National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 113,
New Orleans 108
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, March 26, 2021
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #42 Eric Lewis, #40 Leon Wood, #53 John Butler
Attendance: 3700
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #42 Eric Lewis, #40 Leon Wood, #53 John Butler
Attendance: 3700
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 26 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 113 |
| New Orleans | 33 | 30 | 23 | 22 | 108 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 39:28 | 10-18 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Will Barton - G | 36:40 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Michael Porter Jr. - F | 39:31 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Paul Millsap - F | 30:19 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 41:07 | 17-30 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| PJ Dozier | 21:10 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JaMychal Green | 16:00 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 12:10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 3:35 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bol Bol | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Vlatko Cancar | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Markus Howard | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 47-93 | 14-28 | 5-7 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 113 | |
| 50.5% | 50.0% | 71.4% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 8 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker - G | 39:08 | 5-13 | 4-10 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Eric Bledsoe - G | 34:06 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 4-5 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Zion Williamson - F | 38:41 | 16-19 | 1-1 | 6-7 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 39 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 36:44 | 5-17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | -29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Steven Adams - C | 41:07 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Josh Hart | 27:08 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | -5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Kira Lewis Jr. | 16:13 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 6:53 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Willy Hernangomez | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Will Magnay | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Naji Marshall | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Lonzo Ball | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-78 | 12-29 | 18-20 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 108 | |
| 50.0% | 41.4% | 90.0% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 11 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 54 | Points in the Paint | 46 |
| Biggest Lead | 5 | Biggest Lead | 14 |