National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 120,
New Orleans 114
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #7 Lauren Holtkamp, #15 Zach Zarba, #45 Brian Forte
Attendance: 15035
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #7 Lauren Holtkamp, #15 Zach Zarba, #45 Brian Forte
Attendance: 15035
Final Scoring Summary
| Final OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | X | T |
| Denver | 35 | 29 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 120 |
| New Orleans | 33 | 24 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 114 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Will Barton - G | 41:49 | 7-18 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Monte Morris - G | 36:08 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 43:28 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Jeff Green - F | 35:52 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 36:42 | 17-23 | 0-3 | 5-9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 39 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Facundo Campazzo | 22:09 | 4-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Nah'Shon Hyland | 16:23 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 5-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| JaMychal Green | 16:18 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Davon Reed | 8:37 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 7:34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bol Bol | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Vlatko Cancar | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Petr Cornelie | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Markus Howard | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 45-88 | 9-32 | 21-27 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 120 | |
| 51.1% | 28.1% | 77.8% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Josh Hart - G | 42:27 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 1-1 | -7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Devonte' Graham - G | 38:08 | 4-13 | 4-12 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 43:28 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 3-3 | -6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Herbert Jones - F | 38:44 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 1-2 | -7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 39:11 | 12-21 | 1-2 | 2-3 | -4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 23:19 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 13:49 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Garrett Temple | 11:07 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kira Lewis Jr. | 9:08 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 5:39 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Alvarado | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Gary Clark | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jaxson Hayes | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Naji Marshall | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Trey Murphy III | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 47-90 | 11-30 | 9-12 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 114 | |
| 52.2% | 36.7% | 75.0% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 25 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 7 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 60 | Points in the Paint | 66 |
| Biggest Lead | 12 | Biggest Lead | 5 |