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Denver Nuggets vs. Utah Jazz

March 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Jazz 135-129 on 2026-03-27 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Jazz started Brice Sensabaugh, Elijah Harkless, Cody Williams, Kyle Filipowski, and Ace Bailey. Brice Sensabaugh (Jazz) scored 13 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 31 points (14/18) in his matchups, with Kyle Filipowski 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	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	39:22	31	6	14	0	0	1	1	9-18	5-10	8-8	+8
Nikola Jokić GS	38:36	33	15	12	1	0	7	0	13-16	2-2	5-8	+13
Aaron Gordon GS	30:54	17	7	1	1	1	1	2	6-12	0-4	5-6	+15
Cameron Johnson GS	26:10	12	4	0	1	0	1	3	4-11	4-11	0-0	-3
Christian Braun GS	21:41	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	3-8	1-3	0-0	-9
Tim Hardaway Jr.	28:20	21	0	0	1	0	0	2	5-12	5-12	6-7	+25
Peyton Watson	20:58	7	5	4	0	2	4	4	2-10	1-2	2-3	-2
Bruce Brown	15:12	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	3-5	1-2	0-0	-5
Spencer Jones	13:39	0	6	0	1	0	0	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
Julian Strawther	5:08	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Totals		135	50	34	5	4	14	17	45-95	19-48	26-32

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyus Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonas Valančiūnas (DNP - Coach's Decision)

UTA

Utah Jazz 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Elijah Harkless GS	41:12	11	4	2	2	2	1	3	4-16	2-9	1-1	-9
Cody Williams GS	30:20	24	0	7	2	0	1	3	9-14	0-0	6-7	-1
Ace Bailey GS	27:29	15	7	1	0	0	2	5	7-14	1-7	0-0	-12
Brice Sensabaugh GS	25:29	13	4	6	2	0	3	2	4-8	3-6	2-2	+6
Kyle Filipowski GS	24:49	25	8	5	0	0	1	3	11-17	1-6	2-4	+15
John Konchar	30:13	16	8	2	1	2	0	0	8-10	0-1	0-0	-4
Kennedy Chandler	29:26	16	1	7	1	0	1	2	7-10	2-4	0-2	-10
Bez Mbeng	18:37	0	2	1	2	0	0	4	0-2	0-0	0-0	-16
Oscar Tshiebwe	12:25	9	9	3	0	0	1	2	3-4	0-0	3-3	+1
Totals		129	43	34	10	4	10	24	53-95	9-33	14-19

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

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 14.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson 6.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson 5.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun 4.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 4.0 min

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brice Sensabaugh · Elijah Harkless · Cody Williams · Kyle Filipowski · Ace Bailey Starter 10.3 min
John Konchar · Kennedy Chandler · Elijah Harkless · Ace Bailey · Bez Mbeng 9.1 min
John Konchar · Kennedy Chandler · Oscar Tshiebwe · Cody Williams · Bez Mbeng 4.0 min
John Konchar · Kennedy Chandler · Oscar Tshiebwe · Elijah Harkless · Kyle Filipowski 3.9 min
John Konchar · Brice Sensabaugh · Elijah Harkless · Cody Williams · Kyle Filipowski 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Brice Sensabaugh 13 pts (5/10) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (26 %, 0 pts) · Aaron Gordon (22 %, 7 pts) · Cameron Johnson (13 %, 0 pts)
Ace Bailey 17 pts (5/13) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (28 %, 3 pts) · Aaron Gordon (23 %, 2 pts) · Jamal Murray (13 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Elijah Harkless: 38 poss., 17 pts (7/8) · Cody Williams: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jamal Murray	Cody Williams: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kennedy Chandler: 16 poss., 10 pts (3/3)
Aaron Gordon	Ace Bailey: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brice Sensabaugh: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kennedy Chandler: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Bez Mbeng: 12 poss., 9 pts (2/3)
Cameron Johnson	Ace Bailey: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · John Konchar: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Christian Braun	Brice Sensabaugh: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kyle Filipowski: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Peyton Watson	Bez Mbeng: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Elijah Harkless: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Kennedy Chandler: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Konchar: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	John Konchar: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kennedy Chandler: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Kennedy Chandler: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Filipowski: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Jazz defense

Nikola Jokić 31 pts (14/18) in 88 possessions

Guarded by: Kyle Filipowski (23 %, 13 pts) · Cody Williams (22 %, 6 pts) · Elijah Harkless (16 %, 3 pts)
Jamal Murray 27 pts (11/18) in 87 possessions

Guarded by: Elijah Harkless (23 %, 0 pts) · Cody Williams (20 %, 8 pts) · Kennedy Chandler (14 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Elijah Harkless	Jamal Murray: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Nikola Jokić: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cody Williams	Nikola Jokić: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Jamal Murray: 18 poss., 8 pts (4/6)
John Konchar	Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ace Bailey	Aaron Gordon: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kennedy Chandler	Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Peyton Watson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyle Filipowski	Nikola Jokić: 20 poss., 13 pts (6/9) · Aaron Gordon: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brice Sensabaugh	Christian Braun: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bez Mbeng	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oscar Tshiebwe	Nikola Jokić: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Spencer Jones: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)