Denver Nuggets 120, New Orleans Pelicans 114 — Recap

December 8, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 120, New Orleans Pelicans 114 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 35-33 NOP; Q2 DEN 29-24 NOP; Q3 DEN 16-20 NOP; Q4 DEN 25-28 NOP; OT1 DEN 15-9 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 39 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists on 17-of-23 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 27 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Herbert Jones (NOP) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

39 PTS, 11 REB, 11 AST · 17-23 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jonas Valanciunas

27 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · DEN

Will Barton

20 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 7-18 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 39 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
DEN	35	29	16	25	15		120
NOP	33	24	20	28	9		114

🧮 How They Scored

DENNOP

60Points in the paint66

7Fast-break points14

11Second-chance points8

31Points off turnovers9

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.3%Effective FG%58.3%

9.9%Turnover %18.8%

12.2%Offensive rebound %26.3%

0.307Free-throw rate0.133

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	43	10	2	1	2	1	0	3-7	1-4	3-4	+6
Will Barton G	42	20	3	6	1	1	3	7-18	4-7	2-2	+13
Nikola Jokic C	37	39	11	11	1	0	6	17-23	0-3	5-9	+4
Monte Morris G	36	11	4	2	3	0	0	3-10	2-6	3-3	+5
Jeff Green F	36	8	4	2	0	1	0	4-6	0-1	0-0	+5
Facundo Campazzo G	22	9	1	4	1	0	0	4-9	1-6	0-0	-2
JaMychal Green F	16	10	5	1	2	1	0	3-6	1-3	3-4	+2
Nah'Shon Hyland G	16	9	1	0	1	0	1	2-6	0-2	5-5	+2
Davon Reed G	9	4	2	0	1	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	+3
Zeke Nnaji F-C	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	43	16	8	5	4	0	6	6-12	1-4	3-3	-6
Josh Hart G	42	12	8	8	0	0	6	5-11	1-3	1-1	-7
Jonas Valanciunas C	39	27	11	3	0	3	3	12-21	1-2	2-3	-4
Herbert Jones F	39	19	7	3	1	2	2	8-11	2-2	1-2	-7
Devonte' Graham G	38	12	3	5	1	0	1	4-13	4-12	0-0	-3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	23	15	4	2	1	0	0	6-10	2-3	1-2	+2
Willy Hernangomez C	14	6	4	1	0	0	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Garrett Temple G-F	11	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	0
Kira Lewis Jr. G	9	5	0	3	1	0	1	2-4	0-1	1-1	-2
Tomas Satoransky G-F	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	39	72.3	41.0	+3.8	24.2
Will Barton	Bench	42	20	53.0	23.7	+11.5	8.2
Monte Morris	Bench	36	11	48.6	14.3	+6.8	7.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	43	10	57.1	9.4	+4.3	3.6
JaMychal Green	Bench	16	10	64.4	21.6	+10.7	33.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	16	9	54.9	24.3	+8.6	13.6
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	22	9	50.0	18.4	-2.2	10.5
Jeff Green	Bench	36	8	66.7	7.8	+5.2	4.4
Davon Reed	Bench	9	4	66.7	22.2	+17.6	13.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	8	0	0.0	0.0	-50.0	-3.8

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	39	27	60.5	28.1	-5.1	12.6
Herbert Jones	Bench	39	19	80.0	16.3	-5.9	12.4
Brandon Ingram	Bench	43	16	60.1	19.4	-4.3	8.8
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	23	15	68.9	18.6	0.0	16.0
Josh Hart	Bench	42	12	52.4	18.1	-7.1	5.0
Devonte' Graham	Bench	38	12	46.2	16.3	-2.5	6.6
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	14	6	100.0	15.2	-6.9	21.4
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	9	5	56.3	21.7	-10.5	15.4
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	6	2	100.0	15.4	-14.1	0.0
Garrett Temple	Bench	11	0	0.0	13.8	-3.1	-5.1