{"id":572812,"date":"2026-03-29T20:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/572812\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:57:10","slug":"nba-announces-bad-mistake-in-nuggets-jazz-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/572812\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Announces Bad Mistake in Nuggets-Jazz Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Denver Nuggets<\/a> barely beat the shorthanded Utah Jazz<\/a> on Friday night, as they trailed by as many as 13 points midway through the final quarter before staging an epic comeback.<\/p>\n

Utah found itself ahead 120-107 with 6:49 left in the fourth quarter. However, Denver staged a 19-6 run in less than five minutes and tied the game at 126-126 with 2:20 left.<\/p>\n

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In the end, the Nuggets’ depth and star power proved crucial, as they edged the Jazz 135-129. Nikola Jokic<\/a> finished with a triple-double of 33 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists, while Jamal Murray<\/a> added 31 points, six boards and 14 dimes.<\/p>\n

The Jazz, playing without their best players in Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George, Jusuf Nurkic and Jaren Jackson Jr<\/a>., saw Cody Williams and Kyle Filipowski combine for 49 points. Seven Utah players scored in double figures.<\/p>\n

While the Jazz blew a huge lead, the Nuggets did benefit from a rather crucial mistake from the referees.<\/p>\n

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Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) watches from the bench.\u00a9 Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Jazz guard Elijah Harkless lost control of the ball with around 33 seconds left in the game, allowing Aaron Gordon to steal possession. It was a costly error since Utah was trailing Denver by three points at the time, 132-129.<\/p>\n

According to the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report<\/a>, Murray hit Harkless’ arm during the play, which caused him to lose the ball. That being said, the Nuggets guard should have been called for a foul instead.<\/p>\n

The Jazz lost the opportunity to potentially cut the lead. Not to mention that the Nuggets were able to build further on their advantage after getting possession.<\/p>\n

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Utah dropped to 21-54 on the season with the loss. As for Denver, the team improved to 47-28 for a top four seed in the West.<\/p>\n

Related: NBA Announces Multiple Mistakes in Rockets-Timberwolves Game<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 29, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Nuggets barely beat the shorthanded Utah Jazz on Friday night, as they trailed by as many…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[3891,64,63,270796,1662,270798,3901,218449,9473,70742,173863,11893,32207,590,3906,85,193179,11898],"class_list":["post-572812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-aaron-gordon","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cody-williams","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-elijah-harkless","tag-jamal-murray","tag-jaren-jackson-jr","tag-jazz","tag-jusuf-nurkic","tag-keyonte-george","tag-kyle-filipowski","tag-lauri-markkanen","tag-nba","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-sports","tag-the-jazz","tag-utah-jazz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}