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Denver Nuggets vs. Washington Wizards

January 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Wizards 121-115 on 2026-01-17 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, and Tre Johnson. Alex Sarr (Wizards) scored 22 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Aaron Gordon as his primary defender. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 18 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Bub Carrington as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	39:16	42	3	6	2	2	5	1	15-24	5-8	7-8	+5
Peyton Watson GS	35:17	21	5	2	1	1	2	5	8-14	1-2	4-8	+5
Aaron Gordon GS	32:00	8	10	11	1	0	1	1	3-8	1-3	1-2	+14
Spencer Jones GS	29:02	7	3	0	1	0	0	2	3-4	1-2	0-0	-6
Jalen Pickett GS	22:13	5	5	6	1	0	0	1	2-7	1-6	0-0	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	35:42	30	2	0	0	0	2	2	10-18	5-11	5-5	0
Bruce Brown	24:44	4	3	4	0	0	2	5	2-5	0-1	0-0	+10
Zeke Nnaji	16:00	4	6	2	0	1	0	3	2-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Julian Strawther	5:46	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		121	38	31	7	4	12	21	45-85	14-35	17-23

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

WAS

Washington Wizards 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bub Carrington GS	38:54	13	4	3	1	0	4	1	5-14	3-8	0-0	-6
Kyshawn George GS	31:52	29	5	7	1	3	1	4	10-20	5-8	4-5	-6
Tre Johnson GS	30:40	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	1-10	0-4	2-4	-8
Alex Sarr GS	28:15	16	8	1	0	0	2	5	7-12	0-0	2-7	-8
Khris Middleton GS	27:03	16	7	4	0	0	1	2	6-13	2-2	2-2	-9
Justin Champagnie	26:17	13	9	1	3	0	2	0	6-11	0-3	1-1	+1
Jamir Watkins	20:59	3	5	1	1	0	0	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	+3
Marvin Bagley III	19:45	14	6	2	1	1	1	0	5-6	0-0	4-9	+2
Will Riley	16:15	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	3-8	0-3	1-1	+1
Totals		115	48	20	9	4	11	17	44-96	11-30	16-29

Did not play: Malaki Branham (DNP - Coach's Decision), Anthony Gill (DNP - Coach's Decision), AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 10.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 7.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 7.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther 4.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson 4.4 min

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson Starter 19.5 min
Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Bub Carrington · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley 7.2 min
Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Kyshawn George · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley 4.9 min
Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Kyshawn George · Jamir Watkins · Tre Johnson 4.2 min
Khris Middleton · Justin Champagnie · Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington · Will Riley 2.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Alex Sarr 22 pts (8/16) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Gordon (67 %, 3 pts) · Jamal Murray (14 %, 13 pts) · Peyton Watson (7 %, 4 pts)
Kyshawn George 20 pts (6/10) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (25 %, 5 pts) · Jamal Murray (22 %, 4 pts) · Aaron Gordon (15 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Bub Carrington: 23 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Kyshawn George: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Tre Johnson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Riley: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Peyton Watson	Bub Carrington: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Kyshawn George: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Aaron Gordon	Alex Sarr: 39 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Kyshawn George: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Khris Middleton: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Justin Champagnie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Justin Champagnie: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Khris Middleton: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	Bub Carrington: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kyshawn George: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Zeke Nnaji	Marvin Bagley III: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jamir Watkins: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Julian Strawther	Tre Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyshawn George: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Wizards defense

Jamal Murray 18 pts (8/15) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Bub Carrington (28 %, 2 pts) · Tre Johnson (16 %, 0 pts) · Kyshawn George (15 %, 5 pts)
Aaron Gordon 15 pts (7/16) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Alex Sarr (59 %, 8 pts) · Bub Carrington (10 %, 0 pts) · Khris Middleton (10 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bub Carrington	Jamal Murray: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jalen Pickett: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kyshawn George	Peyton Watson: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Alex Sarr	Aaron Gordon: 39 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Tre Johnson	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Khris Middleton	Spencer Jones: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Justin Champagnie	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jamir Watkins	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III	Zeke Nnaji: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bruce Brown: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Will Riley	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Peyton Watson: 7 poss., 7 pts (3/4)