National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 116,
New Orleans 105
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, January 28, 2022
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #9 Natalie Sago, #36 Brent Barnaky, #70 Phenizee Ransom
Attendance: 15254
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #9 Natalie Sago, #36 Brent Barnaky, #70 Phenizee Ransom
Attendance: 15254
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 26 | 24 | 36 | 30 | 116 |
| New Orleans | 17 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 105 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Austin Rivers - G | 35:11 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Monte Morris - G | 33:04 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 31:12 | 8-18 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Jeff Green - F | 20:31 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 30:18 | 11-19 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 29 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bryn Forbes | 25:06 | 5-11 | 2-4 | 2-2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Nah'Shon Hyland | 24:32 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 16:47 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 11:54 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 6:50 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| JaMychal Green | 4:09 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Markus Howard | 0:13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davon Reed | 0:13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-82 | 12-33 | 22-25 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 116 | |
| 50.0% | 36.4% | 88.0% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 21 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Josh Hart - G | 36:37 | 6-13 | 1-4 | 3-4 | -11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Devonte' Graham - G | 33:38 | 4-12 | 1-6 | 6-6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Herbert Jones - F | 36:55 | 7-13 | 1-4 | 4-4 | -9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Garrett Temple - F | 23:10 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willy Hernangomez - C | 32:30 | 5-14 | 0-2 | 8-10 | -6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 33:36 | 5-14 | 2-8 | 6-6 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 15:30 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Jose Alvarado | 14:22 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Naji Marshall | 11:38 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 2-2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gary Clark | 2:04 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Satoransky | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-90 | 5-34 | 30-33 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 105 | |
| 38.9% | 14.7% | 90.9% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | None |
| NO | Devonte' Graham |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 14 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| Points in the Paint | 46 | Points in the Paint | 56 |
| Biggest Lead | 16 | Biggest Lead | 5 |