Denver Nuggets 116, New Orleans Pelicans 105 — Recap

January 28, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 116, New Orleans Pelicans 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 26-17 NOP; Q2 DEN 24-31 NOP; Q3 DEN 36-30 NOP; Q4 DEN 30-27 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Herbert Jones (NOP) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Willy Hernangomez (NOP) 18 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists on 5-of-14 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (NOP) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

20 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · NOP

Herbert Jones

19 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 7-13 FG

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		T
DEN	26	24	36	30		116
NOP	17	31	30	27		105

🧮 How They Scored

DENNOP

46Points in the paint56

14Fast-break points7

12Second-chance points20

22Points off turnovers26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.3%Effective FG%41.7%

18.4%Turnover %11.1%

23.7%Offensive rebound %29.2%

0.305Free-throw rate0.367

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Rivers G	35	12	1	1	3	1	3	4-6	2-4	2-2	+19
Monte Morris G	33	13	8	8	0	1	0	5-11	1-4	2-2	+11
Aaron Gordon F	31	20	4	2	1	0	4	8-18	2-8	2-2	+10
Nikola Jokic C	30	29	13	10	2	0	6	11-19	3-6	4-4	+15
Bryn Forbes G	25	14	2	1	0	0	0	5-11	2-4	2-2	-2
Nah'Shon Hyland G	25	6	3	4	1	1	2	2-4	1-3	1-2	-4
Jeff Green F	21	2	1	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	17	11	3	0	0	0	1	5-5	1-1	0-1	0
DeMarcus Cousins C	12	6	7	2	1	1	2	1-7	0-2	4-4	0
Facundo Campazzo G	7	3	0	1	0	0	3	0-1	0-1	3-4	-3
JaMychal Green F	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones F	37	19	7	3	5	0	1	7-13	1-4	4-4	-9
Josh Hart G	37	16	8	2	1	0	3	6-13	1-4	3-4	-11
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	34	18	3	4	0	1	3	5-14	2-8	6-6	-1
Devonte' Graham G	34	15	3	5	1	0	3	4-12	1-6	6-6	+3
Willy Hernangomez C	33	18	16	3	1	3	1	5-14	0-2	8-10	-6
Garrett Temple G-F	23	0	1	3	5	0	0	0-5	0-4	0-0	-9
Jaxson Hayes C	16	13	3	1	0	0	2	6-8	0-0	1-1	-5
Jose Alvarado G	14	2	1	1	1	0	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	-14
Naji Marshall F	12	4	1	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	2-2	-1
Gary Clark F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-2

🔬 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	30	29	69.8	36.6	+20.4	24.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	20	53.0	29.7	+13.6	9.3
Bryn Forbes	Bench	25	14	58.9	18.8	-5.6	9.4
Monte Morris	Bench	33	13	54.7	15.4	+12.7	15.2
Austin Rivers	Bench	35	12	87.2	11.6	+26.3	6.9
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	17	11	101.1	14.0	0.0	19.4
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	25	6	61.5	12.1	-5.4	4.4
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	12	6	34.2	35.5	+3.2	11.8
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	7	3	54.3	37.5	-20.0	-18.2
Jeff Green	Bench	21	2	113.6	2.1	+13.5	2.3
Markus Howard	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
JaMychal Green	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	+48.2	2.0
Davon Reed	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Herbert Jones	Bench	37	19	64.4	17.6	-10.0	13.6
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	34	18	54.1	25.0	-1.4	8.6
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	33	18	48.9	24.7	-7.1	15.8
Josh Hart	Bench	37	16	54.2	20.0	-12.6	8.7
Devonte' Graham	Bench	34	15	51.2	21.4	+2.7	7.9
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	16	13	77.0	25.6	-18.0	17.5
Naji Marshall	Bench	12	4	41.0	16.1	-3.8	2.8
Jose Alvarado	Bench	14	2	20.0	13.9	-37.3	-4.2
Garrett Temple	Bench	23	0	0.0	8.3	-20.4	2.8
Gary Clark	Bench	2	0	0.0	22.2	-40.0	33.3