National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 108,
New Orleans 93
When: 10:30 PM ET, Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #14 Joe DeRosa, #12 Violet Palmer, #18 Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 19623
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #14 Joe DeRosa, #12 Violet Palmer, #18 Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 19623
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 25 | 19 | 27 | 22 | 93 |
| Denver | 27 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 108 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 38:27 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 4-4 | -15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 33:44 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | -25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| David West - F | 40:26 | 9-20 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -13 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 28:59 | 5-9 | 4-5 | 3-3 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 35:44 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-4 | -21 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 24:57 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Antonio Daniels | 9:33 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Devin Brown | 8:19 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sean Marks | 7:54 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Julian Wright | 7:34 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 4:23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris Peterson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-74 | 9-16 | 16-20 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 93 | |
| 45.9% | 56.2% | 80.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 35:15 | 8-15 | 4-6 | 11-11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Dahntay Jones - G | 19:59 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 36:22 | 10-20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 31:24 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Nene - C | 30:04 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Andersen | 26:47 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| J.R. Smith | 26:36 | 6-11 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Anthony Carter | 21:05 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Linas Kleiza | 8:38 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johan Petro | 2:51 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hart | 0:59 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 43-86 | 9-16 | 13-21 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 108 | |
| 50.0% | 56.2% | 61.9% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 6 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | Tyson Chandler |
| DEN | Nene , Chris Andersen |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 10 | Fast Break Points | 16 |
| Points in the Paint | 32 | Points in the Paint | 42 |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | Biggest Lead | 23 |