SAN ANTONIO -- — Nikola Jokic had 46 points and 10 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets spoiled Victor Wembanyama’s 21st birthday on Saturday, beating the San Antonio Spurs 122-111 in overtime.

Wembanyma finished with 20 points and 23 rebounds for San Antonio, but was scoreless and without a rebound in OT. Wembanyama has 57 double-doubles in 101 career games.

The teams split the home-and-home series on consecutive nights. The Spurs won Friday's game 113-110 when Wembanyama stole the ball from Jokic with four seconds remaining and Vassell scored on a fastbreak layup.

Jokic made sure there were no such heroics Saturday, scoring nine points in the extra period.

Michael Porter Jr. added 28 points and 10 rebounds for Denver.

Harrison Barnes scored 22 points and Devin Vassell 19 for San Antonio, which had won two straight.

Vassell missed a contested layup, but tipped in the rebound, to tie the game at 108 with 14 seconds remaining in regulation. Jokic missed a 19-footer over Wembanyama with two seconds remaining to close regulation.

Zach Collins and Russell Westbrook each received a technical foul in the first quarter after taunting one another, with Westbrook doing so from the bench.

Takeaways

Nuggets: Denver's five-man bench accounted for 18 points and 21 rebounds. San Antonio's reserves had 43 points.

Spurs: Julian Champagnie was 3 for 4 on 3-pointers in the two-game set against Denver.

Key moment

After stripping possession from Wembanyama, Jokic scored his 44th point on a layup to put Denver up 115-108 with 2:27 remaining in OT. Jokic had two rebounds and Westbrook one as the Nuggets put up four shots on the possession.

Key stat

Wembanyama is averaging 30.6 points and 11.7 rebounds in his last nine games.

Up next

The Denver Nuggets host Boston on Tuesday. San Antonio opens a four-game trip in Chicago on Monday.

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Play By Play

Recent plays and game events

TIME	PLAY
12:00	Nikola Jokic vs. Victor Wembanyama (Russell Westbrook gains possession)	0	0
11:46	Victor Wembanyama personal foul	0	0
11:35	Nikola Jokic misses 14-foot two point shot	0	0
11:32	Russell Westbrook offensive rebound	0	0
11:30	Russell Westbrook misses 13-foot pullup jump shot	0	0
11:28	Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound	0	0
11:12	Devin Vassell bad pass (Jamal Murray steals)	0	0
11:06	Jamal Murray makes two point shot	0	2
10:42	Harrison Barnes makes 22-foot three point step back jumpshot (Chris Paul assists)	3	2
10:25	Nikola Jokic misses 9-foot jumper	3	2
10:21	Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound	3	2
10:13	Victor Wembanyama makes 7-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	5	2
10:13	Jamal Murray shooting foul	5	2
10:13	Victor Wembanyama makes free throw 1 of 1	6	2
10:05	Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	2
10:02	Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound	6	2
9:55	Chris Paul misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	6	2
9:51	Spurs offensive team rebound	6	2
9:49	Harrison Barnes makes 1-foot dunk (Chris Paul assists)	8	2
9:42	Christian Braun makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)	8	4
9:32	Devin Vassell misses 17-foot jumper	8	4
9:27	Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound	8	4
9:20	Nikola Jokic makes layup (Michael Porter Jr. assists)	8	6
9:16	Jamal Murray personal foul	8	6
9:16	Nuggets Full timeout	8	6
9:16	(09:16) [Nuggets] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL STANDS) [Nuggets] charged with a timeout	8	6
9:14	Julian Strawther enters the game for Jamal Murray	8	6
9:04	Harrison Barnes misses 22-foot three point jumper	8	6
9:01	Russell Westbrook defensive rebound	8	6
8:55	Christian Braun misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	8	6
8:53	Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound	8	6
8:39	Victor Wembanyama lost ball turnover (Russell Westbrook steals)	8	6
8:34	Christian Braun makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	8	8
8:25	Chris Paul bad pass (Russell Westbrook steals)	8	8
8:24	Victor Wembanyama personal foul	8	8
8:24	Zach Collins enters the game for Victor Wembanyama	8	8
8:04	Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot hook shot (Russell Westbrook assists)	8	10
7:55	Zach Collins misses 27-foot three point jumper	8	10
7:55	Julian Strawther defensive rebound	8	10
7:50	Devin Vassell kicked ball violation	8	10
7:40	Nikola Jokic bad pass (Jeremy Sochan steals)	8	10
7:32	Devin Vassell misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	10
7:29	Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound	8	10
7:18	Jeremy Sochan personal foul	8	10
7:13	Julian Strawther misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	10
7:07	Russell Westbrook offensive rebound	8	10
7:06	Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	10
7:03	Devin Vassell defensive rebound	8	10
6:57	Devin Vassell makes 1-foot two point shot	10	10
6:52	Chris Paul shooting foul	10	10
6:52	Julian Strawther makes free throw 1 of 2	10	11
6:52	Julian Strawther makes free throw 2 of 2	10	12
6:39	Harrison Barnes misses 27-foot three point jumper	10	12
6:36	Russell Westbrook defensive rebound	10	12
6:21	Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot	10	14
6:20	Spurs Full timeout	10	14
6:20	Keldon Johnson enters the game for Jeremy Sochan	10	14
6:20	Julian Champagnie enters the game for Harrison Barnes	10	14
6:08	Zach Collins makes 1-foot dunk (Devin Vassell assists)	12	14
5:51	Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	14
5:48	Keldon Johnson defensive rebound	12	14
5:39	Zach Collins misses 1-foot two point shot	12	14
5:36	Julian Strawther defensive rebound	12	14
5:32	Julian Strawther misses driving floating jump shot	12	14
5:28	Zach Collins defensive rebound	12	14
5:24	Keldon Johnson lost ball turnover (Christian Braun steals)	12	14
5:19	Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)	12	16
5:19	Zach Collins shooting foul	12	16
5:19	Stephon Castle enters the game for Chris Paul	12	16
5:19	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1	12	17
5:05	Julian Champagnie makes 22-foot three point jumper (Stephon Castle assists)	15	17
4:37	Nikola Jokic misses 20-foot jumper	15	17
4:35	Stephon Castle defensive rebound	15	17
4:28	Stephon Castle misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	15	17
4:23	Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound	15	17
4:17	Russell Westbrook makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	15	19
4:07	Devin Vassell makes 14-foot pullup jump shot	17	19
3:56	Christian Braun misses layup	17	19
3:54	Zach Collins defensive rebound	17	19
3:50	Julian Champagnie makes 23-foot three point shot (Stephon Castle assists)	20	19
3:50	Nuggets Full timeout	20	19
3:50	Jalen Pickett enters the game for Christian Braun	20	19
3:50	Peyton Watson enters the game for Russell Westbrook	20	19
3:38	Zach Collins shooting foul	20	19
3:38	Double technical foul: Zach Collins and Russell Westbrook	20	19
3:38	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2	20	20
3:38	Charles Bassey enters the game for Zach Collins	20	20
3:38	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2	20	21
3:24	Stephon Castle makes 1-foot two point shot	22	21
3:08	Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot	22	23
3:08	Charles Bassey shooting foul	22	23
3:08	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1	22	24
2:53	Stephon Castle misses 14-foot pullup jump shot	22	24
2:50	Jalen Pickett defensive rebound	22	24
2:37	Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot jump bank shot	22	24
2:34	Devin Vassell defensive rebound	22	24
2:30	Stephon Castle misses 22-foot three point shot	22	24
2:26	Jalen Pickett defensive rebound	22	24
2:12	Jalen Pickett makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)	22	26
1:51	Devin Vassell misses two point shot	22	26
1:48	Charles Bassey offensive rebound	22	26
1:48	Charles Bassey misses tip shot	22	26
1:46	Devin Vassell offensive rebound	22	26
1:39	Devin Vassell misses 10-foot pullup jump shot	22	26
1:36	Peyton Watson defensive rebound	22	26
1:29	Julian Strawther misses 25-foot three point jumper	22	26
1:22	Nikola Jokic offensive rebound	22	26
1:22	Nikola Jokic misses two point shot	22	26
1:22	Michael Porter Jr. offensive rebound	22	26
1:20	Michael Porter Jr. makes tip shot	22	28
1:00	Nikola Jokic blocks Julian Champagnie 's 3-foot two point shot	22	28
58.1	Julian Champagnie offensive rebound	22	28
58.0	shot clock turnover	22	28
58.0	Hunter Tyson enters the game for Michael Porter Jr.	22	28
46.1	Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot (Julian Strawther assists)	22	30
35.1	Hunter Tyson shooting foul	22	30
35.1	Keldon Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2	23	30
35.1	Keldon Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2	24	30
23.1	Julian Strawther misses 25-foot three point jumper	24	30
19.1	Keldon Johnson defensive rebound	24	30
4.1	Stephon Castle makes 26-foot three pointer	27	30
0.0	Nikola Jokic misses 33-foot three point pullup jump shot	27	30
0.0	Nuggets offensive team rebound	27	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	30

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Time, Location & Referees

Venue

Frost Bank Center

San Antonio, TX

Date & Time

1:00 AM, January 5, 2025

Coverage

NBA League Pass, Altitude 2 Sports, FanDuel SN SW

Attendance

19,038

Referees

Mark Lindsay, Brandon Adair, Danielle Scott

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
Oklahoma City	46	15	.754	W1
Denver	37	23	.617	L1
Minnesota	37	23	.617	W2
Portland	29	32	.475	L1
Utah	18	42	.300	L5

2025-26 Southwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
San Antonio	43	16	.729	W11
Houston	37	22	.627	L1
Memphis	22	36	.379	W1
Dallas	21	38	.356	L2
New Orleans	19	42	.311	W4

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