National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 101,
New Orleans 88
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #30 Tony Brown, #15 Bennett Salvatore, #9 Derrick Stafford
Attendance: 17274
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #30 Tony Brown, #15 Bennett Salvatore, #9 Derrick Stafford
Attendance: 17274
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 28 | 18 | 31 | 24 | 101 |
| New Orleans | 21 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 88 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 41:09 | 7-13 | 5-7 | 7-7 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Dahntay Jones - G | 16:34 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 41:07 | 3-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 36:20 | 10-24 | 1-4 | 8-8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
| Johan Petro - C | 14:52 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Andersen | 28:37 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| J.R. Smith | 23:19 | 6-12 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Anthony Carter | 21:16 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Renaldo Balkman | 10:21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Linas Kleiza | 6:25 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jason Hart | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Nene | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-81 | 8-22 | 23-24 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 101 | |
| 43.2% | 36.4% | 95.8% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 39:33 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 9-10 | -19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 30:17 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| David West - F | 42:02 | 6-19 | 0-0 | 6-6 | -10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Julian Wright - F | 23:41 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Hilton Armstrong - C | 24:22 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 30:50 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 5-5 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Morris Peterson | 21:59 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sean Marks | 14:11 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-4 | -6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Antonio Daniels | 8:27 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Ryan Bowen | 4:38 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Devin Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 29-68 | 5-13 | 25-30 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 88 | |
| 42.6% | 38.5% | 83.3% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 17 | Fast Break Points | 17 |
| Points in the Paint | 30 | Points in the Paint | 38 |
| Biggest Lead | 21 | Biggest Lead | 3 |