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Denver Nuggets vs. Golden State Warriors

March 29, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Warriors 116-93 on 2026-03-29 at home. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Christian Braun, and Peyton Watson. The Warriors started Draymond Green, Kristaps Porziņģis, De'Anthony Melton, Gui Santos, and Brandin Podziemski. Kristaps Porziņģis (Warriors) scored 21 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Nikola Jokić as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 22 points (8/25) in his matchups, with Draymond Green as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Denver Nuggets 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Jokić GS 36:08 25 15 8 1 0 2 3 10-20 4-8 1-1 +16
Jamal Murray GS 34:27 20 6 7 2 1 4 1 7-12 2-4 4-5 +13
Christian Braun GS 32:49 12 3 0 0 0 0 1 5-8 0-3 2-2 +17
Peyton Watson GS 22:16 10 6 5 0 1 2 5 3-11 2-5 2-2 +11
Cameron Johnson GS 19:08 6 1 3 1 1 0 0 2-5 2-4 0-0 +13
Tim Hardaway Jr. 26:07 16 3 2 2 0 0 0 5-10 4-8 2-2 +12
Bruce Brown 24:41 15 1 0 2 0 1 5 6-11 3-4 0-0 +7
Julian Strawther 17:38 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 3-7 1-3 0-0 +7
Zeke Nnaji 7:56 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +12
Spencer Jones 5:59 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Jonas Valančiūnas 5:07 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Curtis Jones 1:56 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Tyus Jones 1:56 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
DaRon Holmes II 1:56 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 1-1 0-0 +2
Jalen Pickett 1:56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 116 40 31 11 4 11 18 43-86 19-40 11-12

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Golden State Warriors 93

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Gui Santos GS 32:31 9 10 3 1 0 4 4 3-9 1-4 2-2 -12
Brandin Podziemski GS 31:45 23 5 2 2 1 0 1 8-14 5-8 2-2 -8
Draymond Green GS 29:33 13 4 8 1 0 2 2 5-11 2-7 1-1 -14
Kristaps Porziņģis GS 28:39 23 3 2 1 0 2 1 8-14 5-5 2-2 -15
De'Anthony Melton GS 25:20 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0-5 0-3 0-0 -29
Pat Spencer 24:10 7 5 8 2 0 0 2 3-9 0-4 1-3 0
Gary Payton II 20:59 16 5 1 0 0 0 5 7-8 1-2 1-1 -2
LJ Cryer 16:01 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0-6 0-6 0-0 -15
Nate Williams 11:24 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0-3 0-2 0-0 -3
Seth Curry 7:10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -8
Quinten Post 4:38 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +1
Omer Yurtseven 3:55 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -5
Malevy Leons 3:55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 93 41 29 9 2 13 18 35-83 14-42 9-11

Did not play: Moses Moody (NWT - Injury/Illness), Will Richard (DND - Injury/Illness)

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 Draymond Green: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 15 poss., 13 pts (5/6)
Jamal Murray De'Anthony Melton: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Gary Payton II: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Christian Braun Brandin Podziemski: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Gui Santos: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Pat Spencer: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Gary Payton II: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson Kristaps Porziņģis: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Gui Santos: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown Brandin Podziemski: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Cameron Johnson Gui Santos: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther Pat Spencer: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Zeke Nnaji Kristaps Porziņģis: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Draymond Green: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones Gui Santos: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Kristaps Porziņģis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II Omer Yurtseven: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Pat Spencer: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Curtis Jones Nate Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Spencer: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones LJ Cryer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Spencer: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett Malevy Leons: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nate Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Brandin Podziemski Christian Braun: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gui Santos Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kristaps Porziņģis Peyton Watson: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Nikola Jokić: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Draymond Green Nikola Jokić: 29 poss., 11 pts (4/9) · Christian Braun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Christian Braun: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Spencer Christian Braun: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gary Payton II Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LJ Cryer Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Christian Braun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nate Williams Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jamal Murray: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Seth Curry Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quinten Post Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Omer Yurtseven DaRon Holmes II: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Jokić: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Malevy Leons Nikola Jokić: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)