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San Antonio Spurs vs. Denver Nuggets

April 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Spurs 128-118 on 2026-04-12 on the road against the Spurs. The Spurs started Mason Plumlee, De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, and Stephon Castle. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Tyus Jones, Bruce Brown, Zeke Nnaji, and Julian Strawther. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 18 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Mason Plumlee as his primary defender. Stephon Castle (Spurs) scored 22 points (8/11) in his matchups, with Julian Strawther as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAS

San Antonio Spurs 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
De'Aaron Fox GS	33:19	24	6	5	0	1	0	2	8-21	4-14	4-4	+2
Devin Vassell GS	33:07	19	4	2	2	0	3	1	7-13	3-8	2-2	-2
Stephon Castle GS	29:26	10	11	9	1	0	2	3	3-10	2-3	2-4	-11
Julian Champagnie GS	25:17	7	4	1	0	1	1	1	3-7	1-4	0-0	-17
Mason Plumlee GS	15:45	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Carter Bryant	30:18	13	5	5	0	3	1	4	6-13	1-7	0-1	+2
Harrison Barnes	25:09	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	5-11	2-5	0-0	-5
Keldon Johnson	21:52	18	6	1	0	0	1	4	6-12	2-5	4-6	+10
Dylan Harper	18:23	9	3	1	1	0	0	2	4-9	0-1	1-1	-14
Bismack Biyombo	5:37	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-14
Jordan McLaughlin	1:47	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		118	45	27	5	5	9	18	45-99	15-47	13-18

Did not play: Harrison Ingram (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julian Strawther GS	34:24	25	6	3	1	0	3	3	9-19	4-8	3-4	+2
Bruce Brown GS	28:12	14	4	5	1	0	1	1	7-8	0-1	0-0	+12
Tyus Jones GS	20:47	5	5	4	0	0	1	0	2-7	1-4	0-0	+6
Zeke Nnaji GS	20:09	6	2	2	0	0	0	4	3-6	0-2	0-0	-9
Nikola Jokić GS	18:15	23	8	1	0	1	0	1	7-12	1-2	8-8	+6
David Roddy	33:28	15	13	2	1	0	0	3	6-13	0-1	3-3	+7
Curtis Jones	31:48	13	5	3	1	0	1	2	4-5	4-4	1-2	+6
Jalen Pickett	29:52	11	3	6	0	1	2	0	4-13	1-5	2-4	+11
Jonas Valančiūnas	18:56	16	11	4	0	1	1	2	8-16	0-2	0-0	+12
DaRon Holmes II	4:09	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-1	-3
Totals		128	58	30	4	5	10	16	50-100	11-30	17-22

Did not play: Spencer Jones (DND - Injury/Illness), KJ Simpson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAS

San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Mason Plumlee · De'Aaron Fox · Devin Vassell · Julian Champagnie · Stephon Castle Starter 7.6 min
Harrison Barnes · Keldon Johnson · Devin Vassell · Dylan Harper · Carter Bryant 5.0 min
Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Keldon Johnson · Stephon Castle · Carter Bryant 4.4 min
Mason Plumlee · Julian Champagnie · Stephon Castle · Dylan Harper · Carter Bryant 3.0 min
De'Aaron Fox · Keldon Johnson · Devin Vassell · Stephon Castle · Carter Bryant 2.7 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Tyus Jones · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther Starter 4.5 min
Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · David Roddy · Curtis Jones 7.5 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tyus Jones · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther 7.4 min
Nikola Jokić · Tyus Jones · Bruce Brown · David Roddy · Curtis Jones 6.3 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · David Roddy · Curtis Jones 5.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Spurs defense

Nikola Jokić 18 pts (7/10) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Mason Plumlee (23 %, 0 pts) · Carter Bryant (20 %, 5 pts) · Bismack Biyombo (19 %, 2 pts)
Jonas Valanciunas 5 pts (2/6) in 34 possessions

Guarded by: Mason Plumlee (33 %, 0 pts) · Carter Bryant (25 %, 2 pts) · Julian Champagnie (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Vassell	Julian Strawther: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Curtis Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
De'Aaron Fox	Bruce Brown: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Curtis Jones: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/5)
Carter Bryant	David Roddy: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Stephon Castle	Jalen Pickett: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Julian Champagnie	Tyus Jones: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Curtis Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keldon Johnson	David Roddy: 14 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Jalen Pickett: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Harrison Barnes	David Roddy: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Curtis Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dylan Harper	Curtis Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Strawther: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mason Plumlee	Jonas Valanciunas: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Jokić: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bismack Biyombo	Nikola Jokić: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Pickett: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan McLaughlin	Tyus Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Curtis Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Stephon Castle 22 pts (8/11) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Julian Strawther (26 %, 6 pts) · Jalen Pickett (20 %, 2 pts) · David Roddy (12 %, 0 pts)
De'Aaron Fox 23 pts (8/15) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Curtis Jones (21 %, 6 pts) · Julian Strawther (19 %, 9 pts) · Bruce Brown (15 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Julian Strawther	Devin Vassell: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Stephon Castle: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
David Roddy	Harrison Barnes: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Carter Bryant: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jalen Pickett	Stephon Castle: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · De'Aaron Fox: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Curtis Jones	De'Aaron Fox: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Carter Bryant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Devin Vassell: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · De'Aaron Fox: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Zeke Nnaji	Julian Champagnie: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Keldon Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Jokić	Keldon Johnson: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Mason Plumlee: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyus Jones	De'Aaron Fox: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dylan Harper: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Mason Plumlee: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · Carter Bryant: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
DaRon Holmes II	Carter Bryant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Keldon Johnson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)