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Toronto Raptors vs. Denver Nuggets

December 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Raptors 106-103 on 2025-12-31 on the road against the Raptors. The Raptors started Brandon Ingram, RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, Ochai Agbaji, and Scottie Barnes. The Nuggets started Jonas Valanciunas, Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 10 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Immanuel Quickley as his primary defender. Brandon Ingram (Raptors) scored 15 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

TOR
Toronto Raptors
Toronto Raptors 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Brandon Ingram GS 36:20 30 8 1 0 0 1 4 11-21 5-7 3-4 -4
Immanuel Quickley GS 34:18 22 3 4 1 0 0 5 5-16 4-11 8-10 +1
Scottie Barnes GS 33:10 20 14 10 1 1 0 4 7-14 2-4 4-4 +6
RJ Barrett GS 24:26 17 6 3 0 0 2 1 7-13 1-4 2-3 +9
Ochai Agbaji GS 11:06 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 -5
Collin Murray-Boyles 25:58 6 9 2 2 2 1 5 3-11 0-4 0-0 +12
Ja'Kobe Walter 23:13 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 1-6 0-5 0-0 -14
Jamal Shead 21:10 2 0 5 1 0 1 2 1-8 0-4 0-0 -6
Sandro Mamukelashvili 12:16 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0-5 0-3 0-0 -12
Gradey Dick 11:48 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -7
Jamison Battle 6:15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 +5
Totals 103 50 27 6 4 8 25 37-100 12-45 17-21

Did not play: Mo Bamba (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonathan Mogbo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Garrett Temple (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Spencer Jones GS 37:48 6 7 2 1 0 2 5 0-3 0-3 6-6 -1
Jamal Murray GS 37:34 21 7 6 1 1 2 0 6-18 2-5 7-7 +8
Peyton Watson GS 35:59 24 8 0 2 0 1 2 9-19 1-6 5-7 +6
Jalen Pickett GS 28:17 10 1 1 0 0 0 2 4-11 2-7 0-0 -9
Jonas Valančiūnas GS 23:08 17 9 4 1 3 1 2 5-6 0-0 7-8 +2
Tim Hardaway Jr. 30:09 9 5 1 0 0 1 3 3-13 3-9 0-0 +7
Bruce Brown 25:26 8 7 2 0 0 2 3 3-5 0-1 2-4 +4
DaRon Holmes II 21:39 11 3 1 0 1 1 1 4-5 2-3 1-2 -2
Totals 106 47 17 5 5 10 18 34-80 10-34 28-34

Did not play: Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

TOR
Toronto Raptors
Toronto Raptors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets

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.

Raptors defense

Defender Guarded most
Brandon Ingram Peyton Watson: 26 poss., 10 pts (4/9) · Spencer Jones: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Scottie Barnes DaRon Holmes II: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Immanuel Quickley Jalen Pickett: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Collin Murray-Boyles Spencer Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
RJ Barrett Spencer Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Ja'Kobe Walter Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Shead Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Gradey Dick Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sandro Mamukelashvili Jonas Valanciunas: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ochai Agbaji Jalen Pickett: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jamison Battle Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jamal Murray Scottie Barnes: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ja'Kobe Walter: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/4)
Spencer Jones Brandon Ingram: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · RJ Barrett: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Peyton Watson RJ Barrett: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Brandon Ingram: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Immanuel Quickley: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jamal Shead: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett Immanuel Quickley: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · RJ Barrett: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bruce Brown Ja'Kobe Walter: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Immanuel Quickley: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Collin Murray-Boyles: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Scottie Barnes: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
DaRon Holmes II Scottie Barnes: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Collin Murray-Boyles: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)