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Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets

April 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Jazz 130-117 on 2026-04-01 on the road against the Jazz. The Jazz started Oscar Tshiebwe, Brice Sensabaugh, Cody Williams, Kyle Filipowski, and Ace Bailey. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 24 points (11/19) in his matchups, with Oscar Tshiebwe as his primary defender. Brice Sensabaugh (Jazz) scored 15 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender.

Box score

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

UTA

Utah Jazz 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cody Williams GS	37:37	9	2	9	1	0	3	3	3-10	1-3	2-2	-14
Ace Bailey GS	33:27	12	1	2	0	0	2	1	5-17	1-9	1-2	-15
Brice Sensabaugh GS	32:42	28	6	4	1	1	4	3	11-18	6-9	0-1	+4
Kyle Filipowski GS	30:38	25	12	3	0	1	1	4	9-15	3-8	4-5	+8
Oscar Tshiebwe GS	20:32	8	7	0	1	0	1	2	4-8	0-0	0-0	-14
Kennedy Chandler	32:29	16	5	6	1	1	0	3	5-14	0-4	6-8	-7
John Konchar	29:11	12	10	6	2	1	1	2	4-7	1-3	3-5	-10
Bez Mbeng	23:24	7	1	2	1	0	0	4	3-6	0-1	1-2	-17
Totals		117	44	32	7	4	12	22	44-95	12-37	17-25

Did not play: Isaiah Collier (DND - Injury/Illness), Elijah Harkless (DND - Injury/Illness), Kevin Love (DNP - Coach's Decision), Svi Mykhailiuk (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	37:15	37	5	5	1	2	1	0	12-26	10-16	3-3	+20
Cameron Johnson GS	35:29	19	9	6	2	0	1	3	7-13	3-7	2-2	+16
Nikola Jokić GS	33:06	15	17	12	0	0	5	1	5-10	0-1	5-7	+10
Christian Braun GS	30:42	18	6	4	0	0	0	2	7-11	1-3	3-3	+15
Aaron Gordon GS	27:59	6	2	2	2	0	2	1	1-7	1-4	3-4	+3
Bruce Brown	27:13	11	3	1	4	1	0	2	4-8	0-2	3-4	+8
Jonas Valančiūnas	13:14	13	6	0	0	1	1	2	3-6	0-0	7-8	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	10:25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Peyton Watson	9:23	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	3-5	0-2	0-0	+6
Julian Strawther	8:35	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
KJ Simpson	1:40	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Jalen Pickett	1:40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
DaRon Holmes II	1:40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
David Roddy	1:39	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-5
Totals		130	53	30	9	4	13	18	44-91	16-39	26-31

Did not play: Tyus Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Oscar Tshiebwe · Brice Sensabaugh · Cody Williams · Kyle Filipowski · Ace Bailey Starter 10.5 min
Kennedy Chandler · Brice Sensabaugh · Cody Williams · Kyle Filipowski · Ace Bailey 5.1 min
John Konchar · Kennedy Chandler · Brice Sensabaugh · Cody Williams · Bez Mbeng 4.2 min
John Konchar · Kennedy Chandler · Cody Williams · Kyle Filipowski · Bez Mbeng 4.0 min
John Konchar · Kennedy Chandler · Brice Sensabaugh · Ace Bailey · Bez Mbeng 3.8 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 15.7 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 5.0 min
Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 3.7 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 3.7 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Jazz defense

Nikola Jokić 24 pts (11/19) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Oscar Tshiebwe (34 %, 6 pts) · Kyle Filipowski (14 %, 2 pts) · Brice Sensabaugh (12 %, 6 pts)
Jamal Murray 15 pts (6/17) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Cody Williams (34 %, 3 pts) · Kennedy Chandler (16 %, 0 pts) · Ace Bailey (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cody Williams	Jamal Murray: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Bruce Brown: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ace Bailey	Christian Braun: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Kyle Filipowski	Aaron Gordon: 25 poss., 8 pts (2/6) · Christian Braun: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Brice Sensabaugh	Cameron Johnson: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Christian Braun: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Kennedy Chandler	Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
John Konchar	Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bez Mbeng	Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oscar Tshiebwe	Nikola Jokić: 26 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Nuggets defense

Brice Sensabaugh 15 pts (5/11) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (29 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (24 %, 7 pts) · Jamal Murray (11 %, 5 pts)
Ace Bailey 32 pts (12/19) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (17 %, 3 pts) · Jamal Murray (16 %, 15 pts) · Nikola Jokić (15 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Oscar Tshiebwe: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Konchar: 17 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Jamal Murray	Cody Williams: 22 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Kennedy Chandler: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Cameron Johnson	Brice Sensabaugh: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Ace Bailey: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Christian Braun	Brice Sensabaugh: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kyle Filipowski: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bruce Brown	Cody Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bez Mbeng: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Aaron Gordon	Kyle Filipowski: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Oscar Tshiebwe: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jonas Valanciunas	John Konchar: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Cody Williams: 4 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Julian Strawther	Kennedy Chandler: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Konchar: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kennedy Chandler: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bez Mbeng: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Peyton Watson	Ace Bailey: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · John Konchar: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
KJ Simpson	Ace Bailey: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brice Sensabaugh: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Kennedy Chandler: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ace Bailey: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
David Roddy	John Konchar: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brice Sensabaugh: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	Bez Mbeng: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kennedy Chandler: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)