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Denver Nuggets vs. Toronto Raptors

March 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Raptors 121-115 on 2026-03-20 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Raptors started Brandon Ingram, Jakob Poeltl, RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, and Scottie Barnes. Brandon Ingram (Raptors) scored 2 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Cameron Johnson as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 25 points (10/18) in his matchups, with Jakob Poeltl as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	39:31	31	5	6	1	0	1	2	10-18	2-6	9-10	+2
Nikola Jokić GS	37:29	22	8	9	1	1	2	5	9-14	1-2	3-5	-2
Christian Braun GS	33:21	11	4	2	0	0	1	4	5-9	1-3	0-0	-8
Cameron Johnson GS	30:55	6	5	2	2	0	1	1	2-7	0-4	2-3	+7
Aaron Gordon GS	28:48	16	5	3	0	1	1	2	6-10	1-2	3-5	-4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	27:30	23	4	0	1	0	2	2	8-16	7-10	0-0	+12
Bruce Brown	21:02	12	3	0	0	0	2	1	4-6	2-3	2-2	+13
Spencer Jones	17:59	0	3	4	0	0	0	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	+7
Tyus Jones	3:24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		121	38	26	5	2	10	20	44-81	14-30	19-25

Did not play: Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonas Valančiūnas (DNP - Coach's Decision)

TOR

Toronto Raptors 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Scottie Barnes GS	38:04	15	8	8	2	2	2	4	7-18	1-6	0-0	0
Brandon Ingram GS	35:33	19	5	2	0	0	3	4	7-12	1-3	4-6	+2
Jakob Poeltl GS	35:09	23	11	2	2	0	0	4	10-14	0-0	3-6	-2
Immanuel Quickley GS	33:58	15	4	8	3	0	1	2	6-11	3-7	0-0	0
RJ Barrett GS	33:34	18	5	2	0	1	3	3	6-14	1-5	5-5	-4
Ja'Kobe Walter	23:11	14	2	2	1	1	0	2	4-6	4-5	2-2	-12
Jamal Shead	21:12	4	2	5	0	0	1	3	2-7	0-3	0-1	-9
Sandro Mamukelashvili	13:49	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	2-2	0
Jamison Battle	5:30	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	1-1	-5
Totals		115	40	32	8	4	10	24	44-86	10-31	17-23

Did not play: Gradey Dick (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trayce Jackson-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonathan Mogbo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Garrett Temple (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 16.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 7.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun 6.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 3.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Spencer Jones 2.5 min

TOR

Toronto Raptors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brandon Ingram · Jakob Poeltl · RJ Barrett · Immanuel Quickley · Scottie Barnes Starter 17.0 min
Brandon Ingram · Jakob Poeltl · RJ Barrett · Scottie Barnes · Jamal Shead 5.1 min
Scottie Barnes · Sandro Mamukelashvili · Ja'Kobe Walter · Jamal Shead · Jamison Battle 3.3 min
Brandon Ingram · Jakob Poeltl · Sandro Mamukelashvili · Ja'Kobe Walter · Jamal Shead 3.1 min
Brandon Ingram · Jakob Poeltl · Immanuel Quickley · Scottie Barnes · Ja'Kobe Walter 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Brandon Ingram 2 pts (1/4) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (30 %, 0 pts) · Christian Braun (30 %, 0 pts) · Nikola Jokić (9 %, 0 pts)
RJ Barrett 21 pts (7/11) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Murray (48 %, 6 pts) · Cameron Johnson (13 %, 2 pts) · Christian Braun (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	RJ Barrett: 30 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jamal Shead: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nikola Jokić	Scottie Barnes: 37 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Jakob Poeltl: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Cameron Johnson	Brandon Ingram: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · RJ Barrett: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Christian Braun	Brandon Ingram: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Immanuel Quickley: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Gordon	Jakob Poeltl: 27 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Scottie Barnes: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Immanuel Quickley: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Shead: 11 poss., 12 pts (4/6)
Bruce Brown	Ja'Kobe Walter: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jamal Shead: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Sandro Mamukelashvili: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Scottie Barnes: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyus Jones	Jamal Shead: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ja'Kobe Walter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Raptors defense

Nikola Jokić 25 pts (10/18) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Jakob Poeltl (48 %, 10 pts) · Scottie Barnes (23 %, 4 pts) · Brandon Ingram (11 %, 9 pts)
Jamal Murray 14 pts (6/17) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Immanuel Quickley (27 %, 2 pts) · RJ Barrett (26 %, 3 pts) · Jamal Shead (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Scottie Barnes	Aaron Gordon: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Nikola Jokić: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jakob Poeltl	Nikola Jokić: 35 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Aaron Gordon: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Brandon Ingram	Christian Braun: 26 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
RJ Barrett	Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Cameron Johnson: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Immanuel Quickley	Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Aaron Gordon: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Ja'Kobe Walter	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jamal Shead	Bruce Brown: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sandro Mamukelashvili	Spencer Jones: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamison Battle	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)