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Denver Nuggets vs. New York Knicks

March 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Nuggets 142-103 on 2026-03-06 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 6 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 31 points (14/25) in his matchups, with Mitchell Robinson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Denver Nuggets 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Jokić GS 30:51 38 8 5 2 0 3 1 14-21 1-7 9-10 -18
Christian Braun GS 30:51 7 4 5 0 0 1 3 2-7 1-4 2-4 -18
Cameron Johnson GS 21:40 10 3 5 1 0 1 3 4-7 1-3 1-2 -6
Aaron Gordon GS 21:28 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1-7 0-3 1-2 -7
Jamal Murray GS 17:36 12 1 3 0 1 0 1 5-10 1-3 1-3 -4
Tim Hardaway Jr. 22:59 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 1-6 1-5 3-5 -24
Bruce Brown 21:44 7 2 3 2 0 2 2 3-3 0-0 1-1 -22
Julian Strawther 16:56 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-1 0-0 -15
Tyus Jones 12:00 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1-4 1-3 0-0 -14
Spencer Jones 9:47 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1-4 0-3 0-0 -15
Zeke Nnaji 9:03 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -13
Jalen Pickett 9:03 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 -13
DaRon Holmes II 7:41 11 1 0 0 0 2 0 3-4 2-3 3-3 -9
David Roddy 6:23 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 -13
Jonas Valančiūnas 1:58 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 103 31 30 6 1 15 19 37-83 8-40 21-30

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New York Knicks 142

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Brunson GS 33:48 9 3 15 1 0 1 3 3-13 1-3 2-2 +19
OG Anunoby GS 31:45 34 7 5 4 1 0 1 11-17 6-11 6-6 +17
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 27:15 17 13 2 1 0 1 4 7-12 1-4 2-3 +19
Josh Hart GS 24:47 18 5 2 0 0 1 3 8-12 2-4 0-2 +10
Mikal Bridges GS 24:44 9 2 4 0 3 1 2 4-8 1-2 0-0 +12
Landry Shamet 18:58 10 3 0 0 0 1 2 3-5 2-4 2-2 +21
Mitchell Robinson 14:11 13 5 1 0 0 1 4 6-7 0-0 1-2 +12
Mohamed Diawara 12:35 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 2-4 0-1 0-0 +7
Jose Alvarado 11:21 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-1 2-2 +13
Pacôme Dadiet 9:03 11 2 0 0 0 1 0 4-5 3-3 0-0 +13
Tyler Kolek 9:03 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 +13
Jeremy Sochan 9:03 2 3 2 3 0 2 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +13
Jordan Clarkson 7:04 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 3-5 0-1 1-2 +13
Ariel Hukporti 6:23 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 +13
Totals 142 50 44 11 4 10 24 55-95 16-34 16-21

Did not play: Kevin McCullar Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

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Starting lineup

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Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Nikola Jokić Mitchell Robinson: 21 poss., 11 pts (3/7) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Christian Braun Jalen Brunson: 37 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Landry Shamet: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Josh Hart: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Bruce Brown Josh Hart: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Mohamed Diawara: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Gordon OG Anunoby: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cameron Johnson Josh Hart: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mikal Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Murray Mikal Bridges: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Josh Hart: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Julian Strawther Mikal Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Landry Shamet: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tyus Jones Tyler Kolek: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett Jordan Clarkson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
DaRon Holmes II Pacôme Dadiet: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ariel Hukporti: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Spencer Jones Karl-Anthony Towns: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Mohamed Diawara: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji Ariel Hukporti: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pacôme Dadiet: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
David Roddy Jeremy Sochan: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ariel Hukporti: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Karl-Anthony Towns: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Landry Shamet: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Brunson Christian Braun: 39 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
OG Anunoby Cameron Johnson: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Josh Hart Nikola Jokić: 16 poss., 14 pts (6/8) · Cameron Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karl-Anthony Towns Aaron Gordon: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Nikola Jokić: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Mikal Bridges Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Landry Shamet Tim Hardaway Jr.: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Julian Strawther: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson Nikola Jokić: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Jonas Valanciunas: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Tyus Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremy Sochan David Roddy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet Zeke Nnaji: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · DaRon Holmes II: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Tyler Kolek Tyus Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson Jalen Pickett: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · David Roddy: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ariel Hukporti DaRon Holmes II: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)