Denver Nuggets 99, New Orleans Pelicans 98 — Recap

January 24, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 99, New Orleans Pelicans 98. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-24 NOP; Q2 DEN 35-23 NOP; Q3 DEN 20-27 NOP; Q4 DEN 16-24 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 25 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-21 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists on 9-of-22 shooting; Jose Alvarado (NOP) 17 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 14 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

25 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST, 2 3PM · 11-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

25 PTS, 1 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 11-21 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

20 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 9-22 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	28	35	20	16		99
NOP	24	23	27	24		98

🧮 How They Scored

DENNOP

48Points in the paint62

15Fast-break points11

8Second-chance points16

17Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.6%Effective FG%47.6%

12.3%Turnover %13.0%

19.4%Offensive rebound %34.1%

0.163Free-throw rate0.235

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	40	25	1	7	3	0	2	11-21	3-8	0-0	+6
Nikola Jokic C	36	25	11	10	1	0	3	11-15	2-4	1-2	-6
Bruce Brown G	34	11	2	0	1	2	0	4-10	3-7	0-0	-10
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	31	7	2	4	2	1	2	3-9	1-4	0-0	-10
Aaron Gordon F	24	11	4	3	0	1	3	4-7	1-1	2-4	0
Zeke Nnaji F-C	24	4	7	0	0	1	0	1-5	0-3	2-2	+3
Christian Braun G	20	7	2	1	0	0	0	3-5	0-2	1-1	+4
Jeff Green F	17	7	2	1	1	0	2	1-3	1-1	4-4	+7
Vlatko Cancar F	14	2	3	1	0	0	0	1-5	0-3	0-0	+11

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	36	20	4	4	0	0	6	9-22	0-8	2-2	+6
Trey Murphy III F	33	10	6	1	1	0	0	3-10	3-5	1-1	-4
Jose Alvarado G	27	17	1	3	0	0	0	8-12	1-4	0-0	-5
Herbert Jones F	24	6	6	1	3	1	4	3-8	0-2	0-0	+7
Willy Hernangomez C	23	12	6	2	1	0	1	5-7	0-0	2-2	+13
Jaxson Hayes C	23	4	4	3	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	4-4	-10
Larry Nance Jr. F	22	10	6	0	0	1	0	3-6	0-0	4-4	-6
Devonte' Graham G	19	1	0	2	0	0	1	0-3	0-3	1-2	+4
Jonas Valanciunas C	18	14	9	0	0	1	2	5-9	1-1	3-5	-2
Dyson Daniels G	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-14
Garrett Temple G-F	7	2	0	2	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+6

🔬 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	36	25	78.7	24.4	-10.0	24.8
Jamal Murray	Bench	40	25	59.5	27.4	+5.3	20.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	34	11	55.0	13.7	-16.5	5.1
Aaron Gordon	Bench	24	11	62.8	25.0	-2.5	7.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	31	7	38.9	16.7	-16.4	2.6
Jeff Green	Bench	17	7	73.5	19.4	+18.4	8.3
Christian Braun	Bench	20	7	64.3	11.9	+7.9	9.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	24	4	34.0	11.5	+4.3	4.9
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	14	2	20.0	17.2	+36.9	-3.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	00	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
CJ McCollum	Bench	36	20	43.7	32.6	+6.9	6.3
Jose Alvarado	Bench	27	17	70.8	19.7	-5.8	18.5
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	18	14	62.5	28.9	-2.3	14.6
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	23	12	76.1	17.6	+28.9	18.9
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	22	10	64.4	16.7	-14.6	20.9
Trey Murphy III	Bench	33	10	47.9	12.3	-7.8	6.9
Herbert Jones	Bench	24	6	37.5	21.1	+17.2	1.5
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	23	4	42.0	8.3	-26.6	7.6
Garrett Temple	Bench	7	2	33.3	23.1	+51.6	0.0
Dyson Daniels	Bench	8	2	50.0	14.3	-92.9	10.8
Devonte' Graham	Bench	19	1	12.9	12.8	+13.7	-2.9