National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 121,
Denver 106
When: 3:30 PM ET, Sunday, December 4, 2022
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #4 Sean Wright, #18 Matt Boland, #9 Natalie Sago
Attendance: 15658
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #4 Sean Wright, #18 Matt Boland, #9 Natalie Sago
Attendance: 15658
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 31 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 106 |
| New Orleans | 27 | 32 | 28 | 34 | 121 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 32:38 | 6-17 | 3-8 | 3-4 | -7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - G | 30:31 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Bruce Brown - F | 37:39 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 37:02 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 4-4 | -7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 37:17 | 13-19 | 1-4 | 5-9 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 32 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ish Smith | 17:23 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Vlatko Cancar | 14:53 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davon Reed | 12:48 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 8:40 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Bones Hyland | 5:00 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Braun | 2:03 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack White | 2:03 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 2:03 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-81 | 8-31 | 16-24 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 106 | |
| 50.6% | 25.8% | 66.7% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| CJ McCollum - G | 33:50 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Dyson Daniels - G | 21:20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zion Williamson - F | 35:55 | 9-17 | 0-0 | 7-11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Trey Murphy III - F | 29:20 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 3-3 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 13:45 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 1-1 | -21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jose Alvarado | 26:54 | 12-19 | 8-11 | 6-7 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Naji Marshall | 23:57 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 20:29 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 19:47 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Devonte' Graham | 13:45 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Garrett Temple | 0:58 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxson Hayes | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-81 | 11-26 | 28-36 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 121 | |
| 50.6% | 42.3% | 77.8% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 14 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 58 | Points in the Paint | 54 |
| Biggest Lead | 14 | Biggest Lead | 18 |