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Denver Nuggets at San Antonio Spurs

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20-14, 10-8 Away
Final
122 - 111

18-17, 12-8 Home

Jokic and Nuggets beat the Spurs 122-111 in overtime to spoil Wembanyama's 21st birthday

Denver Nuggets vs. San Antonio Spurs: Game Highlights

Wembanyma finished with 20 points and 23 rebounds for San Antonio, but was scoreless and without a rebound in OT. Wembanyama has 57 double-doubles in 101 career games.

The teams split the home-and-home series on consecutive nights. The Spurs won Friday's game 113-110 when Wembanyama stole the ball from Jokic with four seconds remaining and Vassell scored on a fastbreak layup.

Jokic made sure there were no such heroics Saturday, scoring nine points in the extra period.

Michael Porter Jr. added 28 points and 10 rebounds for Denver.

Harrison Barnes scored 22 points and Devin Vassell 19 for San Antonio, which had won two straight.

Vassell missed a contested layup, but tipped in the rebound, to tie the game at 108 with 14 seconds remaining in regulation. Jokic missed a 19-footer over Wembanyama with two seconds remaining to close regulation.

Zach Collins and Russell Westbrook each received a technical foul in the first quarter after taunting one another, with Westbrook doing so from the bench.

Takeaways Nuggets: Denver's five-man bench accounted for 18 points and 21 rebounds. San Antonio's reserves had 43 points.

Spurs: Julian Champagnie was 3 for 4 on 3-pointers in the two-game set against Denver.

Key moment After stripping possession from Wembanyama, Jokic scored his 44th point on a layup to put Denver up 115-108 with 2:27 remaining in OT. Jokic had two rebounds and Westbrook one as the Nuggets put up four shots on the possession.

Key stat Wembanyama is averaging 30.6 points and 11.7 rebounds in his last nine games.

Up next The Denver Nuggets host Boston on Tuesday. San Antonio opens a four-game trip in Chicago on Monday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

5th 0.0 End of Game 122 - 111
5th 0.0 End of the 1st Overtime 122 - 111
5th 15.1 Nikola Jokic defensive rebound 122 - 111
5th 18.1 Julian Champagnie misses 26-foot three point jumper 122 - 111
5th 24.1 Michael Porter Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists) 122 - 111

Statistics

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47-108 FG 41-104
44 Field Goal % 39
10-33 3PT 13-48
30 Three Point % 27
18-23 FT 16-18
78 Free Throw % 89
58 Rebounds 58
14 Offensive Rebounds 13
44 Defensive Rebounds 45
32 Assists 28
11 Steals 3
7 Blocks 7
7 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 2
7 Total Turnovers 14
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
1 Flagrant Fouls 0
5 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 25
15 Fast Break Points 9
62 Points in Paint 50
17 Fouls 20
11 Largest Lead 12
San Antonio Spurs San Antonio Spurs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Denver Nuggets Denver Nuggets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Cameron Johnson, F Out Dec 24
Tamar Bates, G Out Dec 22
Christian Braun, G Out Dec 13
Aaron Gordon, F Out Dec 9

Game Information

Frost Bank Center

Location: San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 19,038 · Capacity:

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 26 4 .867 - L1
Denver 21 8 .724 4.5 L1
Minnesota 20 10 .667 6 W3
Portland 12 18 .400 14 L2
Utah 10 19 .345 15.5 L4

2025-26 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
San Antonio 22 7 .759 - W7
Houston 17 10 .630 4 L2
Memphis 14 16 .467 8.5 W1
Dallas 12 19 .387 11 W1
New Orleans 8 23 .258 15 L1
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