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Denver Nuggets vs. San Antonio Spurs

April 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Spurs 136-134 on 2026-04-04 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Spurs started De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 29 points (12/27) in his matchups, with Nikola Jokić as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 28 points (10/23) 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	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	45:46	15	4	10	1	0	2	5	6-13	3-7	0-0	+5
Nikola Jokić GS	43:59	40	8	13	0	3	0	4	13-25	1-5	13-15	+12
Aaron Gordon GS	41:05	15	6	3	0	0	2	4	7-12	1-4	0-0	-1
Cameron Johnson GS	39:11	17	7	1	2	2	1	0	6-11	4-8	1-1	+7
Christian Braun GS	39:10	21	8	4	0	1	0	2	7-16	5-11	2-2	+10
Tim Hardaway Jr.	26:04	10	5	0	1	0	0	1	3-6	2-4	2-2	-4
Julian Strawther	11:08	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	2-5	2-4	0-0	-8
Bruce Brown	11:02	5	2	1	1	0	1	3	2-7	1-3	0-0	-12
Jonas Valančiūnas	5:33	7	3	0	0	0	0	2	3-6	0-0	1-2	-3
Tyus Jones	2:03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		136	44	34	5	6	6	22	49-101	19-46	19-22

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), David Roddy (DNP - Coach's Decision), KJ Simpson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAS

San Antonio Spurs 134

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
De'Aaron Fox GS	40:25	14	4	4	1	0	2	4	7-19	0-6	0-0	+7
Stephon Castle GS	40:19	20	5	9	0	0	4	6	9-17	0-4	2-2	-10
Victor Wembanyama GS	39:36	34	18	7	1	5	1	3	8-17	2-6	16-17	+4
Devin Vassell GS	39:13	18	5	2	0	1	0	0	6-14	3-8	3-3	-10
Julian Champagnie GS	33:00	18	5	2	0	0	0	1	6-12	6-9	0-0	+2
Dylan Harper	20:12	12	3	3	0	0	2	3	5-7	2-3	0-1	-1
Keldon Johnson	17:24	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	3-10	0-6	4-4	-3
Harrison Barnes	16:31	8	1	1	1	0	1	1	3-4	2-3	0-0	+2
Luke Kornet	13:24	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Carter Bryant	4:56	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		134	50	29	5	6	10	22	47-101	15-45	25-27

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (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 25.6 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 6.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown 3.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther 2.8 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson 2.1 min

SAS

San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

De'Aaron Fox · Devin Vassell · Julian Champagnie · Victor Wembanyama · Stephon Castle Starter 20.1 min
Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Victor Wembanyama · Dylan Harper · Carter Bryant 4.3 min
Luke Kornet · Devin Vassell · Julian Champagnie · Stephon Castle · Dylan Harper 4.1 min
Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Julian Champagnie · Victor Wembanyama · Stephon Castle 3.7 min
Luke Kornet · Keldon Johnson · Devin Vassell · Stephon Castle · Dylan Harper 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Victor Wembanyama 29 pts (12/27) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (36 %, 23 pts) · Aaron Gordon (15 %, 4 pts) · Christian Braun (13 %, 0 pts)
Stephon Castle 17 pts (6/9) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Murray (51 %, 8 pts) · Christian Braun (13 %, 0 pts) · Cameron Johnson (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Stephon Castle: 36 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · De'Aaron Fox: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Nikola Jokić	Victor Wembanyama: 27 poss., 23 pts (9/16) · Keldon Johnson: 18 poss., 3 pts (0/2)
Aaron Gordon	Julian Champagnie: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Harrison Barnes: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cameron Johnson	De'Aaron Fox: 19 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Devin Vassell: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Christian Braun	Devin Vassell: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Victor Wembanyama: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	De'Aaron Fox: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Devin Vassell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Victor Wembanyama: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · De'Aaron Fox: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	De'Aaron Fox: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Julian Champagnie: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Victor Wembanyama: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Luke Kornet: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tyus Jones	Dylan Harper: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Aaron Fox: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Spurs defense

Nikola Jokić 28 pts (10/23) in 85 possessions

Guarded by: Luke Kornet (18 %, 0 pts) · Victor Wembanyama (17 %, 9 pts) · Keldon Johnson (17 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 21 pts (7/12) in 83 possessions

Guarded by: Stephon Castle (29 %, 4 pts) · Devin Vassell (23 %, 3 pts) · De'Aaron Fox (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Victor Wembanyama	Aaron Gordon: 34 poss., 6 pts (1/7) · Nikola Jokić: 15 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Devin Vassell	Cameron Johnson: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
De'Aaron Fox	Christian Braun: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Stephon Castle	Jamal Murray: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Julian Champagnie	Nikola Jokić: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Dylan Harper	Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Keldon Johnson	Nikola Jokić: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/4) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Harrison Barnes	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Aaron Gordon: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Kornet	Nikola Jokić: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Christian Braun: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant	Jamal Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)