National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 138,
New Orleans 130
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 6, 2022
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #50 Gediminas Petraitis, #16 David Guthrie, #62 JB DeRosa
Attendance: 14962
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #50 Gediminas Petraitis, #16 David Guthrie, #62 JB DeRosa
Attendance: 14962
Final Scoring Summary
| Final OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | X | T |
| New Orleans | 19 | 38 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 130 |
| Denver | 35 | 27 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 138 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| CJ McCollum - G | 43:16 | 9-19 | 2-6 | 4-6 | -20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Herbert Jones - G | 39:55 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 40:19 | 12-24 | 3-7 | 11-13 | -8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 38 |
| Jaxson Hayes - F | 26:15 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 30:24 | 9-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Willy Hernangomez | 22:28 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | -8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Tony Snell | 21:58 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Devonte' Graham | 20:52 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Jose Alvarado | 10:40 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Naji Marshall | 8:53 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-4 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gary Clark | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Alize Johnson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Garrett Temple | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 48-101 | 14-33 | 20-29 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 130 | |
| 47.5% | 42.4% | 69.0% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Monte Morris - G | 36:11 | 7-14 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Will Barton - G | 24:21 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 1-2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 42:47 | 9-17 | 0-5 | 10-15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| Jeff Green - F | 34:26 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 42:34 | 16-22 | 3-5 | 11-12 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 46 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Austin Rivers | 24:22 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JaMychal Green | 18:40 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Nah'Shon Hyland | 16:49 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 3-4 | -7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Bryn Forbes | 14:30 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 10:20 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Zeke Nnaji | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Facundo Campazzo | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Markus Howard | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Davon Reed | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 47-87 | 10-33 | 34-43 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 138 | |
| 54.0% | 30.3% | 79.1% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | CJ McCollum |
| DEN | Bryn Forbes , DeMarcus Cousins |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 12 | Fast Break Points | 24 |
| Points in the Paint | 42 | Points in the Paint | 60 |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | Biggest Lead | 21 |