National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 121,
New Orleans 63
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, April 27, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #48 Scott Foster, #36 David Jones
Attendance: 17236
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #48 Scott Foster, #36 David Jones
Attendance: 17236
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 36 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 121 |
| New Orleans | 15 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 63 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 30:01 | 5-11 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Dahntay Jones - G | 26:13 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 35:50 | 9-17 | 2-3 | 6-7 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 32:53 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Nene - C | 15:57 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Andersen | 22:47 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| J.R. Smith | 21:26 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Linas Kleiza | 15:26 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Anthony Carter | 13:26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renaldo Balkman | 10:44 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Johan Petro | 8:08 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jason Hart | 7:07 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 43-76 | 10-20 | 25-30 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 121 | |
| 56.6% | 50.0% | 83.3% | Team Rebs: 2 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 36:00 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 25:08 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 4-4 | -18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| David West - F | 30:25 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 6-6 | -38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 30:01 | 2-9 | 0-5 | 6-6 | -39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 12:46 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 22:52 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 3-4 | -21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Antonio Daniels | 17:35 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-6 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sean Marks | 17:13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris Peterson | 12:00 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 12:00 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Devin Brown | 12:00 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Julian Wright | 12:00 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 17-54 | 2-15 | 27-32 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 63 | |
| 31.5% | 13.3% | 84.4% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 27 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | Kenyon Martin , Carmelo Anthony |
| NO | Chris Paul , Rasual Butler , James Posey |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 18 |
| Biggest Lead | 58 | Biggest Lead | 2 |