National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 95,
Denver 93
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 25, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #15 Bennett Salvatore, #9 Derrick Stafford, #49 Tom Washington
Attendance: 17489
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #15 Bennett Salvatore, #9 Derrick Stafford, #49 Tom Washington
Attendance: 17489
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 26 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 93 |
| New Orleans | 21 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 95 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 39:25 | 3-10 | 2-4 | 8-10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Dahntay Jones - G | 16:41 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 37:43 | 10-24 | 1-2 | 4-8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 37:39 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Nene - C | 32:58 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith | 24:51 | 5-14 | 4-9 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Linas Kleiza | 20:35 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Chris Andersen | 15:08 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Anthony Carter | 14:58 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jason Hart | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Johan Petro | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 30-74 | 9-21 | 24-35 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 93 | |
| 40.5% | 42.9% | 68.6% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 45:47 | 11-20 | 2-6 | 8-9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 32 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 40:34 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| David West - F | 40:36 | 7-18 | 0-0 | 5-8 | -11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 32:10 | 1-9 | 0-4 | 2-2 | -7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 17:43 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Sean Marks | 26:03 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| James Posey | 22:38 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 7-9 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Antonio Daniels | 14:28 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hilton Armstrong | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Devin Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Morris Peterson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Julian Wright | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 30-69 | 7-20 | 28-35 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 95 | |
| 43.5% | 35.0% | 80.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | J.R. Smith |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 6 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
| Points in the Paint | 30 | Points in the Paint | 44 |
| Biggest Lead | 16 | Biggest Lead | 11 |