Statzman

Random stats & notes about Denver Nuggets, Denver Broncos and other sports/teams. Worked 8 Summer Olympics, 3 Super Bowls, 2 Stanley Cups.

[Statzman @RealStatzman]

Denver’s starters scored 101 points, the 3rd time this season reaching triple digits.

The #Nuggets are the only NBA team to have the starters score 100+ points on the road twice this season.

The Nuggets, Celtics, Lakers and 76ers are the only NBA teams which haven’t lost consecutive games this year.

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For the first time this season, the #Nuggets have outscored their opponent in 3 quarters.

Denver got its 2nd wire-to-wire victory (both on the road). So far this season the Nuggets and Pistons are the only two NBA teams with 2 road wins without ever trailing.

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Denver committed 6 turnovers, leading to just 2 Grizzlies points.

That is the 5th #Nuggets game since 1996 with that few points by an opponent but the fewest on the road:
12/3/05 vs Heat (2)
11/13/13 vs Lakers (2)
2/23/01 vs Blazers (0)
11/29/23 vs Rockets (2)
11/11/26 at Grizzlies (2)

[Statzman @RealStatzman]

For just the second time in Denver history, 9 different #Nuggets have at least one block.

The other time was 3/15/99 vs the Vancouver Grizzlies.

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The #Nuggets are 0-3 when getting out-rebounded by 10 or more this season, and 5-1 otherwise.

Denver's 4 losses have all come against teams that currently average at least 44.0 rpg (15 teams average that), while the Nuggets are 5-0 against teams averaging less than 44 per game.

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Durant and Sengun against the #Nuggets become just the 5th duo to have 20+ points, 12+ rebounds and 8+ assists in the same game.

Divac and Mason (Hornets) in 1997
George and Westbrook (Thunder) in 2019
LeVert and Sabonis (Pacers) in 2021
Giannis and K. Porter Jr. (Bucks) in 2025

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Denver does not get held to 40 points or less in a first half very often. The last #Nuggets win with 40 or fewer at halftime was 2/12/21 vs the Thunder, and the last on the road was 11/2/19 at the Magic.

But Denver has won 4 of the last 6 games when trailing by 14+ at half.

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The #Rockets have made at least 10 3pt-FGs in 31 of the last 34 games against the #Nuggets.

Denver has won the last 3 games in Houston, which is the longest active home losing streak for the Rockets.

Denver is 7-0 when Murray scores 26+ vs Houston, and 4-15 when he scores 22 or less.

[Statzman @RealStatzman]

@TheJobIsDone Yes, 25, almost as many as next two combined (Westbrook 18, Harden 8).

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The #Nuggets win for the 2nd time this season when outscoring the opponent in just one quarter.

In the first 7 games Denver has yet to win 3 quarters in a single game.

I believe this is the 6th triple-double in Nikola Jokic’s career in which he did not play in the 4th quarter.

#DigDeep

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The #Nuggets scored 76 points in the paint, the 21st time with that many since 1996 (next most in NBA is Grizzlies with 15).

Denver scored 40 paint points in the 2nd half (Raptors scored a total of 42 points in 2nd).

Nikola Jokic scored 26 in the paint, tying for the most in the NBA this season.

#DigDeep

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The #Nuggets have won 6 straight against the #Raptors.

15 of the last 28 meetings have been decided by 6 or fewer points (including last 5 in a row).

Denver has had an equal or higher FG% in each of the last 9 series games and has scored 120+ points in 4 of the last 5 meetings.

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The #Broncos record for Most Consecutive Passes Without an Interception:
229 Plummer, 2005
226 Manning, 2012-13
200 Keenum, 2018
190 Elway, 1997
176 Manning, 2012
*164, Nix 2026 (active streak)
161 Nix, 2025

#BroncosCountry

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The #Broncos have had 3 straight games without committing a single turnover. The only longer streaks in team history were in 2005 and 2013-14 (4 straight games both times).

Denver's 6 giveaways through 8 games is tied for the fewest through 8 games in team history (2005, 2014).

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Denver’s bench was 0-1 3pt-FG, snapping a 42-game streak making at least one.

This was just the 4th #Nuggets game since the start of the 2015-16 season that the Denver bench didn’t take at least 2 3pt-FGAs.

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In each of Denver’s 3 losses this season, the #Nuggets were outscored by exactly 16 points in the second halves.

10/22 at OKC outscored 52-36
10/26 vs Warriors outscored 74-58
11/2 vs Trailblazers outscored 60-44

Denver is 3-0 when outscoring opponents in 2nd half.

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@Ballin25Braun 3pt-FG this season:

Started 2-16
Since 10-14

#Nuggets

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Patrick Mahomes is now 27-4 in games with 3+ TD passes and no INTs.

The #Broncos have now won games this season with 3rd down conversion rates of 8.3%, 18.2% and 21.4%

#BroncosCountry

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Today’s game was the first time since at least 1991 that the #Broncos have scored 2 TDs on 4th down plays in the same game.

In the last 18 games in which Denver has scored 1 TD on a 4th down, the Broncos are just 4-14.

#BroncosCountry

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The #Nuggets starters scored 115 points at the Suns, the 9th time since 1996 scoring that many in a regulation game.

Denver improves to 23-1 all time when making 20+ 3pt-FGs.

#DigDeep