Golden State Warriors vs Denver Nuggets Full Game Highlights – February 22, 2026 | NBA Season

Moody gets the first point of the game. Nice pass, Yoka Strother gets two. Curious to see what Nikola Jokic's demeanor is to start the game, because at Portland, he put them to bed early with the first-quarter aggression he played with. Al Horford drains a three. He was just two for 17 his last four games. Horford gets a great look here. Back-to-back threes for Horford. And this is why they believe he is such a good foot fit. Now Melton with it. He'll try the three-pointer and hit it. Three threes early on for the Warriors. This is all you're trying to do, get an advantage with your pace and your threes and see what happens at the end. Three-point chance for Jamal Murray, who's averaging a career-best 26 points per game. Murray pushing it ahead. Oh, no look. Jokic, brown, gets it to fall. Come on. I mean, how about the pass from Jamal, the catch from Jokic? That pass from Santos hit the rim. Horford, swing it. Corner three, Moody. Got it. With five on the timer, Jokic to the corner. Brown will let it fly. That's good. Another assist for Jokic. He's just picking the game apart. Moody will take it himself. Strother with the backside block. Strother, third-year player out of Gonzaga. Christian Brown running the floor. Fifth assist for Jokic. And the plus-one situation. Horford on the back down, underneath to Payton for the easy basket. If there's a team that can appreciate back cuts, it is the Denver Nuggets. Good back cut again. I talked about it. Denver will back cut you to death. Another basket for Brown. Another assist for the Joker. As Richard connects on his first shot attempt of the game. Center of the paint, Jokic. Over post. No, he's 0-4. Five from the floor, but that one falls. His first field goal plus a foul. Santos for a three. Hit it. Seven threes for the Warriors. That's the first for Santos. This time they work in the lane and get a basket. Doesn't seem to matter who plays for the Thunder. They find ways to win. Great hands by Richard. Gets the deflection. Now rewarded with a three-pointer. That's the eighth triple of the opening frame for Golden State. Here's Jokic, who just picked up his eighth assist. He's still a minute to go in the first quarter. Spinning, leaning in, and scoring against Pajemski. Horford. Another one. Al Horford with three. Three-pointer. It is human nature to have a little bit of letdown. You just scored 157 points. If you're going to get back cut consistently, you're going to give up threes and back cuts. That's going to be an issue for you if you're Denver. Santos to Payton, and it hangs on the rim and drops. Wow, that's a tough-looking shot. Hard away for three. It's good, as Melton hit the deck. Diebker and company, you have to think, seven or eight is what they're targeting. As Johnson gets ahead of the pack for a breakaway and gets the layup, plus a foul on Santos, his first. Melton tries a three-pointer, the first of the quarter, after nine in the opening quarter for Golden State. And we mentioned at the top of the show, Denver winning a championship. Payton knocks down a three. Bruce Brown was a big part of that team three years ago. Murray in the lane scores his second basket. Melton can't kiss it home, and what a job by Payton to rip it away from Brown. That's his game. Murray, bully ball down low against Pajemski, and he scores. More spacing here by Golden State. Richard able to dribble down and find Santos with a great backdoor cut. Murray on the rip-through, bumped by Pajemski, goes chest-to-chest, then hits the fall away. Oh, my goodness. How good is that, Dave? Most play-by-play announcers always feel like it's the analyst era as Jamal Murray scores. I'm sure a ton of our viewers are really interested in that. And Santos cans the 12-3 for Golden State. He hit one from that exact spot earlier in the game. Jokic answers with a three, his first triple of the game. Horford's already hit three threes. Make it four. Al Horford on fire here in the first half. Moody on the attack. And Jokic inside gets the layup. First gold medal for Team USA since 1980. Good defense by Golden State. In transition, Santos with the blow-by. The trailer three from Horford. It's there. He's got five threes in the first half. Season high for Horford in threes and just three shy of a season high in points as Jokic connects on the two. Podjemski, Jokic got the block and then saves it. But it remains in the hands of the Warriors. Moody launches, connects, swishing home. Another Golden State three. Jokic to Murray. Around the screen, keeps the dribble. 17-footer, got it. And the Warriors hang on. Denver scored 67 and shot 50% from the floor. Jokic one assist shy of a triple-double. Pat Spencer, who barely played and didn't score in that first half despite starting, got foul trouble. He gets a basket to start the third. Count the basket and one for Jamal Murray. Jokic on the move. He's got a game-high 18 points and now up to 21 on the three ball. Horford, nice pass underneath. Richard with the finish. That is 27 assists now for Golden State. Jokic on the face-up. Jabs and fires, and it's good for Jokic. Free throws from Jamal Murray are going to give Denver Nugget fans PTSD. Jokic with the rebound and the putback off the Murray miss. It's a two-point contest. Al Horford's got a mismatch. Can they get him the ball? Nice pass by Horford to Richard. You know, we're talking about the assisting being done by Nikola Jokic, and that's appropriate, but I believe that's Al Horford's seventh assist. Moody, baseline drive and finish. That's a great drive. Transition opportunity. Brown hangs and gets it to drop. Only five players have won four MVP awards. MJ, Wilk, LeBron James as the three goes for Brown, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bill Russell. And at some point, Jokic is just going to get number four. It misses, but he tips it in. His 18th board and 30th point. Jokic, another terrific look. The extra pass read beautifully by Milton. And now Podjemski hits the cutting Santos with a flush. Yep, you got to get back to finding some easy baskets. Jokic on the perimeter trying to drive on post. Oh, what a great move, spinning past him and laying it in. Shot clock down to three as Milton puts it on the floor. Goes at the chest of Jokic and scores off the window. Pat Spencer's on the floor with four fouls. He turns it over again. Brown to Brown for the layup. Spencer inbounding underneath. Milton scores, got inside of Brown. Denver up six. Minute gone by here in the final frame. Podjemski in the lane. It drops. He had missed. 12th straight game, he's missed. Peyton Watson out as well. Moody connects on a three. Denver's six for 25 for three. They've made 11 fewer threes, but they get turnovers. Brown with the easy two. There he is. Live activity. Brown feeds Valanchunas, and he scores in the lane. Working the perimeter, Peyton catch and shoot. Got a three. Golden State will wait. Now hits the trailing Moody who drives. Gets past Hardaway and ties the game at 109. Timeout Denver. Podjemski puts up the three. It's good. Shot clock down to six. Podjemski bounce to Santos. He'll put it on the deck. Leans in, kicks it out. Podjemski with one. Boyson hits. Ultimate teardrop. That thing was in the air forever. And another. The steal in out as the Warriors are rolling right now. Way off the mark on the three. Yoke hits the long. Rebound and outlet. Murray down floor. Gets the layup. Big, big bucket. Milton off the bounce. Rainbow three. No. Podjemski with the put back. One of the best rebounding guards in the league, and it's on display right there. And Denver would fall below Houston and the Lakers in the loss column. The fifth that they lose this game. Podjemski got another one. No Draymond Green, no Porzingis. And they're rolling on a 20-2 run. Jokic, though, drops in a three. One-on-one against Johnson with a shot clock at five. Podjemski. Baseline with an incredibly difficult angle. Brown drives and kicks. They need it. They get it. A three from Jamal Murray to make it a nine-point game. And Golden State will improve to three and four without Steph Curry, and he's going to miss a few more games here. Maybe they can keep this up as Horford slams it down.