National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 96,
Denver 87
When: 9:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 9, 2011
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: # Marat Kogut, #41 Ken Mauer, #50 Olandis Poole
Attendance: 16283
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: # Marat Kogut, #41 Ken Mauer, #50 Olandis Poole
Attendance: 16283
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 23 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 96 |
| Denver | 22 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 87 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 34:23 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 6-6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| Marco Belinelli - G | 25:08 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| David West - F | 40:21 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 31:54 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Emeka Okafor - C | 28:28 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Willie Green | 24:53 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Jarrett Jack | 22:18 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Quincy Pondexter | 13:29 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Smith | 9:55 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Aaron Gray | 5:14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Thornton | 3:57 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Andersen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-74 | 6-15 | 20-21 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 96 | |
| 47.3% | 40.0% | 95.2% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 38:03 | 2-12 | 0-6 | 9-9 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Arron Afflalo - G | 24:42 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 33:57 | 3-11 | 0-1 | 2-4 | -6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Shelden Williams - F | 15:08 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Nene - C | 28:26 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-6 | -13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith | 32:19 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 3-6 | -6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Al Harrington | 30:37 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Anthony Carter | 16:10 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Gary Forbes | 10:54 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Melvin Ely | 9:44 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ty Lawson | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 30-74 | 5-21 | 22-33 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 87 | |
| 40.5% | 23.8% | 66.7% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| DEN | Chauncey Billups |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 10 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 46 |
| Biggest Lead | 19 | Biggest Lead | 1 |