuk: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Brice Sensabaugh: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Kyle Filipowski: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Elijah Harkless: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	Brice Sensabaugh: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Collier: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Zeke Nnaji	Oscar Tshiebwe: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Svi Mykhailiuk: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)