NBA Final Intelligence
Denver Nuggets 106, New Orleans Pelicans 121 — Recap
Game Summary
Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 106, New Orleans Pelicans 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 31-27 NOP; Q2 DEN 29-32 NOP; Q3 DEN 21-28 NOP; Q4 DEN 25-34 NOP.
Top performers (box score): Jose Alvarado (NOP) 38 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 32 points, 16 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-19 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-17 shooting.
Standouts
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 | 31 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 106 | |
| NOP | 27 | 32 | 28 | 34 | 121 |
🧮 How They Scored
Box Score
Denver Nuggets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Brown G | 38 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -11 |
| Nikola Jokic C | 37 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13-19 | 1-4 | 5-9 | +1 |
| Aaron Gordon F | 37 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 4-4 | -8 |
| Jamal Murray G | 33 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6-17 | 3-8 | 3-4 | -8 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Ish Smith G | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Vlatko Cancar F | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -9 |
| Davon Reed G | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -17 |
| DeAndre Jordan C | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -19 |
| Nah'Shon Hyland G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | -14 |
| Jack White F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Zeke Nnaji F-C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Christian Braun G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Williamson F | 36 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9-17 | 0-0 | 7-11 | +11 |
| CJ McCollum G | 34 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Trey Murphy III F | 29 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 3-3 | -4 |
| Jose Alvarado G | 27 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12-19 | 8-11 | 6-7 | +21 |
| Naji Marshall F | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +23 |
| Dyson Daniels G | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Willy Hernangomez C | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 8-10 | +20 |
| Larry Nance Jr. F | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | +17 |
| Jonas Valanciunas C | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 1-1 | -21 |
| Devonte' Graham G | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2-2 | +14 |
| Garrett Temple G-F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
🔬 Advanced Stats
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | Bench | 37 | 32 | 69.7 | 30.3 | +1.2 | 24.8 |
| Aaron Gordon | Bench | 37 | 19 | 80.8 | 14.6 | -11.6 | 11.3 |
| Jamal Murray | Bench | 33 | 18 | 48.0 | 27.5 | -13.1 | 6.8 |
| Bruce Brown | Bench | 38 | 13 | 72.2 | 14.6 | -13.8 | 8.5 |
| Ish Smith | Bench | 17 | 8 | 58.1 | 28.2 | -2.9 | 2.5 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Bench | 31 | 6 | 33.8 | 14.7 | -0.4 | -0.4 |
| DeAndre Jordan | Bench | 9 | 5 | 86.8 | 19.0 | -100.0 | 9.6 |
| Davon Reed | Bench | 13 | 3 | 75.0 | 6.9 | -65.4 | 3.4 |
| Jack White | Bench | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 25.0 | +50.0 | 54.5 |
| Zeke Nnaji | Bench | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | +50.0 | 27.3 |
| Nah'Shon Hyland | Bench | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 18.2 | -121.8 | -10.3 |
| Christian Braun | Bench | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +50.0 | 0.0 |
| Vlatko Cancar | Bench | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.1 | -25.4 | -6.1 |
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Alvarado | Bench | 27 | 38 | 86.1 | 34.4 | +38.2 | 30.0 |
| Zion Williamson | Bench | 36 | 25 | 57.2 | 29.8 | +15.4 | 13.1 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | Bench | 14 | 13 | 68.9 | 35.7 | -69.5 | 11.5 |
| Trey Murphy III | Bench | 29 | 12 | 64.4 | 14.1 | -6.5 | 9.2 |
| Willy Hernangomez | Bench | 20 | 12 | 81.1 | 20.8 | +43.6 | 17.2 |
| CJ McCollum | Bench | 34 | 7 | 30.6 | 15.8 | +1.5 | 3.9 |
| Devonte' Graham | Bench | 14 | 5 | 51.2 | 19.4 | +50.0 | 15.1 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | Bench | 20 | 4 | 58.1 | 9.1 | +43.9 | 1.8 |
| Naji Marshall | Bench | 24 | 3 | 37.5 | 7.0 | +45.1 | 12.3 |
| Dyson Daniels | Bench | 21 | 2 | 33.3 | 6.4 | -10.9 | 3.3 |
| Garrett Temple | Bench | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -50.0 | 0.0 |
| Jaxson Hayes | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
⚔️ Season Series & What's Next
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