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Denver Nuggets vs. Golden State Warriors

November 7, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Warriors 129-104 on 2025-11-07 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Warriors started Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green, Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody, and Brandin Podziemski. Jonathan Kuminga (Warriors) scored 12 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 12 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Draymond Green as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 129

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Christian Braun GS 31:32 12 7 4 1 0 3 2 5-11 1-4 1-2 +26
Jamal Murray GS 30:57 23 4 8 2 1 3 2 8-12 5-7 2-2 +25
Nikola Jokić GS 28:16 26 9 9 0 1 1 2 12-15 2-3 0-0 +16
Cameron Johnson GS 25:09 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0-3 0-2 0-0 +25
Aaron Gordon GS 23:58 18 3 1 1 0 0 0 6-12 3-5 3-4 +4
Peyton Watson 24:18 10 3 1 2 1 0 1 3-6 1-1 3-4 +13
Tim Hardaway Jr. 18:56 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 2-5 1-3 2-2 -1
Bruce Brown 18:24 6 1 1 0 0 1 3 1-4 0-1 4-4 -3
Jonas Valančiūnas 15:42 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 6-8 2-3 2-2 +6
Julian Strawther 6:34 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0-2 0-2 4-4 0
Jalen Pickett 4:39 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Zeke Nnaji 4:02 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 1-1 0-1 +3
Spencer Jones 4:02 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +3
Hunter Tyson 3:31 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 +5
Totals 129 41 34 8 4 8 15 46-82 16-33 21-25

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 104

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jimmy Butler III GS 30:33 16 3 3 1 0 0 1 5-10 0-3 6-7 -20
Jonathan Kuminga GS 26:50 6 7 3 0 1 2 1 3-10 0-2 0-0 -19
Draymond Green GS 25:42 17 6 4 1 1 3 2 6-12 5-10 0-0 -10
Brandin Podziemski GS 24:39 7 2 3 0 1 2 1 3-10 1-4 0-0 -15
Moses Moody GS 19:17 2 3 3 0 0 1 1 1-9 0-6 0-0 -9
Pat Spencer 23:21 10 6 5 1 0 2 2 3-10 1-4 3-4 -10
Quinten Post 19:41 14 3 1 0 0 0 2 6-6 2-2 0-0 -6
Buddy Hield 19:40 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 3-7 2-3 0-0 -17
Will Richard 18:53 12 3 2 0 0 0 2 5-10 1-5 1-1 -10
Trayce Jackson-Davis 18:30 9 7 3 0 2 0 3 4-8 0-0 1-1 -9
Gui Santos 6:27 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 1-2 0
Gary Payton II 6:27 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 104 46 28 4 5 12 18 40-95 12-41 12-15

Lineups

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Christian Braun Jonathan Kuminga: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Brandin Podziemski: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jamal Murray Moses Moody: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Buddy Hield: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Nikola Jokić Draymond Green: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Quinten Post: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Cameron Johnson Brandin Podziemski: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jimmy Butler III: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Gordon Jimmy Butler III: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jonathan Kuminga: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Peyton Watson Pat Spencer: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jimmy Butler III: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Pat Spencer: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Richard: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bruce Brown Pat Spencer: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jimmy Butler III: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Trayce Jackson-Davis: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Quinten Post: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Julian Strawther Gary Payton II: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Spencer: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett Will Richard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji Trayce Jackson-Davis: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Pat Spencer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones Will Richard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gary Payton II: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hunter Tyson Gui Santos: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Richard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Jimmy Butler III Aaron Gordon: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Draymond Green Nikola Jokić: 25 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Jonas Valanciunas: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonathan Kuminga Cameron Johnson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Gordon: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandin Podziemski Christian Braun: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Aaron Gordon: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Pat Spencer Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Richard Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Trayce Jackson-Davis Jonas Valanciunas: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jokić: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moses Moody Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Buddy Hield Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Quinten Post Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Gui Santos Hunter Tyson: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Payton II Spencer Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)