National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 94,
Denver 81
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #56 Mark Ayotte, #46 Matt Boland, #32 Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 15792
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #56 Mark Ayotte, #46 Matt Boland, #32 Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 15792
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 20 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 81 |
| New Orleans | 19 | 27 | 22 | 26 | 94 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith - G | 38:01 | 7-17 | 2-7 | 4-4 | -11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 35:00 | 4-14 | 1-6 | 3-5 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 38:21 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 2-5 | -11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| Dahntay Jones - F | 26:31 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Nene - C | 30:42 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Anthony Carter | 27:10 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Linas Kleiza | 21:27 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Chris Andersen | 20:11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Johan Petro | 2:37 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Sonny Weems | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Carmelo Anthony | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-74 | 4-22 | 11-16 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 81 | |
| 44.6% | 18.2% | 68.8% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 37:48 | 3-12 | 0-1 | 6-8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 17:17 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 40:56 | 10-14 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Julian Wright - F | 14:08 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Hilton Armstrong - C | 30:06 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 36:06 | 1-13 | 0-6 | 4-5 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Devin Brown | 24:08 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Sean Marks | 17:54 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Antonio Daniels | 11:10 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Ryan Bowen | 7:04 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Morris Peterson | 3:23 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-70 | 7-18 | 19-25 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 94 | |
| 48.6% | 38.9% | 76.0% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | Kenyon Martin , Anthony Carter |
| NO | Antonio Daniels |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| Points in the Paint | 42 | Points in the Paint | 26 |
| Biggest Lead | 8 | Biggest Lead | 16 |