National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 101,
Denver 95
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 31, 2016
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #70 Brent Barnaky, #10 Ron Garretson, #44 Eli Roe
Attendance: 16269
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #70 Brent Barnaky, #10 Ron Garretson, #44 Eli Roe
Attendance: 16269
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 26 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 95 |
| New Orleans | 31 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 101 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Gary Harris - G | 37:46 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 3-3 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay - G | 25:52 | 5-12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Kenneth Faried - F | 24:49 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 4-6 | -1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Jakarr Sampson - F | 21:20 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 23:06 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Will Barton | 30:16 | 0-8 | 0-4 | 6-7 | -11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| D.J. Augustin | 28:51 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Darrell Arthur | 21:46 | 10-15 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Axel Toupane | 15:31 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Joffrey Lauvergne | 10:43 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Miller | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jameer Nelson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-83 | 10-27 | 13-17 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 95 | |
| 43.4% | 37.0% | 76.5% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Toney Douglas - G | 36:22 | 7-12 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Jordan Hamilton - G | 32:23 | 6-14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Dante Cunningham - F | 36:49 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Luke Babbitt - F | 36:27 | 9-25 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| Omer Asik - C | 15:01 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Ennis | 30:00 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | -3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Tim Frazier | 29:18 | 6-12 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Alexis Ajinca | 15:32 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 8:08 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ryan Anderson | DND | |||||||||||||
| Norris Cole | DND | |||||||||||||
| Alonzo Gee | DND | |||||||||||||
| Jrue Holiday | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-90 | 13-29 | 8-9 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 101 | |
| 44.4% | 44.8% | 88.9% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 18 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | None |
| NO | Luke Babbitt |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 9 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 42 |
| Biggest Lead | 6 | Biggest Lead | 8 |