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Denver Nuggets21-8130atDallas Mavericks12-19131 winner

Tue, Dec 23, 8:00 PM ESTAmerican Airlines Center, Dallas, TXPeacock · NBC

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	27	29	47	27	130
DAL	41	25	37	28	131

Denver Nuggets

130

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	24	8	2	3	0	0	0	3-7	2-3	0-0	-12
Peyton WatsonPF	24	4	2	1	0	0	3	0-3	0-2	4-4	-9
Nikola JokićC	36	29	7	14	4	0	4	12-22	5-10	0-0	+2
Spencer JonesSG	26	6	4	2	2	0	1	3-5	0-1	0-0	-8
Jamal MurrayPG	37	31	7	14	1	0	3	12-21	3-7	4-4	+4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	29	23	2	1	0	0	0	8-13	7-12	0-0	+4
Bruce Brown	26	13	7	3	1	1	2	6-7	1-2	0-0	+2
Jalen Pickett	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Jonas Valančiūnas	14	8	1	1	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	2-2	0
Curtis Jones	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Julian Strawther	12	8	2	0	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	+10
Team		130	38	39	8	1	15	50-87	20-41	10-10

DNP: DaRon Holmes II, Zeke Nnaji, Hunter Tyson, Tamar Bates (injury), Christian Braun (injury), Aaron Gordon (injury)

Dallas Mavericks

131

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Naji MarshallSF	32	15	4	3	1	0	1	6-11	2-4	1-1	-12
Cooper FlaggPF	40	33	9	9	1	1	2	14-21	4-6	1-1	+10
Anthony DavisC	36	31	9	4	3	0	1	12-19	1-2	6-6	+3
Ryan NembhardSG	33	11	3	7	0	0	1	5-11	1-3	0-0	+24
Jaden HardyPG	28	10	2	2	1	0	1	5-9	0-3	0-0	+12
Brandon Williams	15	9	0	2	0	0	2	2-6	0-3	5-6	-23
Caleb Martin	25	9	4	3	2	0	2	4-6	0-1	1-1	+4
D'Angelo Russell	15	9	2	4	0	0	0	3-6	3-5	0-0	-13
Daniel Gafford	17	4	3	0	1	1	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	0
Team		131	41	34	9	2	10	53-93	11-27	14-15

DNP: Moussa Cisse, Miles Kelly, P.J. Washington (injury), Max Christie (injury), Danté Exum (injury), Kyrie Irving (injury), Dereck Lively II (injury), Dwight Powell (injury), Klay Thompson (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · DAL: 21
Biggest lead · DEN: 3
Times tied: 5
Lead changes: 6
Longest run · DAL: 15

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How they entered this matchup

Travel tax: DEN4 in 6: bothNational TV

DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 663 mi from its previous stop.
Both teams are navigating a 4 in 6 spot, which raises the fatigue floor on each side.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	DAL
Record	21-8	12-19
Days rest	B2B	B2B
Hours rest	23h	24h
Rest swing	-1h	+1h
Travel in	663 mi	443 mi edge
Zone change	+1h	0h
Body clock	1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 1	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	B2B4 in 6	B2B4 in 6
Fatigue Index	7	5 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

DEN carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 7 vs. DAL's 5.

How each side got here663 mi vs 443 mi

How each side got here

DEN

663 mi

Denver, CODallas, TX

DEN came from Denver, CO with 663 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Denver, CO to Dallas, TX

DAL

443 mi

New Orleans, LADallas, TX

DAL came from New Orleans, LA with 443 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

New Orleans, LA to Dallas, TX

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 1 vs homestand 1 of 1

Where this game sits in the run

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 1 of 1 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles663 mi

DAL

Homestand

DAL is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: streamingPeacockNBC
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Radio: DAL97.1 FM / S: 99.1 FMDENAltitude Sports Radio 950 AMSiriusXM

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