Denver Nuggets 132, New Orleans Pelicans 129 — Recap

December 22, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 132, New Orleans Pelicans 129 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-29 NOP; Q2 DEN 31-38 NOP; Q3 DEN 22-26 NOP; Q4 DEN 38-26 NOP; OT1 DEN 13-10 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 27 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 27 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Jordan Hawkins (NOP) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Yves Missi (NOP) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists on 9-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

27 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST, 2 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

27 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-19 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jordan Hawkins

25 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 9-18 FG

Season highs

Jordan Hawkins · Season-high 25 pointsDejounte Murray · Season-high 15 assistsCJ McCollum · Season-high 9 assistsJordan Hawkins · Season-high 5 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	OT		T
DEN	28	31	22	38	13		132
NOP	29	38	26	26	10		129

🧮 How They Scored

DENNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.7%Effective FG%51.5%

16.5%Turnover %9.9%

31.1%Offensive rebound %16.7%

0.330Free-throw rate0.198

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	43	27	13	10	1	1	3	11-20	2-3	3-5	+6
Jamal Murray G	41	27	8	4	3	1	6	9-19	2-9	7-8	-5
Christian Braun G	39	10	6	5	2	—	1	4-8	0-1	2-2	+2
Russell Westbrook G	36	21	5	5	3	1	5	9-14	1-4	2-4	+6
Aaron Gordon F	35	17	8	3	1	—	2	6-12	2-4	3-6	-6
Michael Porter Jr. F	23	8	4	1	—	2	4	2-8	2-6	2-2	-10
Julian Strawther G	20	13	1	1	—	1	—	4-8	1-5	4-4	+20
Peyton Watson G	18	5	5	5	—	2	1	2-5	0-1	1-1	+5
DeAndre Jordan C	10	4	4	—	—	—	—	2-3	—	—	-3

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dejounte Murray G	44	17	8	15	6	1	2	7-24	0-6	3-5	-8
Yves Missi C	40	21	9	1	2	3	—	9-12	0-1	3-5	+4
CJ McCollum G	39	24	6	9	1	1	2	8-21	4-10	4-6	—
Herbert Jones F	39	8	6	6	4	1	4	3-8	0-2	2-2	+3
Jordan Hawkins G	34	25	1	1	—	3	1	9-18	5-13	2-2	+3
Trey Murphy III F	27	21	8	3	2	—	2	9-16	3-7	—	+8
Javonte Green G-F	14	2	1	—	1	—	1	1-2	—	—	-12

🔬 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	43	27	60.8	23.1	+8.4	17.0
Jamal Murray	Bench	41	27	59.9	27.1	-6.3	11.5
Russell Westbrook	Bench	36	21	66.6	22.6	+8.6	9.6
Aaron Gordon	Bench	35	17	58.1	19.3	-6.4	9.3
Julian Strawther	Bench	20	13	66.6	17.0	+40.4	8.5
Christian Braun	Bench	39	10	56.3	10.1	+3.5	9.6
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	23	8	45.0	22.4	-18.5	2.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	18	5	46.0	12.8	+19.8	10.4
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	10	4	66.7	10.7	-16.5	8.9
Dario Saric	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PJ Hall	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spencer Jones	Bench	00	—	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
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	34	25	66.2	22.6	+3.8	10.6
CJ McCollum	Bench	39	24	50.8	26.5	-1.1	14.1
Trey Murphy III	Bench	27	21	65.6	24.7	+12.7	19.0
Yves Missi	Bench	40	21	73.9	13.9	+4.5	14.8
Dejounte Murray	Bench	44	17	32.4	24.6	-8.0	10.5
Herbert Jones	Bench	39	8	45.0	12.9	+2.2	6.9
Javonte Green	Bench	14	2	50.0	8.1	-31.2	-2.4
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0