New Orleans Pelicans 112, Denver Nuggets 114 — Recap

April 28, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 112, Denver Nuggets 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 25-35 DEN; Q2 NOP 26-25 DEN; Q3 NOP 27-27 DEN; Q4 NOP 34-27 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 32 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 28 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 27 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists on 8-of-17 shooting; Facundo Campazzo (DEN) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

32 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

28 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

27 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 11-22 FG

Season highs

Lonzo Ball · Season-high 12 rebounds

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	25	26	27	34		112
DEN	35	25	27	27		114

🧮 How They Scored

NOPDEN

54Points in the paint56

17Fast-break points23

9Second-chance points2

22Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.3%Effective FG%56.5%

18.0%Turnover %15.9%

14.6%Offensive rebound %7.7%

0.218Free-throw rate0.271

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lonzo Ball G	36	16	12	12	4	2	4	6-14	4-9	0-0	+1
Brandon Ingram F	35	27	7	5	0	0	6	11-22	4-9	1-1	-3
Zion Williamson F	31	21	2	0	2	0	3	8-17	0-0	5-7	+6
Eric Bledsoe G	27	17	3	4	2	0	3	7-12	2-6	1-3	+2
Willy Hernangomez C	24	7	5	0	0	0	0	3-5	0-0	1-2	+2
Naji Marshall F	18	7	5	2	1	1	3	2-5	1-3	2-2	-2
Wenyen Gabriel F	18	0	1	0	2	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Kira Lewis Jr. G	17	3	1	1	0	1	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	-3
Jaxson Hayes C	14	10	3	0	1	0	0	3-3	0-0	4-4	-5
Steven Adams C	13	2	1	2	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-5
James Johnson F	8	2	2	1	0	1	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	40	28	8	1	1	1	2	12-21	3-8	1-2	+7
Nikola Jokic C	36	32	7	8	3	3	6	12-20	2-4	6-8	+7
Facundo Campazzo G	36	19	6	10	2	1	4	6-9	3-6	4-4	+3
PJ Dozier G-F	32	8	2	2	0	0	2	3-7	2-6	0-2	-2
Aaron Gordon F	29	10	5	1	0	0	2	4-7	0-1	2-2	-14
Austin Rivers G	26	0	0	2	4	0	1	0-5	0-4	0-0	-1
Paul Millsap F	19	7	5	2	2	1	0	3-7	0-3	1-1	+14
JaVale McGee C	12	4	3	0	0	2	0	1-5	0-0	2-2	-5
Shaquille Harrison G	10	6	2	0	2	0	1	2-4	0-0	2-2	+1

🔬 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	35	27	60.2	33.3	-5.3	11.8
Zion Williamson	Bench	31	21	52.3	29.1	+7.9	5.8
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	27	17	63.8	23.9	0.0	10.3
Lonzo Ball	Bench	36	16	57.1	20.2	-1.2	19.9
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	14	10	105.0	14.3	-15.2	24.3
Naji Marshall	Bench	18	7	59.5	18.8	-6.7	12.9
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	24	7	59.5	10.3	-0.5	5.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	17	3	37.5	11.6	-7.5	-0.6
Steven Adams	Bench	13	2	50.0	6.7	-14.3	7.2
James Johnson	Bench	8	2	50.0	15.0	-32.2	4.3
Wenyen Gabriel	Bench	18	0	0.0	2.3	+2.6	-3.6

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	32	68.0	34.9	+7.2	20.4
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	40	28	64.0	25.8	+9.9	13.4
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	36	19	88.3	18.1	+6.3	17.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	10	63.5	13.8	-18.0	3.7
PJ Dozier	Bench	32	8	50.8	13.2	-2.7	2.7
Paul Millsap	Bench	19	7	47.0	15.2	+33.3	16.4
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	10	6	61.5	22.2	-4.0	13.1
JaVale McGee	Bench	12	4	34.0	21.4	-11.5	3.5
Austin Rivers	Bench	26	0	0.0	8.6	-4.5	-1.0