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Golden State Warriors vs. Denver Nuggets

February 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Warriors beat the Nuggets 128-117 on 2026-02-22 at home. The Warriors started Al Horford, De'Anthony Melton, Pat Spencer, Moses Moody, and Gui Santos. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Julian Strawther, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 32 points (13/23) in his matchups, with Al Horford as his primary defender. De'Anthony Melton (Warriors) scored 18 points (7/8) in his matchups, with Jamal Murray as his primary defender.

Box score

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

GSW

Golden State Warriors 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Moses Moody GS	35:13	23	7	5	1	0	2	3	9-16	4-9	1-1	+5
Gui Santos GS	27:47	17	5	7	1	0	2	5	6-7	2-3	3-4	+5
Al Horford GS	26:59	22	1	7	3	2	2	0	8-11	6-7	0-0	+14
De'Anthony Melton GS	24:59	20	4	2	4	0	0	2	7-18	2-10	4-4	+6
Pat Spencer GS	18:34	2	0	5	1	0	2	4	1-3	0-2	0-0	-7
Brandin Podziemski	36:34	18	15	9	1	0	3	2	7-16	3-7	1-1	+19
Will Richard	29:34	11	2	3	1	0	0	3	4-9	1-4	2-2	+10
Quinten Post	20:57	0	7	4	0	0	1	3	0-3	0-2	0-0	-1
Gary Payton II	19:23	15	3	0	2	0	3	2	6-11	3-8	0-0	+4
Totals		128	44	42	14	2	15	24	48-94	21-52	11-12

Did not play: Seth Curry (DND - Injury/Illness), Draymond Green (DNP - Injury/Illness), Kristaps Porziņģis (DND - Injury/Illness)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson GS	37:51	9	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-7	0-4	7-7	-8
Nikola Jokić GS	35:54	35	20	12	3	2	5	1	11-21	3-4	10-11	-6
Christian Braun GS	35:06	18	5	2	2	0	3	2	7-11	1-4	3-4	+1
Jamal Murray GS	33:27	21	2	2	1	0	5	1	9-17	1-6	2-3	-1
Julian Strawther GS	18:29	6	3	2	1	1	0	1	2-7	0-3	2-2	-1
Bruce Brown	29:24	12	5	2	3	0	2	1	5-10	2-3	0-0	-17
Tim Hardaway Jr.	24:49	8	1	0	1	0	2	1	3-9	1-6	1-2	-6
Spencer Jones	12:54	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-12
Jonas Valančiūnas	12:06	6	3	2	1	0	0	1	3-7	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		117	44	25	13	3	17	11	42-91	8-31	25-29

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), KJ Simpson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

GSW

Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Al Horford · De'Anthony Melton · Pat Spencer · Moses Moody · Gui Santos Starter 5.7 min
Gary Payton II · Moses Moody · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post · Will Richard 7.8 min
Al Horford · Pat Spencer · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski · Will Richard 4.7 min
Al Horford · Moses Moody · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski · Will Richard 3.9 min
Gary Payton II · De'Anthony Melton · Moses Moody · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post 3.7 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun Starter 15.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 10.2 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 5.7 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 4.7 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Warriors defense

Nikola Jokić 32 pts (13/23) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Al Horford (36 %, 11 pts) · Brandin Podziemski (11 %, 0 pts) · Pat Spencer (10 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 15 pts (7/15) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Moses Moody (22 %, 2 pts) · Will Richard (15 %, 2 pts) · De'Anthony Melton (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandin Podziemski	Christian Braun: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Moses Moody	Jamal Murray: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Will Richard	Cameron Johnson: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Al Horford	Nikola Jokić: 29 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Christian Braun: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gui Santos	Cameron Johnson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Christian Braun: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton	Christian Braun: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Pat Spencer	Nikola Jokić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Quinten Post	Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Gary Payton II	Jonas Valanciunas: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

De'Anthony Melton 18 pts (7/8) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Murray (29 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (20 %, 0 pts) · Christian Braun (14 %, 8 pts)
Brandin Podziemski 13 pts (5/11) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (26 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (15 %, 2 pts) · Bruce Brown (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Al Horford: 33 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Quinten Post: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Cameron Johnson	Will Richard: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Moses Moody: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Christian Braun	Brandin Podziemski: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Gui Santos: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jamal Murray	De'Anthony Melton: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Moses Moody: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Bruce Brown	Will Richard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Moses Moody: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Richard: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Julian Strawther	Moses Moody: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Will Richard: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Brandin Podziemski: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Gary Payton II: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Quinten Post: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Gary Payton II: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)