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Washington Wizards vs. Denver Nuggets

January 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Wizards 107-97 on 2026-01-22 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, and Tre Johnson. The Nuggets started Jonas Valanciunas, Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, and Peyton Watson. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 18 points (7/15) in his matchups, with Bub Carrington as his primary defender. Alex Sarr (Wizards) scored 27 points (13/22) in his matchups, with Jonas Valanciunas as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS

Washington Wizards 97

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bub Carrington GS	38:06	13	2	2	3	2	5	2	4-14	3-13	2-2	-18
Alex Sarr GS	36:27	15	8	4	1	1	0	1	5-13	0-1	5-6	-9
Kyshawn George GS	34:15	20	12	7	1	0	3	5	6-17	2-6	6-6	-4
Tre Johnson GS	34:05	19	3	3	0	1	2	2	7-14	3-7	2-2	-11
Khris Middleton GS	28:00	9	2	0	1	0	1	4	3-11	1-6	2-2	-18
Will Riley	20:54	13	4	0	1	0	2	2	4-10	3-7	2-4	+5
Jamir Watkins	18:20	3	5	1	1	1	1	3	1-2	0-1	1-2	+2
Justin Champagnie	18:13	3	2	3	1	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2
Anthony Gill	11:41	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		97	42	20	9	6	14	21	32-84	13-43	20-24

Did not play: Marvin Bagley III (DND - Injury/Illness), Malaki Branham (DNP - Coach's Decision), AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson GS	40:01	35	8	3	2	4	1	2	10-16	6-8	9-10	+13
Jamal Murray GS	36:02	24	4	5	2	1	4	0	9-17	2-5	4-5	+18
Aaron Gordon GS	33:25	16	5	5	1	0	0	1	5-12	1-6	5-5	+23
Jalen Pickett GS	32:34	2	5	5	1	0	3	2	0-4	0-1	2-2	+16
Jonas Valančiūnas GS	21:57	16	9	2	0	0	0	5	6-13	0-1	4-4	-3
Spencer Jones	28:08	2	5	0	0	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Tim Hardaway Jr.	19:42	2	3	0	1	0	2	1	1-8	0-5	0-0	-8
Bruce Brown	18:07	6	6	2	2	0	1	2	3-8	0-0	0-0	-7
Zeke Nnaji	10:04	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		107	46	22	9	6	11	14	37-83	9-26	24-26

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

Lineups

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson Starter 19.7 min
Alex Sarr · Kyshawn George · Jamir Watkins · Tre Johnson · Will Riley 5.1 min
Anthony Gill · Justin Champagnie · Bub Carrington · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley 4.7 min
Justin Champagnie · Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington · Tre Johnson · Will Riley 3.2 min
Justin Champagnie · Alex Sarr · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson · Will Riley 3.2 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jonas Valanciunas · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson Starter 11.5 min
Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 7.7 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Spencer Jones 4.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 3.5 min
Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Wizards defense

Jamal Murray 18 pts (7/15) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Bub Carrington (36 %, 6 pts) · Khris Middleton (15 %, 4 pts) · Jamir Watkins (9 %, 0 pts)
Jonas Valanciunas 14 pts (3/10) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Alex Sarr (69 %, 7 pts) · Kyshawn George (9 %, 3 pts) · Bub Carrington (9 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bub Carrington	Jamal Murray: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Spencer Jones: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Alex Sarr	Jonas Valanciunas: 26 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Aaron Gordon: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Kyshawn George	Peyton Watson: 28 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Spencer Jones: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Tre Johnson	Jalen Pickett: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Khris Middleton	Aaron Gordon: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Will Riley	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jalen Pickett: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jamir Watkins	Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jalen Pickett: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Justin Champagnie	Spencer Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Anthony Gill	Zeke Nnaji: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Nuggets defense

Alex Sarr 27 pts (13/22) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jonas Valanciunas (48 %, 12 pts) · Aaron Gordon (27 %, 4 pts) · Peyton Watson (8 %, 5 pts)
Kyshawn George 15 pts (5/10) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (38 %, 6 pts) · Jalen Pickett (11 %, 0 pts) · Spencer Jones (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Peyton Watson	Kyshawn George: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Tre Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jamal Murray	Bub Carrington: 37 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Jamir Watkins: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Aaron Gordon	Khris Middleton: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Alex Sarr: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jalen Pickett	Tre Johnson: 26 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Will Riley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Khris Middleton: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Alex Sarr: 31 poss., 12 pts (6/12) · Kyshawn George: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Tre Johnson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Will Riley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Justin Champagnie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamir Watkins: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Zeke Nnaji	Anthony Gill: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alex Sarr: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)