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San Antonio Spurs vs. Denver Nuggets

March 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Spurs 136-131 on 2026-03-12 on the road against the Spurs. The Spurs started De'Aaron Fox, Luke Kornet, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, and Stephon Castle. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Christian Braun, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 17 points (6/17) in his matchups, with Luke Kornet as his primary defender. Stephon Castle (Spurs) scored 21 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Jamal Murray as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAS

San Antonio Spurs 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
De'Aaron Fox GS	36:01	27	3	9	1	0	4	5	10-19	4-10	3-6	-5
Stephon Castle GS	35:23	30	11	10	0	0	2	3	7-15	4-8	12-13	-11
Devin Vassell GS	31:51	18	1	3	2	0	1	2	5-14	4-10	4-5	-10
Luke Kornet GS	24:44	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Julian Champagnie GS	22:53	8	7	1	0	0	1	2	3-7	2-4	0-0	-3
Harrison Barnes	27:00	20	7	1	1	0	1	1	6-10	2-5	6-7	+1
Dylan Harper	23:33	13	5	5	0	1	1	3	6-12	1-3	0-0	+9
Keldon Johnson	21:57	5	7	3	0	1	0	3	2-12	1-5	0-0	-2
Carter Bryant	8:59	10	3	1	0	0	0	2	4-6	1-2	1-1	+7
Mason Plumlee	7:39	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		131	49	34	8	4	10	25	43-95	19-47	26-32

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 136

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	39:51	39	2	7	1	0	4	2	11-21	2-6	15-15	+13
Nikola Jokić GS	38:59	31	20	12	3	2	3	3	9-17	2-6	11-11	+8
Christian Braun GS	37:42	11	9	2	1	0	1	3	3-11	2-7	3-4	+22
Spencer Jones GS	32:47	19	4	2	2	2	0	2	8-13	3-6	0-0	+14
Cameron Johnson GS	30:48	15	5	1	0	0	0	2	6-8	1-2	2-2	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	18:47	1	2	1	0	0	2	4	0-4	0-3	1-2	-4
Bruce Brown	17:27	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	2-5	0-2	2-2	-6
Julian Strawther	15:15	10	2	1	1	0	0	1	4-6	2-4	0-0	-11
Jonas Valančiūnas	5:16	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	2-2	-8
Tyus Jones	3:08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Totals		136	47	27	8	4	10	20	44-88	12-36	36-38

Did not play: Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), David Roddy (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAS

San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

De'Aaron Fox · Luke Kornet · Devin Vassell · Julian Champagnie · Stephon Castle Starter 10.8 min
Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Keldon Johnson · Dylan Harper · Carter Bryant 5.9 min
Luke Kornet · Keldon Johnson · Devin Vassell · Stephon Castle · Dylan Harper 5.0 min
Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Luke Kornet · Devin Vassell · Stephon Castle 2.9 min
Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Luke Kornet · Keldon Johnson · Devin Vassell 2.7 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones Starter 17.6 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones 5.3 min
Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones 3.6 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Tyus Jones · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther 3.1 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Spurs defense

Nikola Jokić 17 pts (6/17) in 87 possessions

Guarded by: Luke Kornet (40 %, 0 pts) · Keldon Johnson (10 %, 0 pts) · Stephon Castle (10 %, 3 pts)
Jamal Murray 28 pts (10/13) in 88 possessions

Guarded by: Stephon Castle (23 %, 6 pts) · Harrison Barnes (20 %, 5 pts) · Devin Vassell (16 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
De'Aaron Fox	Christian Braun: 31 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Stephon Castle	Jamal Murray: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Cameron Johnson: 14 poss., 10 pts (2/2)
Devin Vassell	Cameron Johnson: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Luke Kornet	Nikola Jokić: 35 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Harrison Barnes	Jamal Murray: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Nikola Jokić: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Julian Champagnie	Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dylan Harper	Christian Braun: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Keldon Johnson	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Nikola Jokić: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Carter Bryant	Nikola Jokić: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Tyus Jones: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mason Plumlee	Jonas Valanciunas: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Stephon Castle 21 pts (6/9) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Murray (41 %, 10 pts) · Nikola Jokić (15 %, 4 pts) · Christian Braun (14 %, 2 pts)
De'Aaron Fox 10 pts (3/8) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (20 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (20 %, 4 pts) · Christian Braun (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Luke Kornet: 27 poss., 13 pts (5/10) · Keldon Johnson: 27 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jamal Murray	Stephon Castle: 33 poss., 10 pts (2/4) · De'Aaron Fox: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Christian Braun	Devin Vassell: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · De'Aaron Fox: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Luke Kornet: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Julian Champagnie: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cameron Johnson	De'Aaron Fox: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Vassell: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Dylan Harper: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Harrison Barnes: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Harrison Barnes: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · De'Aaron Fox: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	De'Aaron Fox: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Stephon Castle: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Mason Plumlee: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Julian Champagnie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones	Dylan Harper: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Aaron Fox: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)