National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 99,
Denver 89
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 29, 2006
Where: Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Officials: #38 Michael Smith, #39 Kevin Fehr, #71 Rodney Mott
Attendance: 19334
Where: Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Officials: #38 Michael Smith, #39 Kevin Fehr, #71 Rodney Mott
Attendance: 19334
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 29 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 89 |
| New Orleans | 24 | 31 | 17 | 27 | 99 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Allen Iverson - G | 45:01 | 6-22 | 0-2 | 9-10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| Yahkouba Diawara - G | 32:58 | 5-11 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Eduardo Najera - F | 33:18 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| DerMarr Johnson - F | 28:03 | 4-13 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Jamal Sampson - C | 14:57 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Earl Boykins | 35:08 | 10-22 | 2-7 | 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Reggie Evans | 26:16 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Linas Kleiza | 24:19 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Marcus Camby | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Nene | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Carmelo Anthony | DNP | |||||||||||||
| J.R. Smith | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kenyon Martin | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Julius Hodge | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-89 | 7-26 | 16-19 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 89 | |
| 37.1% | 26.9% | 84.2% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rasual Butler - G | 37:55 | 8-18 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| Jannero Pargo - G | 30:10 | 3-12 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Desmond Mason - F | 40:54 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Marc Jackson - F | 27:27 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 38:28 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devin Brown | 32:36 | 5-11 | 2-3 | 7-8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Cedric Simmons | 26:16 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Marcus Vinicius | 6:14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Linton Johnson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Chris Paul | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Bass | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Hilton Armstrong | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Peja Stojakovic | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Jackson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| David West | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-81 | 5-10 | 18-23 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 99 | |
| 46.9% | 50.0% | 78.3% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 19 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 46 |
| Biggest Lead | 8 | Biggest Lead | 10 |