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Denver Nuggets vs. Utah Jazz

December 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Jazz 135-112 on 2025-12-22 at home. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. The Jazz started Jusuf Nurkić, Lauri Markkanen, Svi Mykhailiuk, Keyonte George, and Ace Bailey. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 17 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Cameron Johnson as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 13 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Jusuf Nurkić as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson GS	29:10	20	2	4	0	1	1	4	6-9	6-6	2-2	+31
Nikola Jokić GS	28:39	14	13	13	2	3	2	2	5-7	1-1	3-4	+22
Peyton Watson GS	27:50	20	3	2	1	1	0	2	7-9	3-4	3-4	+18
Jamal Murray GS	26:55	27	6	5	1	0	1	1	8-16	6-12	5-6	+14
Spencer Jones GS	19:51	3	1	3	1	0	1	2	1-6	0-4	1-4	+26
Bruce Brown	27:17	15	5	1	2	0	0	2	7-9	1-1	0-0	-4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	24:37	21	3	2	0	0	1	0	6-12	6-12	3-3	0
Jalen Pickett	21:42	3	3	5	0	2	2	1	1-5	1-4	0-0	+9
Jonas Valančiūnas	16:13	12	11	1	0	0	0	1	5-11	0-1	2-2	0
Julian Strawther	11:29	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0-6	0-2	0-0	-3
Hunter Tyson	3:09	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Zeke Nnaji	3:08	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		135	51	37	8	7	10	17	46-92	24-47	19-25

UTA

Utah Jazz 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen GS	36:12	27	8	1	0	0	3	4	10-20	2-9	5-5	-9
Jusuf Nurkić GS	34:32	17	14	6	0	0	2	4	6-10	2-2	3-5	-31
Keyonte George GS	33:55	20	8	7	1	0	4	3	7-14	2-4	4-4	-12
Ace Bailey GS	24:01	10	3	0	0	0	0	5	4-13	1-5	1-2	-23
Svi Mykhailiuk GS	14:19	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2-8	2-5	0-0	-23
Isaiah Collier	23:50	2	2	9	2	0	2	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	-8
Brice Sensabaugh	23:11	14	6	1	1	0	1	0	5-12	1-5	3-3	-2
Walter Clayton Jr.	16:32	6	2	4	1	0	0	1	2-7	2-6	0-0	0
Kyle Filipowski	12:39	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	-11
Taylor Hendricks	12:37	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	+5
Cody Williams	8:12	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		112	49	30	5	1	14	19	41-96	14-41	16-19

Did not play: Kyle Anderson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 15.2 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Cameron Johnson 9.7 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 3.4 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Julian Strawther 3.3 min
Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Hunter Tyson 3.1 min

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Keyonte George · Ace Bailey Starter 10.3 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Walter Clayton Jr. 5.7 min
Lauri Markkanen · Taylor Hendricks · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier 5.5 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Isaiah Collier · Walter Clayton Jr. · Ace Bailey 4.1 min
Lauri Markkanen · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Keyonte George 17 pts (6/11) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (26 %, 3 pts) · Peyton Watson (22 %, 7 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (18 %, 0 pts)
Lauri Markkanen 19 pts (5/12) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (21 %, 1 pts) · Bruce Brown (16 %, 5 pts) · Spencer Jones (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Jusuf Nurkić: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Lauri Markkanen: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Peyton Watson	Keyonte George: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Brice Sensabaugh: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cameron Johnson	Keyonte George: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Lauri Markkanen: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jamal Murray	Svi Mykhailiuk: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lauri Markkanen: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Bruce Brown	Lauri Markkanen: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Ace Bailey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Keyonte George: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Collier: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Spencer Jones	Jusuf Nurkić: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Lauri Markkanen: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	Walter Clayton Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Collier: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Jusuf Nurkić: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 3 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Julian Strawther	Walter Clayton Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cody Williams: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hunter Tyson	Walter Clayton Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ace Bailey: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Kyle Filipowski: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cody Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Jazz defense

Nikola Jokić 13 pts (6/13) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Jusuf Nurkić (42 %, 2 pts) · Taylor Hendricks (14 %, 0 pts) · Lauri Markkanen (12 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 5 pts (2/10) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Svi Mykhailiuk (26 %, 0 pts) · Keyonte George (17 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Collier (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Lauri Markkanen	Spencer Jones: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Keyonte George	Peyton Watson: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jusuf Nurkić	Nikola Jokić: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jonas Valanciunas: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Isaiah Collier	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ace Bailey	Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Brice Sensabaugh	Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Svi Mykhailiuk	Jamal Murray: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cameron Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Walter Clayton Jr.	Jalen Pickett: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kyle Filipowski	Spencer Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taylor Hendricks	Nikola Jokić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Spencer Jones: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cody Williams	Julian Strawther: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)