Denver Nuggets 110, New Orleans Pelicans 115 — Recap

November 17, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 110, New Orleans Pelicans 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-36 NOP; Q2 DEN 25-33 NOP; Q3 DEN 33-26 NOP; Q4 DEN 24-20 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 26 points, 16 rebounds, 18 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Christian Braun (DEN) 25 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

26 PTS, 16 REB, 18 AST, 1 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

26 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Christian Braun

25 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 11-19 FG

Season highs

Zion Williamson · Season-high 26 pointsChristian Braun · Season-high 25 pointsNikola Jokic · Season-high 18 assistsKentavious Caldwell-Pope · Season-high 8 assistsBrandon Ingram · Season-high 8 assistsNaji Marshall · Season-high 4 threes

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	25	33	24		110
NOP	36	33	26	20		115

🧮 How They Scored

DENNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.6%Effective FG%58.6%

9.2%Turnover %9.1%

22.7%Offensive rebound %9.3%

0.143Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	39	14	8	2	1	—	—	7-14	0-4	0-3	+1
Nikola Jokic C	36	26	16	18	1	1	4	10-20	1-8	5-5	+5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	35	8	1	8	1	2	—	3-7	2-4	—	+4
Michael Porter Jr. F	33	18	11	—	—	—	—	8-14	2-6	0-1	-15
Christian Braun G	30	25	9	3	—	—	—	11-19	3-5	0-1	+3
Peyton Watson G	11	3	3	1	—	—	2	1-3	0-1	1-2	-2
Jalen Pickett G	10	—	1	1	—	—	1	0-2	0-2	—	+9
Julian Strawther G	9	2	—	1	1	—	—	1-4	0-3	—	-16
Zeke Nnaji F-C	4	—	—	—	—	—	2	0-1	—	—	-10

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	38	21	3	8	1	—	2	9-19	2-4	1-1	-5
Herbert Jones F	37	8	5	4	3	1	1	3-8	0-1	2-2	-2
Jonas Valanciunas C	34	22	8	3	—	1	—	10-18	1-3	1-3	-8
Zion Williamson F	33	26	4	6	—	2	4	10-17	1-1	5-11	+21
Dyson Daniels G	33	10	8	7	3	—	—	4-6	0-1	2-3	+12
Jordan Hawkins G	26	7	5	4	—	—	—	3-7	1-3	—	-3
Naji Marshall F	18	12	5	1	1	—	2	4-6	4-5	—	-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	36	26	58.6	31.3	+6.9	23.4
Christian Braun	Bench	30	25	64.3	27.9	+6.5	21.8
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	33	18	62.3	16.5	-22.2	11.1
Aaron Gordon	Bench	39	14	45.7	16.3	+1.2	5.4
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	35	8	57.1	9.1	+7.4	8.3
Peyton Watson	Bench	11	3	38.7	20.7	+5.8	-2.4
Julian Strawther	Bench	9	2	25.0	18.2	-71.7	-3.8
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	4	—	0.0	23.1	-80.3	-38.5
Collin Gillespie	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	10	—	0.0	14.3	+49.0	-7.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	33	26	59.5	31.6	+25.8	10.5
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	34	22	56.9	25.7	-12.1	9.8
Brandon Ingram	Bench	38	21	54.0	24.4	-6.5	9.1
Naji Marshall	Bench	18	12	100.0	17.8	-4.5	21.9
Dyson Daniels	Bench	33	10	68.3	9.2	+19.7	14.2
Herbert Jones	Bench	37	8	45.0	12.0	-2.7	6.5
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	26	7	50.0	11.3	-11.0	10.5
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0