New Orleans Pelicans 113, Denver Nuggets 108 — Recap

March 21, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 113, Denver Nuggets 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 22-30 DEN; Q2 NOP 36-21 DEN; Q3 NOP 25-29 DEN; Q4 NOP 30-28 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Ingram (NOP) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-19 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (NOP) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Brandon Ingram

30 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 11-23 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

30 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 9-13 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 13-19 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
NOP	22	36	25	30		113
DEN	30	21	29	28		108

🧮 How They Scored

NOPDEN

54Points in the paint54

7Fast-break points8

14Second-chance points12

12Points off turnovers25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.9%Effective FG%56.8%

14.0%Turnover %14.0%

34.1%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.353Free-throw rate0.114

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	36	30	6	8	2	1	4	11-23	2-7	6-6	+3
Steven Adams C	36	4	13	3	1	2	3	1-4	0-0	2-6	-5
Zion Williamson F	35	30	6	1	1	1	4	9-13	1-1	11-14	-3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	31	20	3	1	1	2	1	8-15	3-9	1-1	-3
Eric Bledsoe G	31	6	2	2	0	1	1	3-8	0-3	0-0	-6
Josh Hart G	29	12	9	6	1	0	2	4-9	2-5	2-2	+12
Kira Lewis Jr. G	17	6	0	0	1	0	0	3-6	0-1	0-0	+11
Nicolo Melli F	13	2	4	4	1	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+8
Jaxson Hayes C	12	3	2	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	1-1	+8

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Barton G	36	16	3	6	2	0	0	7-19	2-9	0-0	+3
Nikola Jokic C	35	29	10	10	1	1	5	13-19	3-4	0-0	+3
Jamal Murray G	35	23	3	7	1	0	1	9-16	3-6	2-2	-7
Michael Porter Jr. F	35	17	9	1	0	1	1	7-14	2-5	1-2	+4
Paul Millsap F	30	6	3	1	2	0	2	2-4	1-2	1-2	+3
PJ Dozier G-F	22	9	0	3	2	0	3	3-6	1-3	2-2	-3
Facundo Campazzo G	20	0	2	2	1	0	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	-11
JaMychal Green F	17	4	4	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	0-0	-7
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	11	4	3	0	0	3	2	1-2	0-0	2-2	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	36	30	58.5	34.5	+5.6	17.4
Zion Williamson	Bench	35	30	78.3	28.9	-4.1	15.1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	31	20	64.8	21.1	-6.3	12.8
Josh Hart	Bench	29	12	60.7	15.1	+19.4	16.1
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	31	6	37.5	12.0	-11.3	2.4
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	17	6	50.0	14.6	+31.4	6.8
Steven Adams	Bench	36	4	30.1	11.9	-6.8	3.9
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	12	3	43.6	13.3	+36.8	6.1
Nicolo Melli	Bench	13	2	25.0	12.1	+33.8	13.8

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	29	76.3	31.2	+2.7	22.1
Jamal Murray	Bench	35	23	68.1	22.0	-8.4	14.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	35	17	57.1	20.0	+5.6	9.9
Will Barton	Bench	36	16	42.1	23.5	+4.1	8.4
PJ Dozier	Bench	22	9	65.4	18.9	-6.3	5.6
Paul Millsap	Bench	30	6	61.5	10.6	+7.2	0.4
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	11	4	69.4	18.5	-40.1	6.2
JaMychal Green	Bench	17	4	50.0	9.1	-23.5	3.7
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	20	0	0.0	10.6	-23.5	-2.7