Game ID: 22500006
Denver Nuggets @ Golden State Warriors
Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final
GSW 27 34 33 26 17 137DEN 31 39 24 26 11 131
DEN @ GSW ScoutingDEN @ GSW Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
GSW availability going into 10/21 · season opener
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/23 · 1 day's rest
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/24 · back-to-backOUT Spencer missed 2 since 10/21, returns tonight: 11 min (59% of 19)
OUT Jackson-Davis missed 2 since 10/21, returns tonight: 17 min (146% of 11)
GSW availability going into 10/27 · 2 days' restBACK Spencer back 10/24 after 2, 11 min since (59% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 10/24 after 2, 17 min since (146% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 31 min over the last 3
GSW availability going into 10/28 · back-to-backOUT Horford missed 2 since 10/24, returns tonight: 20 min (95% of 22)
BACK Spencer back 10/24 after 2, 6 min since (32% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 10/24 after 2, 12 min since (103% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 31 min over the last 4
GSW availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restBACK Horford back 10/28 after 2, 20 min since (95% of 22)
BACK Spencer back 10/24 after 2, 5 min since (27% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 10/24 after 2, 9 min since (77% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 30 min over the last 5
DEN availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
DEN availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
DEN availability going into 10/27 · 1 day's rest
full strength
DEN availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's rest
full strength
DEN availability going into 10/31 · 1 day's rest
full strength
10/21 @ LAL 119-109 — GSW notes
GSW won 119-109. GSW shot 49% (38 of 78) to LAL's 55%, 17 of 40 from three. Butler III led with 31 (7 of 14, 16 of 16 at the line); Curry added 23, Kuminga 17. The hinge was Q3, 35-25: a lead of 1 became 11, and the lead reached 17. Butler III was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
10/23 vs DEN 137-131 — GSW notes
GSW won 137-131 in 1 overtime. GSW shot 51% (50 of 99) to DEN's 54%, 18 of 47 from three, and went to the line 25 times to DEN's 14 — 19 points from the stripe to their 13. GSW turned it over 8 times to DEN's 13. Curry led with 42 (14 of 25, 6 of 12 from three, 8 of 8 at the line); Butler III added 21, Kuminga 14. The hinge was Q3, 33-24: GSW came in trailing by 9 and left it level. GSW trailed 61-70 at the half and won the second half 76-61. Curry was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
10/23 @ GSW 131-137 — DEN notes
DEN lost 131-137 in 1 overtime. DEN shot 54% (51 of 95) to GSW's 51%, 16 of 40 from three, and got to the line 14 times to GSW's 25. DEN turned it over 13 times to GSW's 8, and GSW turned those into 11 steals. Gordon led with 50 (17 of 21, 10 of 11 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Murray added 25, Jokić 21. Q2 was theirs, 39-34, but the other 4 periods went 103-92 against them. They led by as many as 14. Johnson's -17 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
GSWAH A. Horford
BH B. Hield
BP B. Podziemski
DG D. Green
GP G. Payton II
JB J. Butler III
JK J. Kuminga
SC S. Curry
WR W. Richard
DENAG A. Gordon
BB B. Brown
CB C. Braun
CJ C. Johnson
JM J. Murray
JV J. Valančiūnas
JO Jokic
NJ N. Jokić
PW P. Watson
SJ S. Jones
TH T. Hardaway Jr.
VA Valanciunas
GSW/DEN the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Stephen Curry's 42 points lift Warriors over Nuggets in thrilling 137-131 OT win
SAN FRANCISCO -- — Stephen Curry scored 42 points, including a game-tying 3-pointer late in regulation to help the Golden State Warriors overcome Aaron Gordon 's career-high 50 points and beat the Denver Nuggets 137-131 on Thursday night.
The Warriors went on a 12-2 run in overtime that started with a corner 3-pointer from Al Horford and featured a back-breaking one from Jimmy Butler that made it 133-127 with 41 seconds to play as Golden State got off to a 2-0 start this season.
Gordon broke Alex English's franchise record for a season opener of 47 points set in 1985 against Golden State. Gordon's 10 3-pointers tied Terry Rozier 's record set in 2020 for the most made in a season opener.
It was a dramatic end to regulation with Gordon hitting a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 25.7 seconds to play only to watch Curry tie it 4.3 seconds later with a long 3 of his own. Nikola Jokic then missed a shot in the lane just before the buzzer, sending the game to overtime, where the Warriors took control.
Jokic finished with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to join Oscar Robertson as the only players with four triple-doubles in season openers.
The Nuggets were the last team in the NBA to take the court in the regular season and promptly became the first team in six years to fall behind by 10-0 or worse in the opener. They quickly responded with 12 straight points of their own and didn't trail again in the half.
Gordon made all seven his attempts from 3 in the first half — the most 3-pointers ever in the first half of a season opener to help Denver take a 70-61 lead at the break. Gordon matched Golden State’s output from long range in the half on 16 fewer attempts.