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Utah Jazz vs Denver Nuggets — 2026-10-04 NBA Game Analysis

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Utah Jazz 109, Denver Nuggets 97. Final.

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Utah JazzUTA109
Denver NuggetsDEN97
  1. 1st 11:541UTAHJusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 21–0
  2. 1st 11:541UTAHJusuf Nurkic makes free throw 2 of 22–0
  3. 1st 11:042DENAaron Gordon makes 2-foot reverse dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)2–2
  4. 1st 11:041DENAaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 12–3
  5. 1st 10:182DENChristian Braun makes running layup (Nikola Jokic assists)2–5
  6. 1st 10:042UTAHKeyonte George makes driving layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)4–5
  7. 1st 9:452DENAaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)4–7
  8. 1st 8:343DENCameron Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)4–10
  9. 1st 8:022UTAHDarryn Peterson makes 9-foot pullup jump shot6–10
  10. 1st 7:492DENChristian Braun makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)6–12
  11. 1st 7:313UTAHJaren Jackson Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Darryn Peterson assists)9–12
  12. 1st 6:552UTAHKeyonte George makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)11–12
  13. 1st 6:383DENCameron Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)11–15
  14. 1st 6:152UTAHAce Bailey makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot13–15
  15. 1st 6:002UTAHKeyonte George makes 13-foot two point shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)15–15
  16. 1st 5:363UTAHLauri Markkanen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Svi Mykhailiuk assists)18–15
  17. 1st 4:592UTAHAce Bailey makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jaxson Hayes assists)20–15
  18. 1st 4:313UTAHLauri Markkanen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Keyonte George assists)23–15
  19. 1st 4:112DENTrevon Brazile makes dunk (Christian Braun assists)23–17
  20. 1st 3:502UTAHLauri Markkanen makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot25–17
  21. 1st 3:352DENMarvin Bagley III makes 3-foot dunk25–19
  22. 1st 2:501DENJulian Strawther makes free throw 1 of 225–20
  23. 1st 2:301UTAHJaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 226–20
  24. 1st 2:062UTAHAce Bailey makes running layup (Svi Mykhailiuk assists)28–20
  25. 1st 1:472DENDeMar DeRozan makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot (Tyus Jones assists)28–22
  26. 1st 1:283UTAHSvi Mykhailiuk makes 23-foot three pointer (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)31–22
  27. 1st 1:162DENJulian Strawther makes 8-foot two point shot (Tyus Jones assists)31–24
  28. 1st 1:002UTAHJaren Jackson Jr. makes driving layup33–24
  29. 1st 32.63UTAHSvi Mykhailiuk makes 24-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Collier assists)36–24
  30. 1st 26.02DENTyus Jones makes 5-foot two point shot36–26
  31. 2nd 10:192DENDeMar DeRozan makes driving layup36–28
  32. 2nd 10:191DENDeMar DeRozan makes free throw 1 of 136–29
  33. 2nd 9:383DENTyus Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeMar DeRozan assists)36–32
  34. 2nd 9:273UTAHIsaiah Collier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darryn Peterson assists)39–32
  35. 2nd 8:291DENMarvin Bagley III makes free throw 1 of 239–33
  36. 2nd 7:041DENZeke Nnaji makes free throw 1 of 239–34
  37. 2nd 7:041DENZeke Nnaji makes free throw 2 of 239–35
  38. 2nd 6:431UTAHKeyonte George makes free throw 2 of 340–35
  39. 2nd 6:431UTAHKeyonte George makes free throw 3 of 341–35
  40. 2nd 6:331DENAaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 241–36
  41. 2nd 6:331DENAaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 241–37
  42. 2nd 6:122DENChristian Braun makes running dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)41–39
  43. 2nd 5:551UTAHKeyonte George makes free throw 1 of 242–39
  44. 2nd 5:551UTAHKeyonte George makes free throw 2 of 243–39
  45. 2nd 5:353UTAHSvi Mykhailiuk makes 25-foot three pointer (Jusuf Nurkic assists)46–39
  46. 2nd 4:472DENAaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk46–41
  47. 2nd 4:132UTAHLauri Markkanen makes 2-foot running dunk (Jusuf Nurkic assists)48–41
  48. 2nd 4:001UTAHLauri Markkanen makes free throw 1 of 247–41
  49. 2nd 4:001UTAHLauri Markkanen makes free throw 2 of 248–41
  50. 2nd 3:302UTAHJusuf Nurkic makes 1-foot layup (Keyonte George assists)52–41
  51. 2nd 3:122DENCameron Johnson makes 13-foot jumper (Tyus Jones assists)52–43
  52. 2nd 2:453DENAaron Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)52–46
  53. 2nd 2:022UTAHJaren Jackson Jr. makes 6-foot two point shot54–46
  54. 2nd 1:443DENTyus Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)54–49
  55. 2nd 1:261UTAHLauri Markkanen makes free throw 1 of 255–49
  56. 2nd 1:261UTAHLauri Markkanen makes free throw 2 of 256–49
  57. 2nd 57.51DENNikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 256–50
  58. 2nd 41.92UTAHJaren Jackson Jr. makes 4-foot two point shot (Isaiah Collier assists)58–50
  59. 2nd 41.91UTAHJaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 159–50
  60. 2nd 29.23UTAHLauri Markkanen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Collier assists)62–50
  61. 2nd 11.02DENNikola Jokic makes 14-foot jumper (Tyus Jones assists)62–52
  62. 2nd 1.21UTAHDarryn Peterson makes free throw 2 of 263–52
  63. 3rd 11:172DENMarvin Bagley III makes 1-foot driving dunk (Ryan Nembhard assists)63–54
  64. 3rd 10:023UTAHKeyonte George makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot66–54
  65. 3rd 9:433DENCam Whitmore makes 25-foot three pointer66–57
  66. 3rd 8:502DENTrevon Brazile makes running dunk (Ryan Nembhard assists)66–59
  67. 3rd 8:102UTAHKeyonte George makes dunk (Jaxson Hayes assists)68–59
  68. 3rd 7:523DENCam Whitmore makes 26-foot three pointer68–62
  69. 3rd 7:373UTAHJosh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keyonte George assists)71–62
  70. 3rd 7:102DENJulian Strawther makes 21-foot fade away jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)71–64
  71. 3rd 6:362UTAHJaxson Hayes makes layup (Josh Okogie assists)73–64
  72. 3rd 5:553UTAHIsaiah Collier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaxson Hayes assists)76–64
  73. 3rd 5:402DENJulian Strawther makes driving layup (Cam Whitmore assists)73–66
  74. 3rd 4:492DENJulian Strawther makes 2-foot two point shot (Zeke Nnaji assists)76–68
  75. 3rd 4:422UTAHAce Bailey makes layup (Svi Mykhailiuk assists)78–68
  76. 3rd 4:232DENJulian Strawther makes tip shot78–70
  77. 3rd 4:083DENJulian Strawther makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alpha Diallo assists)78–73
  78. 3rd 3:432UTAHAce Bailey makes 2-foot driving dunk (Jaxson Hayes assists)80–73
  79. 3rd 3:263DENTrevon Brazile makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)80–76
  80. 3rd 2:472UTAHIsaiah Collier makes layup82–76
  81. 3rd 2:471UTAHIsaiah Collier makes free throw 1 of 183–76
  82. 3rd 1:513UTAHBlake Hinson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tamar Bates assists)86–76
  83. 3rd 1:062UTAHMo Bamba makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Isaiah Collier assists)88–76
  84. 3rd 48.21DENZeke Nnaji makes free throw 1 of 288–77
  85. 4th 11:171DENBryce Hopkins makes free throw 2 of 288–78
  86. 4th 11:013UTAHBlake Hinson makes 28-foot three point jumper (Mo Bamba assists)91–78
  87. 4th 10:462DENRyan Nembhard makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (DaRon Holmes II assists)91–80
  88. 4th 9:492UTAHHarrison Ingram makes 2-foot layup (Mo Bamba assists)93–80
  89. 4th 8:251UTAHMo Bamba makes free throw 1 of 294–80
  90. 4th 8:251UTAHMo Bamba makes free throw 2 of 295–80
  91. 4th 7:433UTAHBlake Hinson makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot98–80
  92. 4th 7:112DENDaRon Holmes II makes running layup (Lonnie Walker IV assists)98–82
  93. 4th 6:222UTAHMo Bamba makes tip shot100–82
  94. 4th 5:402DENDaRon Holmes II makes running dunk (Ryan Nembhard assists)100–84
  95. 4th 5:042UTAHBlake Hinson makes 22-foot step back jumpshot102–84
  96. 4th 4:411DENAlpha Diallo makes free throw 1 of 2102–85
  97. 4th 4:411DENAlpha Diallo makes free throw 2 of 2102–86
  98. 4th 4:203DENRyan Nembhard makes 26-foot running jump shot (Alpha Diallo assists)102–89
  99. 4th 2:512UTAHHarrison Ingram makes 10-foot two point shot104–89
  100. 4th 2:163UTAHBlake Hinson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trey Alexander assists)107–89
  101. 4th 2:052DENEmanuel Miller makes two point shot (Lonnie Walker IV assists)107–91
  102. 4th 2:051DENEmanuel Miller makes free throw 1 of 1107–92
  103. 4th 1:323DENLonnie Walker IV makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot107–95
  104. 4th 55.42UTAHHarrison Ingram makes 3-foot reverse layup (Trey Alexander assists)109–95
  105. 4th 0.22DENEmanuel Miller makes tip shot109–97

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Game recap

Preseason. Final. Quarters: Utah Jazz 36, 27, 25, 21; Denver Nuggets 26, 26, 25, 20.

Lauri Markkanen 17 points, 2 rebounds. Keyonte George 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists. Blake Hinson 14 points, 6 rebounds

Julian Strawther 14 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists. Aaron Gordon 12 points, 4 rebounds. Cameron Johnson 8 points, 2 rebounds

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Utah Jazz vs Denver Nuggets — NBA Game Analysis

Utah Jazz defeated Denver Nuggets 109–97, a 12-point margin. Utah Jazz shot 42% from the field, compared with 40% from the field for Denver Nuggets. Utah Jazz shot 33% from three-point range, compared with 28% from three-point range for Denver Nuggets. Utah Jazz led the rebounding count, 54 to 47. Utah Jazz committed fewer turnovers, 10 to 11.

Analysis based on ESPN’s recorded final score and available box-score statistics.

Team stats

StatUtah JazzDenver Nuggets
FG39-9336-89
Field Goal %4240
3PT15-4511-39
Three Point %3328
FT16-2014-21
Free Throw %8067
Rebounds5447
Offensive Rebounds1412
Defensive Rebounds4035
Assists2827
Steals44
Blocks58
Turnovers1011
Total Turnovers1111
Fast Break Points814
Points in Paint3440

Leaders

  • PointsJulian Strawther · DEN · 14
  • AssistsNikola Jokic · DEN · 7
  • ReboundsMarvin Bagley III · DEN · 7
  • PointsLauri Markkanen · UTAH · 17
  • AssistsIsaiah Collier · UTAH · 4
  • ReboundsMo Bamba · UTAH · 7

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