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Denver Nuggets @ New Orleans Pelicans 116–105

2022-01-28 20:00 Β· NBA Β· Smoothie King Center, New Orleans LA Β· Att. 15,254

Denver Nuggets 2021-22 Β· New Orleans Pelicans 2021-22 Β· 2021-22 season

Score by period

1234T
DEN26243630116
NOP17313027105

Team stats

NuggetsPelicans
Field goals41-82 .50035-90 .389
Three-pointers12-33 .3645-34 .147
Free throws22-25 .88030-33 .909
Offensive rebounds914
Defensive rebounds3429
Total rebounds4343
Assists2923
Steals914
Blocks44
Turnovers2113
Personal fouls2219
Technical fouls01
Points in the paint4656
Fast-break points147
Points off turnovers2622
Largest lead165

Denver Nuggets

PlayerMINPTSFG3PFTOREBDREBREBASTSTLBLKTOPF+/-
Austin Rivers G35124-62-42-210113131+19
MontΓ© Morris G33135-111-42-217880101+11
Aaron Gordon F31208-182-82-213421040+10
Nikola Jokić C302911-193-64-431013102065+15
Jeff Green F2120-00-02-201101002+4
Bryn Forbes G25145-112-42-202210002-2
Bones Hyland G2562-41-31-203341125-4
Zeke Nnaji F17115-51-10-1033000120
DeMarcus Cousins C1261-70-24-4257211230
Facundo Campazzo G730-10-13-400010031-3
JaMychal Green C400-00-00-010100000+5
Markus Howard PG000-00-00-0000000000
Davon Reed G000-00-00-0000000000
Total24011641-8212-3322-259344329942122

FG .500 Β· 3P .364 Β· FT .880

New Orleans Pelicans

PlayerMINPTSFG3PFTOREBDREBREBASTSTLBLKTOPF+/-
Herbert Jones F37197-131-44-443735013-9
Josh Hart F37166-131-43-408821032-11
Devonte' Graham G34154-121-66-603351032+3
Willy Hernangomez C32185-140-28-10791631311-6
Garrett Temple F2300-50-40-001135001-9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G34185-142-86-603340132-1
Jaxson Hayes F16136-80-01-121310023-5
Jose Alvarado G1421-50-10-010111003-14
Naji Marshall F1241-40-32-201110002-1
Gary Clark F200-20-20-000000000-2
Total24010535-905-3430-33142943231441319

FG .389 Β· 3P .147 Β· FT .909

Did not play: Tomas Satoransky (dnp - coach's decision)

Officials: Brent Barnaky, Phenizee Ransom, Natalie Sago

Play-by-play

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Quarter 1

  • 12:00 Start of 1st Period (8:11 PM EST)
  • 12:00 NOP Jump Ball Hernangomez vs. Jokic: Tip to Je. Green
  • 11:41 DEN Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
  • 11:19 NOP Graham 18' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Hart 1 AST) 0–2
  • 11:01 DEN Morris 22' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) 2–2
  • 10:52 NOP Graham Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
  • 10:38 DEN MISS Rivers 3PT Jump Shot
  • 10:33 NOP Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 10:25 DEN Jokic S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Barnaky)
  • 10:25 NOP Hernangomez Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
  • 10:25 NOP Hernangomez Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
  • 10:15 NOP Graham S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Barnaky)
  • 10:15 DEN Rivers Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
  • 10:15 DEN Rivers Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
  • 9:55 NOP MISS Hernangomez 5' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
  • 9:53 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 9:42 DEN Rivers Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
  • 9:42 NOP Temple STEAL (1 STL)
  • 9:35 NOP MISS Jones 3PT Jump Shot
  • 9:31 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
  • 9:29 NOP Graham 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Temple 1 AST) 4–7
  • 9:13 DEN Gordon 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) 6–7
  • 9:07 NOP MISS Jones 24' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 9:03 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 8:49 DEN MISS Gordon 8' Turnaround Jump Shot
  • 8:46 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
  • 8:45 NOP MISS Jones 3' Layup
  • 8:45 DEN Rivers BLOCK (1 BLK)
  • 8:42 NOP Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
  • 8:41 NOP MISS Temple 3PT Jump Shot
  • 8:39 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
  • 8:27 DEN MISS Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 8:25 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
  • 8:20 NOP MISS Hart 5' Driving Layup
  • 8:20 DEN Morris BLOCK (1 BLK)
  • 8:19 PELICANS Rebound
  • 8:09 NOP Jones 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Graham 1 AST) 6–9
  • 7:56 DEN MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 7:53 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
  • 7:48 DEN Jokic Violation:Kicked Ball (B.Barnaky)
  • 7:39 DEN Morris S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
  • 7:39 NOP Graham Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
  • 7:39 NOP Graham Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
  • 7:26 DEN Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
  • 7:13 NOP MISS Hernangomez 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 7:09 DEN Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 7:03 DEN Jokic 4' Hook Shot (2 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST) 8–11
  • 6:49 NOP Hart Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
  • 6:49 DEN Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
  • 6:47 DEN Gordon 2' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST) 10–11
  • 6:47 NOP Temple S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
  • 6:47 PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
  • 6:47 DEN Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
  • 6:27 NOP MISS Graham 19' Pullup Jump Shot
  • 6:23 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
  • 6:16 DEN Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T4)
  • 6:16 NOP Jones STEAL (1 STL)
  • 6:10 NOP MISS Temple 3PT Jump Shot
  • 6:06 DEN Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 6:02 DEN Jokic 2' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Morris 1 AST) 13–11
  • 5:38 NOP MISS Jones 17' Pullup Jump Shot
  • 5:37 Nuggets Rebound
  • 5:37 NOP Hernangomez L.B.FOUL (P1.T3) (N.Sago)
  • 5:24 DEN Gordon Alley Oop Dunk (7 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST) 15–11
  • 5:09 NOP MISS Graham 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
  • 5:04 DEN Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
  • 4:59 DEN MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
  • 4:57 NOP Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 4:51 NOP Hart 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) 15–13
  • 4:40 DEN Gordon 1' Cutting Layup Shot (9 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST) 17–13
  • 4:29 NOP Graham Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
  • 4:29 NOP SUB: Hayes FOR Temple
  • 4:29 NOP SUB: Alexander-Walker FOR Hernangomez
  • 4:29 NOP SUB: Alvarado FOR Graham
  • 4:29 DEN SUB: Forbes FOR Je. Green
  • 4:29 DEN SUB: Nnaji FOR Rivers
  • 4:16 DEN Gordon Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T5)
  • 3:58 NOP MISS Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 3:51 DEN Forbes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 3:41 DEN MISS Forbes 17' Pullup Jump Shot
  • 3:40 Nuggets Rebound
  • 3:40 NOP Hayes L.B.FOUL (P1.T4) (P.Ransom)
  • 3:40 DEN SUB: Campazzo FOR Morris
  • 3:37 NOP Hayes P.FOUL (P2.PN) (B.Barnaky)
  • 3:37 DEN Campazzo Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
  • 3:37 DEN Campazzo Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
  • 3:10 NOP MISS Hart 2' Driving Layup
  • 3:07 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
  • 3:02 DEN Jokic 2' Driving Layup (6 PTS) (Campazzo 1 AST) 21–13
  • 3:02 NOP Alvarado S.FOUL (P1.PN) (N.Sago)
  • 3:02 DEN SUB: Hyland FOR Gordon
  • 3:02 DEN Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
  • 2:47 NOP Hayes 1' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Jones 1 AST) 22–15
  • 2:37 NOP Alexander-Walker S.FOUL (P1.PN) (P.Ransom)
  • 2:37 Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
  • 2:37 NOP SUB: Marshall FOR Hart
  • 2:37 DEN SUB: Cousins FOR Jokic
  • 2:37 DEN MISS Hyland Free Throw 1 of 2
  • 2:37 Nuggets Rebound
  • 2:37 DEN Hyland Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
  • 2:24 NOP MISS Alvarado 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 2:19 NOP Hayes REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
  • 2:13 NOP Alexander-Walker 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) 23–17
  • 2:04 NOP Jones P.FOUL (P1.PN) (P.Ransom)
  • 2:04 DEN MISS Campazzo Free Throw 1 of 2
  • 2:04 Nuggets Rebound
  • 2:04 NOP SUB: Clark FOR Jones
  • 2:04 DEN Campazzo Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
  • 1:57 DEN Cousins P.FOUL (P1.T3) (P.Ransom)
  • 1:49 NOP MISS Clark 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
  • 1:46 NOP Alvarado REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
  • 1:45 NOP MISS Alvarado 2' Reverse Layup
  • 1:43 DEN Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 1:31 DEN Cousins Offensive Charge Foul (P2) (P.Ransom)
  • 1:31 DEN Cousins Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T6)
  • 1:18 NOP MISS Hayes 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
  • 1:18 DEN Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 1:18 NOP Marshall P.FOUL (P1.PN) (B.Barnaky)
  • 1:18 DEN Cousins Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
  • 1:18 DEN Cousins Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
  • 1:04 NOP MISS Marshall 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 1:01 DEN Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
  • 0:52 DEN MISS Cousins 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 0:48 NOP Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 0:39 NOP MISS Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 0:36 Nuggets Rebound
  • 0:21 DEN Campazzo Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T7)
  • 0:04 NOP MISS Alvarado 3' Driving Layup
  • 0:04 DEN Hyland BLOCK (1 BLK)
  • 0:04 PELICANS Rebound
  • 0:04 NOP MISS Clark 24' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 0:02 DEN Nnaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 0:01 DEN Nnaji Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T8)
  • 0:01 NOP Alvarado STEAL (1 STL)
  • 0:00 NOP MISS Alvarado 3' Layup
  • 0:00 PELICANS Rebound
  • 0:00 End of 1st Period (8:39 PM EST)

Quarter 2

  • 12:00 Start of 2nd Period (8:41 PM EST)
  • 11:44 NOP MISS Marshall 3PT Jump Shot
  • 11:41 DEN Nnaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 11:28 DEN Campazzo Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T9)
  • 11:28 NOP Graham STEAL (1 STL)
  • 11:22 NOP Hayes 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Temple 2 AST) 26–19
  • 11:06 DEN MISS Forbes 19' Pullup Jump Shot
  • 11:03 NOP Marshall REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 10:56 NOP Alexander-Walker 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS) 26–21
  • 10:56 Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
  • 10:40 DEN Cousins Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T10)
  • 10:23 DEN Campazzo P.FOUL (P1.T1) (P.Ransom)
  • 10:16 DEN Cousins S.FOUL (P3.T2) (B.Barnaky)
  • 10:16 NOP Marshall Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
  • 10:16 DEN SUB: Ja. Green FOR Cousins
  • 10:16 NOP Marshall Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
  • 9:58 DEN MISS Campazzo 3PT Jump Shot
  • 9:56 NOP Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 9:51 NOP Graham 18' Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Alexander-Walker 1 AST) 26–25
  • 9:35 DEN MISS Forbes 24' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 9:33 DEN Ja. Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
  • 9:28 DEN Nnaji 5' Layup (2 PTS) 28–25
  • 9:16 NOP Hayes 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (6 PTS) (Graham 2 AST) 28–27
  • 8:50 DEN Campazzo Double Dribble Turnover (P3.T11)
  • 8:50 DEN SUB: Rivers FOR Forbes
  • 8:50 DEN SUB: Morris FOR Campazzo
  • 8:50 DEN SUB: Forbes FOR Morris
  • 8:37 NOP Graham 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (11 PTS) (Temple 3 AST) 28–29
  • 8:30 Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.3 Short 0)
  • 8:30 DEN SUB: Morris FOR Nnaji
  • 8:30 DEN SUB: Jokic FOR Forbes
  • 8:08 DEN Rivers 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST) 31–29
  • 7:51 NOP Hayes Alley Oop Dunk (8 PTS) (Marshall 1 AST) 31–31
  • 7:26 DEN Rivers 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST) 34–31
  • 7:08 NOP MISS Alexander-Walker 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
  • 7:03 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:6)
  • 7:02 NOP Graham S.FOUL (P2.T1) (N.Sago)
  • 7:02 DEN Morris Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
  • 7:02 NOP SUB: Alvarado FOR Graham
  • 7:02 NOP SUB: Jones FOR Marshall
  • 7:02 NOP SUB: Hart FOR Temple
  • 7:02 DEN SUB: Gordon FOR Hyland
  • 7:02 DEN Morris Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
  • 6:46 NOP Alexander-Walker Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T4)
  • 6:46 NOP SUB: Hernangomez FOR Hayes
  • 6:31 DEN MISS Gordon 9' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
  • 6:27 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
  • 6:16 NOP MISS Hart 2' Driving Reverse Layup
  • 6:13 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:7)
  • 6:07 DEN Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Jokic 6 AST) 39–31
  • 6:07 PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
  • 6:07 DEN SUB: Je. Green FOR Ja. Green
  • 5:50 NOP Alvarado 2' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Hernangomez 1 AST) 39–33
  • 5:36 DEN MISS Jokic 27' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 5:32 NOP Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 5:25 NOP MISS Jones 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 5:25 DEN Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 5:08 NOP Alvarado S.FOUL (P2.T2) (B.Barnaky)
  • 5:08 DEN Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1 (10 PTS)
  • 5:08 DEN Gordon 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Jokic 7 AST) 42–33
  • 4:54 NOP Jones 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Alexander-Walker 2 AST) 42–36
  • 4:42 DEN Rivers Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T12)
  • 4:42 NOP Hernangomez STEAL (1 STL)
  • 4:28 NOP Hart 2' Driving Layup (4 PTS) 42–38
  • 4:18 NOP SUB: Graham FOR Alvarado
  • 4:07 DEN MISS Gordon 13' Step Back Jump Shot
  • 4:05 PELICANS Rebound
  • 4:05 DEN Jokic L.B.FOUL (P2.T3) (N.Sago)
  • 3:49 DEN Jokic S.FOUL (P3.T4) (P.Ransom)
  • 3:49 NOP Jones Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
  • 3:49 DEN SUB: Hyland FOR Jokic
  • 3:49 NOP Jones Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
  • 3:30 DEN Morris 14' Fadeaway Jumper (9 PTS) 44–40
  • 3:11 NOP Hernangomez 1' Layup (4 PTS) (Hart 2 AST) 44–42
  • 2:50 NOP Hart S.FOUL (P1.T3) (N.Sago)
  • 2:50 DEN Je. Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
  • 2:50 DEN Je. Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
  • 2:33 NOP MISS Hart 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 2:30 DEN Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 2:23 DEN Hyland 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (3 PTS) 48–42
  • 2:16 NOP Alexander-Walker Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T5)
  • 2:16 DEN Hyland STEAL (1 STL)
  • 2:09 DEN Hyland Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T13)
  • 2:09 NOP Jones STEAL (2 STL)
  • 2:08 DEN Hyland Personal Take Foul (P1.PN) (N.Sago)
  • 2:08 NOP Jones Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
  • 2:08 NOP Jones Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)
  • 1:49 DEN MISS Morris 14' Pullup Jump Shot
  • 1:47 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
  • 1:42 NOP MISS Graham 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
  • 1:39 DEN Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
  • 1:30 DEN MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
  • 1:26 NOP Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
  • 1:24 DEN Je. Green P.FOUL (P1.PN) (N.Sago)
  • 1:24 NOP MISS Hernangomez Free Throw 1 of 2
  • 1:24 PELICANS Rebound
  • 1:24 NOP Hernangomez Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
  • 1:07 DEN Rivers 1' Driving Layup (10 PTS) 50–45
  • 0:47 DEN Hyland P.FOUL (P2.PN) (P.Ransom)
  • 0:47 NOP MISS Hernangomez Free Throw 1 of 2
  • 0:47 PELICANS Rebound
  • 0:47 NOP Hernangomez Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
  • 0:34 DEN MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
  • 0:31 NOP Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
  • 0:19 NOP Jones 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (11 PTS) (Hernangomez 2 AST) 50–48
  • 0:02 DEN MISS Morris 2' Driving Layup
  • 0:02 NOP Hernangomez BLOCK (1 BLK)
  • 0:01 NOP Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
  • 0:00 NOP MISS Hart 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
  • 0:00 PELICANS Rebound
  • 0:00 End of 2nd Period (9:12 PM EST)

Quarter 3

  • 12:00 Start of 3rd Period (9:27 PM EST)
  • 11:41 NOP Jones 2' Driving Layup (13 PTS) (Graham 3 AST) 50–50
  • 11:18 DEN Rivers 2' Driving Layup (12 PTS) 52–50
  • 10:55 NOP Graham Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T6)
  • 10:55 DEN Rivers STEAL (1 STL)
  • 10:49 DEN MISS Morris 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 10:45 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:7)
  • 10:44 DEN Jokic 8' Jump Shot (9 PTS) 54–50
  • 10:28 NOP MISS Temple 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 10:24 DEN Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
  • 10:15 DEN Jokic 1' Layup (11 PTS) (Morris 2 AST) 56–50
  • 10:04 NOP Hart 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Graham 4 AST) 56–53
  • 9:51 DEN MISS Morris 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 9:46 NOP Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
  • 9:32 NOP Hart 2' Driving Layup (9 PTS) 56–55
  • 9:03 DEN Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Morris 3 AST) 59–55
  • 8:36 NOP MISS Hernangomez 2' Layup
  • 8:31 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:2 Def:5)
  • 8:31 NOP MISS Hernangomez Putback Layup
  • 8:31 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:8)
  • 8:28 DEN Gordon Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T14)
  • 8:28 NOP Temple STEAL (2 STL)
  • 8:24 NOP MISS Graham 3PT Jump Shot
  • 8:18 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:3 Def:5)
  • 8:18 NOP MISS Hernangomez Tip Layup Shot
  • 8:16 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:5 Def:5)
  • 8:16 NOP MISS Hernangomez Tip Layup Shot
  • 8:16 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:5 Def:5)
  • 8:15 NOP Hernangomez Tip Layup Shot (8 PTS) 59–57
  • 8:06 DEN MISS Rivers 3PT Jump Shot
  • 8:03 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:5 Def:6)
  • 8:00 NOP Hart 2' Driving Layup (11 PTS) 59–59
  • 7:59 Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.4 Short 0)
  • 7:42 DEN MISS Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 7:39 DEN Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
  • 7:37 DEN Gordon Lost Ball Turnover (P3.T15)
  • 7:37 NOP Temple STEAL (3 STL)
  • 7:24 NOP MISS Jones 7' Floating Jump Shot
  • 7:22 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:9)
  • 7:20 NOP Graham T.FOUL (P2.T0) (P.Ransom)
  • 7:20 DEN Jokic Free Throw Technical (12 PTS)
  • 7:09 DEN Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P4.T16)
  • 7:09 NOP Temple STEAL (4 STL)
  • 7:05 NOP MISS Graham 2' Running Layup
  • 6:59 NOP Jones REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
  • 6:59 NOP Jones Putback Dunk (15 PTS) 60–61
  • 6:49 DEN Gordon 2' Driving Layup (17 PTS) (Jokic 8 AST) 62–61
  • 6:37 NOP Hart Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T7)
  • 6:37 DEN Je. Green STEAL (1 STL)
  • 6:25 DEN Gordon 25' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Morris 4 AST) 65–61
  • 6:15 NOP MISS Temple 24' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 6:14 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:6 Def:6)
  • 6:14 DEN Je. Green S.FOUL (P2.T1) (N.Sago)
  • 6:14 NOP Hernangomez Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)
  • 6:14 NOP SUB: Alvarado FOR Graham
  • 6:14 NOP Hernangomez Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)
  • 6:02 NOP Alvarado P.FOUL (P3.T1) (P.Ransom)
  • 5:55 DEN Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Morris 5 AST) 68–63
  • 5:33 NOP MISS Hernangomez 4' Pullup Jump Shot
  • 5:31 DEN Je. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 5:18 DEN MISS Jokic 2' Driving Layup
  • 5:14 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:9)
  • 5:14 DEN MISS Jokic Tip Layup Shot
  • 5:13 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:6 Def:7)
  • 5:12 NOP Hernangomez Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T8)
  • 5:12 DEN Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
  • 5:08 DEN Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Gordon 2 AST) 71–63
  • 5:07 PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 3 Short 0)
  • 5:07 NOP SUB: Alexander-Walker FOR Temple
  • 5:07 DEN SUB: Hyland FOR Rivers
  • 5:07 DEN SUB: Forbes FOR Je. Green
  • 4:49 NOP Hernangomez 3' Layup (12 PTS) (Alexander-Walker 3 AST) 71–65
  • 4:33 DEN MISS Jokic 2' Layup
  • 4:33 NOP Hernangomez BLOCK (2 BLK)
  • 4:30 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:6 Def:8)
  • 4:25 NOP Jones Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T9)
  • 4:25 DEN Jokic STEAL (2 STL)
  • 4:13 DEN Morris 1' Cutting Layup Shot (11 PTS) (Jokic 9 AST) 73–65
  • 3:56 NOP Jones 2' Layup (17 PTS) (Hernangomez 3 AST) 73–67
  • 3:38 DEN Gordon Bad Pass Turnover (P4.T17)
  • 3:38 NOP Jones STEAL (3 STL)
  • 3:31 NOP Hart 2' Driving Layup (13 PTS) (Alvarado 1 AST) 73–69
  • 3:09 DEN Jokic 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Forbes 1 AST) 76–69
  • 2:55 NOP MISS Hernangomez 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 2:51 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:10)
  • 2:34 DEN Forbes 18' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) 78–69
  • 2:13 NOP Hernangomez 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (14 PTS) (Alexander-Walker 4 AST) 78–71
  • 1:55 DEN MISS Gordon 2' Driving Layup
  • 1:53 NOP Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
  • 1:49 NOP MISS Alexander-Walker 3PT Jump Shot
  • 1:43 NOP Jones REBOUND (Off:3 Def:3)
  • 1:43 NOP Jones Putback Dunk (19 PTS) 78–73
  • 1:36 DEN Jokic 2' Layup (23 PTS) (Morris 6 AST) 80–73
  • 1:36 PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 4 Short 0)
  • 1:36 NOP SUB: Hayes FOR Jones
  • 1:36 NOP SUB: Marshall FOR Hernangomez
  • 1:36 DEN SUB: Cousins FOR Morris
  • 1:36 DEN SUB: Rivers FOR Jokic
  • 1:36 DEN SUB: Nnaji FOR Gordon
  • 1:36 Nuggets Violation: Delay of game Violation
  • 1:22 NOP Alexander-Walker Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T10)
  • 1:22 DEN Rivers STEAL (2 STL)
  • 1:18 DEN Nnaji 1' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (Hyland 1 AST) 82–73
  • 1:06 NOP Marshall 2' Driving Layup (4 PTS) 82–75
  • 0:51 DEN Nnaji 3' Driving Hook Shot (6 PTS) (Hyland 2 AST) 84–75
  • 0:48 DEN Rivers P.FOUL (P1.T2) (P.Ransom)
  • 0:44 NOP Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Hayes 1 AST) 84–78
  • 0:33 NOP Marshall S.FOUL (P2.T2) (B.Barnaky)
  • 0:33 DEN Cousins Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
  • 0:33 DEN Cousins Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
  • 0:13 NOP MISS Hayes 8' Hook Shot
  • 0:10 DEN Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
  • 0:01 DEN MISS Cousins 27' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 0:01 Nuggets Rebound
  • 0:00 End of 3rd Period (9:50 PM EST)

Quarter 4

  • 12:00 Start of 4th Period (9:53 PM EST)
  • 11:45 DEN Hyland 28' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) 89–78
  • 11:27 NOP MISS Alexander-Walker 16' Pullup Jump Shot
  • 11:24 DEN Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 11:15 DEN MISS Forbes 3PT Jump Shot
  • 11:12 NOP Hayes REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
  • 11:03 NOP MISS Graham 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
  • 11:00 DEN Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 10:52 DEN MISS Cousins 3' Layup
  • 10:46 DEN Cousins REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
  • 10:46 DEN MISS Cousins Putback Layup
  • 10:46 NOP Graham REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 10:37 NOP MISS Marshall 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 10:33 NOP Hayes REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
  • 10:32 NOP Hayes Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T11)
  • 10:32 DEN Cousins STEAL (1 STL)
  • 10:29 DEN Nnaji 1' Driving Layup (8 PTS) (Cousins 1 AST) 91–78
  • 10:29 NOP Alexander-Walker S.FOUL (P2.T1) (N.Sago)
  • 10:29 DEN MISS Nnaji Free Throw 1 of 1
  • 10:25 NOP Temple REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
  • 10:14 NOP MISS Temple 2' Driving Layup
  • 10:12 DEN Cousins REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
  • 10:04 DEN Rivers Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T18)
  • 10:04 NOP Temple STEAL (5 STL)
  • 9:58 NOP MISS Alexander-Walker 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup
  • 9:55 DEN Nnaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
  • 9:45 DEN MISS Hyland 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
  • 9:41 NOP Graham REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 9:33 DEN Nnaji S.FOUL (P1.T1) (P.Ransom)
  • 9:33 NOP Graham Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)
  • 9:33 NOP SUB: Jones FOR Marshall
  • 9:33 NOP Graham Free Throw 2 of 2 (13 PTS)
  • 9:15 DEN Nnaji 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Hyland 3 AST) 94–80
  • 8:59 NOP Hayes 2' Cutting Layup Shot (10 PTS) (Jones 2 AST) 94–82
  • 8:46 DEN Hyland Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T19)
  • 8:46 NOP Jones STEAL (4 STL)
  • 8:44 NOP Hayes 2' Running Layup (12 PTS) (Jones 3 AST) 94–84
  • 8:44 DEN Nnaji S.FOUL (P2.T2) (N.Sago)
  • 8:44 NOP Hayes Free Throw 1 of 1 (13 PTS)
  • 8:30 DEN Forbes 17' Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Hyland 4 AST) 96–85
  • 8:12 NOP Hayes OFF.Foul (P3) (B.Barnaky)
  • 8:12 NOP Hayes Offensive Foul Turnover (P2.T12)
  • 8:12 NOP SUB: Hart FOR Temple
  • 7:57 DEN MISS Forbes 20' Pullup Jump Shot
  • 7:50 DEN Cousins REBOUND (Off:2 Def:5)
  • 7:50 DEN Cousins Tip Layup Shot (6 PTS) 98–85
  • 7:49 DEN Hyland S.FOUL (P3.T3) (P.Ransom)
  • 7:49 NOP Hart Free Throw 1 of 2 (14 PTS)
  • 7:49 NOP SUB: Hernangomez FOR Hayes
  • 7:49 NOP Hart Free Throw 2 of 2 (15 PTS)
  • 7:30 DEN Forbes 18' Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Cousins 2 AST) 100–87
  • 7:20 NOP MISS Alexander-Walker 24' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 7:17 DEN Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
  • 7:04 DEN MISS Cousins 20' Jump Shot
  • 7:01 NOP Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
  • 6:56 NOP Hart Lost Ball Turnover (P3.T13)
  • 6:56 DEN Rivers STEAL (3 STL)
  • 6:51 DEN Forbes 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Rivers 1 AST) 103–87
  • 6:33 NOP MISS Hernangomez 8' Jump Shot
  • 6:33 DEN Cousins BLOCK (1 BLK)
  • 6:29 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:7 Def:8)
  • 6:28 NOP Hernangomez 4' Putback Layup (16 PTS) 103–89
  • 6:10 DEN MISS Cousins 6' Fadeaway Jumper
  • 6:08 NOP Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:6)
  • 6:03 DEN Hyland S.FOUL (P4.T4) (B.Barnaky)
  • 6:03 PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 5 Short 0)
  • 6:03 DEN SUB: Jokic FOR Cousins
  • 6:03 DEN SUB: Morris FOR Rivers
  • 6:03 NOP Graham Free Throw 1 of 2 (14 PTS)
  • 6:03 NOP Graham Free Throw 2 of 2 (15 PTS)
  • 5:47 NOP Hart S.FOUL (P2.T2) (B.Barnaky)
  • 5:47 DEN Forbes Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)
  • 5:47 DEN Forbes Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
  • 5:20 NOP MISS Graham 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
  • 5:18 DEN Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
  • 5:11 DEN MISS Hyland 28' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 5:08 NOP Graham REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
  • 5:01 DEN Forbes S.FOUL (P1.PN) (P.Ransom)
  • 5:01 NOP Alexander-Walker Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
  • 5:01 DEN SUB: Gordon FOR Nnaji
  • 5:01 NOP Alexander-Walker Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)
  • 4:48 DEN Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P5.T20)
  • 4:48 NOP Hart STEAL (1 STL)
  • 4:46 DEN Jokic P.FOUL (P4.PN) (N.Sago)
  • 4:46 NOP Hernangomez Free Throw 1 of 2 (17 PTS)
  • 4:46 NOP Hernangomez Free Throw 2 of 2 (18 PTS)
  • 4:33 DEN MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 4:30 NOP Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:7 Def:9)
  • 4:24 DEN Hyland S.FOUL (P5.PN) (B.Barnaky)
  • 4:24 NOP Alexander-Walker Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)
  • 4:24 DEN SUB: Rivers FOR Hyland
  • 4:24 NOP Alexander-Walker Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
  • 4:17 DEN Forbes 26' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Morris 7 AST) 108–97
  • 3:58 NOP Alexander-Walker 3' Layup (13 PTS) 108–99
  • 3:41 DEN Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P6.T21)
  • 3:41 NOP Jones STEAL (5 STL)
  • 3:36 NOP Jump Ball Hart vs. Jokic: Tip to Graham
  • 3:31 NOP MISS Hart 2' Driving Layup
  • 3:29 DEN Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:6)
  • 3:11 DEN MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 3:07 NOP Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:7)
  • 3:01 DEN Jokic S.FOUL (P5.PN) (N.Sago)
  • 3:01 NOP Alexander-Walker Free Throw 1 of 2 (14 PTS)
  • 3:01 NOP Alexander-Walker Free Throw 2 of 2 (15 PTS)
  • 2:35 DEN MISS Morris 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot
  • 2:32 DEN Rivers REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
  • 2:24 DEN MISS Gordon 24' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 2:20 DEN Morris REBOUND (Off:1 Def:6)
  • 2:09 DEN Morris 2' Cutting Layup Shot (13 PTS) (Jokic 10 AST) 110–101
  • 2:02 NOP MISS Alexander-Walker 25' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 1:57 NOP Jones REBOUND (Off:4 Def:3)
  • 1:50 NOP Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Graham 5 AST) 110–104
  • 1:39 NOP Jones P.FOUL (P2.T3) (P.Ransom)
  • 1:39 Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.5 Short 0)
  • 1:35 DEN MISS Jokic 3' Driving Layup
  • 1:35 Nuggets Rebound
  • 1:30 DEN MISS Forbes 17' Jump Shot
  • 1:30 NOP Alexander-Walker BLOCK (1 BLK)
  • 1:27 NOP Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:8)
  • 1:25 NOP MISS Graham 16' Pullup Jump Shot
  • 1:20 DEN Forbes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
  • 1:00 DEN MISS Jokic 5' Turnaround Jump Shot
  • 1:00 NOP Hernangomez BLOCK (3 BLK)
  • 0:59 DEN Jokic REBOUND (Off:3 Def:10)
  • 0:59 DEN Jokic 11' Putback Layup (25 PTS) 112–104
  • 0:55 DEN Forbes S.FOUL (P2.PN) (N.Sago)
  • 0:55 NOP MISS Hart Free Throw 1 of 2
  • 0:55 PELICANS Rebound
  • 0:55 NOP SUB: Alvarado FOR Graham
  • 0:55 NOP Hart Free Throw 2 of 2 (16 PTS)
  • 0:36 DEN Jokic 16' Driving Floating Jump Shot (27 PTS) (Morris 8 AST) 114–105
  • 0:28 NOP MISS Hart 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 0:25 DEN Morris REBOUND (Off:1 Def:7)
  • 0:13 NOP Jones P.FOUL (P3.PN) (P.Ransom)
  • 0:13 DEN Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (28 PTS)
  • 0:13 DEN Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (29 PTS)
  • 0:13 PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 6 Short 0)
  • 0:13 DEN SUB: Howard FOR Morris
  • 0:13 DEN SUB: Reed FOR Jokic
  • 0:13 DEN SUB: Nnaji FOR Gordon
  • 0:11 NOP MISS Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot
  • 0:09 Nuggets Rebound
  • 0:00 End of 4th Period (10:26 PM EST)