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Denver Nuggets vs. Golden State Warriors

October 26, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Warriors beat the Nuggets 134-114 on 2026-10-26 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, and Bryce Hopkins. The Warriors started Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Gui Santos, Brandin Podziemski, and Yaxel Lendeborg. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 7 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 37 points (15/21) 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 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jamal Murray GS 35:52 19 6 8 3 0 3 0 8-13 3-6 0-0 -5
Nikola Jokić GS 35:17 19 7 11 1 3 1 1 8-18 1-6 2-3 -16
Christian Braun GS 34:08 9 4 2 3 0 3 5 4-9 1-4 0-0 -13
Bryce Hopkins GS 31:24 13 3 1 0 0 0 3 5-9 1-3 2-2 -21
Aaron Gordon GS 24:48 7 4 2 1 0 1 3 2-10 0-2 3-3 -12
DeMar DeRozan 28:32 21 4 2 2 1 1 2 7-15 2-5 5-5 -7
Trevon Brazile 16:37 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 2-2 1-1 1-1 -9
Marvin Bagley III 10:35 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 2-3 0-0 3-4 -5
Tyus Jones 8:35 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -16
DaRon Holmes II 3:33 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +1
Ryan Nembhard 3:33 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 2-2 +1
Zeke Nnaji 3:33 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 2-2 +1
Cam Whitmore 3:33 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2-2 0-0 0-1 +1
Totals 114 32 31 13 6 11 17 42-84 10-29 20-23

Did not play: Alpha Diallo (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Cameron Johnson (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Spencer Jones (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Julian Strawther (Inactive - Injury/Illness)

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 134

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Brandin Podziemski GS 32:43 18 7 5 1 0 0 2 7-14 3-7 1-1 +33
Yaxel Lendeborg GS 30:49 31 12 6 0 1 3 2 9-19 1-8 12-13 +27
Gui Santos GS 27:41 13 3 1 1 0 0 4 5-6 1-2 2-2 +18
Draymond Green GS 26:54 3 4 7 0 0 5 2 1-2 1-2 0-0 +7
Stephen Curry GS 26:34 24 3 3 2 0 3 1 8-8 3-3 5-5 +7
Al Horford 18:40 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 4-5 3-3 0-0 +14
De'Anthony Melton 18:38 3 4 3 0 0 0 4 1-6 1-5 0-0 +1
Georges Niang 18:18 9 2 0 0 0 1 3 3-7 3-6 0-0 -8
Brandon Williams 14:41 6 3 3 0 1 4 2 2-6 2-2 0-0 +14
Gary Payton II 11:37 7 2 0 1 0 0 1 3-7 1-3 0-0 -7
LJ Cryer 2:46 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 2-3 2-2 0-0 -1
Malevy Leons 2:46 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Graham Ike 2:46 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 -1
Will Richard 2:46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Charles Bassey 2:21 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 134 45 31 5 2 17 24 46-85 22-44 20-21

Did not play: Jimmy Butler III (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Moses Moody (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Kristaps Porziņģis (Inactive - Not With Team)

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
Jamal Murray Brandin Podziemski: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · De'Anthony Melton: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Nikola Jokić Draymond Green: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Al Horford: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/7)
Christian Braun Stephen Curry: 34 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce Hopkins Gui Santos: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
DeMar DeRozan Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Gui Santos: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Aaron Gordon Yaxel Lendeborg: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Georges Niang: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Trevon Brazile Yaxel Lendeborg: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III Draymond Green: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Gary Payton II: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones Brandon Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji Graham Ike: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Charles Bassey: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
DaRon Holmes II Graham Ike: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LJ Cryer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard Will Richard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LJ Cryer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Whitmore Malevy Leons: 3 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Will Richard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Yaxel Lendeborg Aaron Gordon: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Trevon Brazile: 13 poss., 7 pts (1/3)
Brandin Podziemski Jamal Murray: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Tyus Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Stephen Curry Christian Braun: 33 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gui Santos Bryce Hopkins: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · DeMar DeRozan: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Draymond Green Nikola Jokić: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Marvin Bagley III: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Al Horford Nikola Jokić: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Bryce Hopkins: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Georges Niang Aaron Gordon: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · DeMar DeRozan: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandon Williams Bryce Hopkins: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Gary Payton II DeMar DeRozan: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marvin Bagley III: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
LJ Cryer Ryan Nembhard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Whitmore: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Will Richard Bryce Hopkins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Whitmore: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malevy Leons Cam Whitmore: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Graham Ike DaRon Holmes II: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bryce Hopkins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Charles Bassey Zeke Nnaji: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)