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Brooklyn Nets vs. Denver Nuggets

January 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nets beat the Nuggets 127-115 on 2026-01-04 at home. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann, Day'Ron Sharpe, Noah Clowney, and Egor Dëmin. The Nuggets started Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Peyton Watson, DaRon Holmes II, and Spencer Jones. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 19 points (8/14) in his matchups, with Terance Mann as his primary defender. Cam Thomas (Nets) scored 12 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Bruce Brown as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BKN

Brooklyn Nets 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Day'Ron Sharpe GS	32:06	17	6	4	3	1	1	3	6-9	0-1	5-8	+17
Michael Porter Jr. GS	32:04	27	11	5	0	1	4	3	8-17	2-6	9-9	+22
Noah Clowney GS	29:07	22	6	2	0	1	1	2	6-10	4-6	6-7	+18
Egor Dëmin GS	26:41	13	4	4	0	0	1	2	5-9	3-5	0-0	+14
Terance Mann GS	26:02	6	4	6	2	1	0	5	2-5	0-0	2-2	+11
Cam Thomas	22:27	17	4	1	0	0	1	1	5-10	1-3	6-8	-4
Ziaire Williams	19:28	13	3	1	1	1	0	3	5-6	2-3	1-1	-2
Nolan Traore	18:01	5	3	4	0	0	2	0	2-10	1-7	0-0	-4
Drake Powell	17:31	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	2-2	-7
Danny Wolf	16:33	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		127	44	29	7	5	10	22	41-81	14-33	31-37

Did not play: Tyrese Martin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Wilson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	39:44	27	6	16	0	0	4	3	11-23	1-7	4-4	-11
Peyton Watson GS	28:37	23	4	2	0	1	1	4	8-14	1-4	6-7	-9
Spencer Jones GS	26:49	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	-11
Christian Braun GS	24:12	3	2	0	0	1	0	3	1-4	0-1	1-2	-23
DaRon Holmes II GS	15:19	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	2-4	2-3	0-0	-18
Tim Hardaway Jr.	33:59	26	2	1	0	0	0	3	7-12	5-10	7-9	+10
Aaron Gordon	21:14	20	6	2	0	0	3	2	8-15	0-2	4-6	+1
Bruce Brown	18:10	0	4	3	1	0	1	3	0-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Zeke Nnaji	17:49	4	3	1	1	2	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-5
Jalen Pickett	14:07	3	4	3	0	0	0	2	1-3	1-1	0-0	+7
Totals		115	33	29	4	5	9	24	41-85	11-31	22-28

Did not play: Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BKN

Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Michael Porter Jr. · Terance Mann · Day'Ron Sharpe · Noah Clowney · Egor Dëmin Starter 22.5 min
Ziaire Williams · Cam Thomas · Nolan Traore · Danny Wolf · Drake Powell 13.0 min
Michael Porter Jr. · Ziaire Williams · Day'Ron Sharpe · Noah Clowney · Egor Dëmin 2.4 min
Michael Porter Jr. · Day'Ron Sharpe · Cam Thomas · Noah Clowney · Drake Powell 2.2 min
Terance Mann · Cam Thomas · Nolan Traore · Danny Wolf · Drake Powell 2.2 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson · DaRon Holmes II · Spencer Jones Starter 10.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 7.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji 6.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji 4.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nets defense

Jamal Murray 19 pts (8/14) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Terance Mann (20 %, 2 pts) · Egor Dëmin (19 %, 0 pts) · Noah Clowney (12 %, 7 pts)
Aaron Gordon 18 pts (6/9) in 41 possessions

Guarded by: Ziaire Williams (20 %, 7 pts) · Drake Powell (19 %, 3 pts) · Day'Ron Sharpe (14 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Michael Porter Jr.	Spencer Jones: 16 poss., 6 pts (1/4) · Peyton Watson: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Day'Ron Sharpe	DaRon Holmes II: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Spencer Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Clowney	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 13 poss., 10 pts (3/3)
Terance Mann	Jamal Murray: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Christian Braun: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Egor Dëmin	Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jalen Pickett: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Thomas	Bruce Brown: 15 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Aaron Gordon: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Ziaire Williams	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Gordon: 8 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Nolan Traore	Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Drake Powell	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Aaron Gordon: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Danny Wolf	Zeke Nnaji: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Cam Thomas 12 pts (4/6) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Bruce Brown (30 %, 0 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (20 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (12 %, 4 pts)
Michael Porter Jr. 12 pts (4/10) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (37 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (17 %, 2 pts) · Jamal Murray (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Terance Mann: 31 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ziaire Williams: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Noah Clowney: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Nolan Traore: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Peyton Watson	Noah Clowney: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Michael Porter Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Spencer Jones	Michael Porter Jr.: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Egor Dëmin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Gordon	Danny Wolf: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Ziaire Williams: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Christian Braun	Egor Dëmin: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Noah Clowney: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Cam Thomas: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nolan Traore: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zeke Nnaji	Danny Wolf: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Drake Powell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett	Egor Dëmin: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Noah Clowney: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Day'Ron Sharpe: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Noah Clowney: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)