National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 116,
Washington 105
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, March 20, 2009
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #46 Matt Boland, #6 Jim Clark, #32 Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 18231
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #46 Matt Boland, #6 Jim Clark, #32 Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 18231
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Washington | 31 | 20 | 25 | 29 | 105 |
| Denver | 28 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 116 |
Washington Wizards
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Dominic McGuire | 32:49 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Antawn Jamison | 29:35 | 10-19 | 2-5 | 5-7 | -11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Mike James | 28:27 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Darius Songaila | 25:55 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Andray Blatche | 23:51 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Nick Young | 35:30 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 4-5 | -12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| JaVale McGee | 23:56 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 5-10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Javaris Crittenton | 23:18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Oleksiy Pecherov | 16:39 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Caron Butler | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Juan Dixon | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brendan Haywood | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-81 | 4-10 | 27-38 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 105 | |
| 45.7% | 40.0% | 71.1% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 23 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith | 34:59 | 15-23 | 3-8 | 7-8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| Chauncey Billups | 32:35 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 32:09 | 6-16 | 0-1 | 8-10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| Nene | 26:38 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Kenyon Martin | 19:56 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | -3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Renaldo Balkman | 24:58 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Anthony Carter | 23:30 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Andersen | 22:00 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| Linas Kleiza | 15:51 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Johan Petro | 2:28 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Hart | 2:28 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dahntay Jones | 2:28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 44-83 | 4-15 | 24-33 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 116 | |
| 53.0% | 26.7% | 72.7% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| WAS | None |
| DEN | Kenyon Martin , Linas Kleiza |
Team Statistics
| Washington | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 9 | Fast Break Points | 30 |
| Points in the Paint | 48 | Points in the Paint | 72 |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | Biggest Lead | 17 |