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Denver Nuggets vs. San Antonio Spurs

November 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Nuggets 139-136 on 2025-11-28 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Luke Kornet, Devin Vassell, and Julian Champagnie. De'Aaron Fox (Spurs) scored 17 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Bruce Brown as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 27 points (10/13) in his matchups, with Luke Kornet as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 136

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson GS	37:45	28	6	1	2	1	3	3	10-16	6-9	2-2	+7
Jamal Murray GS	36:10	37	4	7	0	1	2	4	13-20	5-8	6-7	+4
Nikola Jokić GS	36:01	21	9	10	1	1	4	5	7-10	1-1	6-8	-6
Peyton Watson GS	33:42	15	6	3	1	1	1	3	5-11	1-5	4-4	+4
Spencer Jones GS	22:46	9	1	3	1	1	1	1	4-9	1-5	0-2	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	28:31	15	2	1	0	0	2	2	4-10	2-7	5-5	-16
Bruce Brown	19:19	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	1-8	0-2	1-2	-6
Zeke Nnaji	13:47	4	4	0	0	0	2	2	2-4	0-2	0-0	-13
Jonas Valančiūnas	11:59	4	8	1	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		136	44	27	5	5	16	22	48-91	16-39	24-30

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

SAS

San Antonio Spurs 139

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julian Champagnie GS	36:26	25	10	2	1	2	0	3	6-15	3-9	10-10	-1
De'Aaron Fox GS	34:07	15	1	12	1	1	3	0	6-19	1-6	2-3	-4
Devin Vassell GS	31:17	35	3	2	1	0	0	4	12-17	7-9	4-4	-14
Harrison Barnes GS	30:52	10	3	5	1	0	2	5	4-11	1-6	1-1	-3
Luke Kornet GS	27:43	12	6	2	0	2	1	4	4-7	0-0	4-4	-5
Keldon Johnson	22:22	14	8	2	0	0	1	2	4-7	2-5	4-4	+14
Jeremy Sochan	15:36	4	1	2	1	0	0	5	2-4	0-1	0-0	+6
Dylan Harper	15:19	11	0	3	3	0	0	0	4-7	0-1	3-4	+9
Kelly Olynyk	12:32	7	1	0	1	0	1	3	2-3	1-2	2-2	+11
Lindy Waters III	7:55	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+1
Carter Bryant	5:51	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+1
Totals		139	35	30	10	5	8	27	46-94	17-42	30-32

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), David Jones Garcia (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 18.1 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Zeke Nnaji 8.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 6.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 3.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Zeke Nnaji 3.5 min

SAS

San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Luke Kornet · Devin Vassell · Julian Champagnie Starter 15.9 min
Harrison Barnes · Keldon Johnson · Devin Vassell · Jeremy Sochan · Dylan Harper 4.2 min
De'Aaron Fox · Luke Kornet · Keldon Johnson · Lindy Waters III · Julian Champagnie 3.8 min
Kelly Olynyk · Keldon Johnson · Julian Champagnie · Jeremy Sochan · Dylan Harper 3.3 min
Harrison Barnes · Kelly Olynyk · De'Aaron Fox · Keldon Johnson · Carter Bryant 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

De'Aaron Fox 17 pts (7/10) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Bruce Brown (22 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (19 %, 6 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (19 %, 0 pts)
Dylan Harper 0 pts (0/2) in 27 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Murray (30 %, 0 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (21 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (19 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Luke Kornet: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jeremy Sochan: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cameron Johnson	Julian Champagnie: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · De'Aaron Fox: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jamal Murray	Devin Vassell: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Dylan Harper: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Peyton Watson	Keldon Johnson: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Julian Champagnie: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	De'Aaron Fox: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Devin Vassell: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Spencer Jones	Harrison Barnes: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Julian Champagnie: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Bruce Brown	De'Aaron Fox: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Harrison Barnes: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Kelly Olynyk: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Keldon Johnson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Luke Kornet: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jeremy Sochan: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Spurs defense

Nikola Jokić 27 pts (10/13) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Luke Kornet (36 %, 4 pts) · Jeremy Sochan (25 %, 4 pts) · Julian Champagnie (7 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 24 pts (8/16) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Devin Vassell (19 %, 8 pts) · Julian Champagnie (19 %, 9 pts) · Harrison Barnes (16 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Julian Champagnie	Cameron Johnson: 22 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
De'Aaron Fox	Peyton Watson: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Bruce Brown: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Harrison Barnes	Cameron Johnson: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Devin Vassell	Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Luke Kornet	Nikola Jokić: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keldon Johnson	Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dylan Harper	Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jeremy Sochan	Nikola Jokić: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Peyton Watson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kelly Olynyk	Zeke Nnaji: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Cameron Johnson: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Lindy Waters III	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant	Nikola Jokić: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Zeke Nnaji: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)