National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 105,
New Orleans 100
When: 9:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 3, 2009
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #52 Pat Fraher, #23 Jason Phillips, #15 Bennett Salvatore
Attendance: 19614
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #52 Pat Fraher, #23 Jason Phillips, #15 Bennett Salvatore
Attendance: 19614
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 23 | 17 | 31 | 29 | 100 |
| Denver | 28 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 105 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 41:51 | 12-18 | 0-1 | 6-9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 30:28 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| David West - F | 43:25 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 5-6 | -1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 40:02 | 7-14 | 4-9 | 1-2 | -8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Hilton Armstrong - C | 31:24 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 29:13 | 2-12 | 2-8 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Antonio Daniels | 12:44 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Morris Peterson | 7:20 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Marks | 3:33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Bowen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Devin Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tyson Chandler | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-74 | 7-22 | 19-24 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 100 | |
| 50.0% | 31.8% | 79.2% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 35:58 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 9-9 | -15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Dahntay Jones - G | 16:43 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 39:34 | 10-17 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 33:02 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 4-8 | -6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Nene - C | 32:05 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith | 26:43 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Anthony Carter | 23:50 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Andersen | 21:07 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Linas Kleiza | 10:58 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Chucky Atkins | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-72 | 6-15 | 27-38 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 105 | |
| 50.0% | 40.0% | 71.1% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | Chris Paul |
| DEN | Kenyon Martin |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 7 | Fast Break Points | 18 |
| Points in the Paint | 36 | Points in the Paint | 38 |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | Biggest Lead | 26 |