New Orleans Pelicans 113, Denver Nuggets 105 — Recap

February 4, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 113, Denver Nuggets 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 27-29 DEN; Q2 NOP 24-23 DEN; Q3 NOP 31-30 DEN; Q4 NOP 31-23 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 25 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Herbert Jones (NOP) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-10 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists on 8-of-20 shooting; Jaxson Hayes (NOP) 22 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists on 9-of-9 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 19 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

25 PTS, 12 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 7-10 FG

Scoring · NOP

Herbert Jones

25 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 8-10 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

23 PTS, 4 REB, 12 AST · 8-20 FG

Season highs

Jaxson Hayes · Season-high 11 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	27	24	31	31		113
DEN	29	23	30	23		105

🧮 How They Scored

NOPDEN

60Points in the paint32

13Fast-break points7

6Second-chance points14

13Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.3%Effective FG%57.1%

14.1%Turnover %14.9%

17.2%Offensive rebound %17.5%

0.307Free-throw rate0.218

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	38	23	4	12	1	2	1	8-20	0-4	7-7	+9
Herbert Jones F	34	25	2	0	2	0	1	8-10	3-4	6-6	+4
Jaxson Hayes C	33	22	11	1	1	1	1	9-9	0-0	4-4	+9
Jonas Valanciunas C	32	18	7	4	0	0	2	8-13	1-3	1-2	+6
Devonte' Graham G	32	6	4	5	0	0	2	2-6	2-5	0-0	+11
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	20	10	4	4	1	2	5	4-9	1-4	1-2	+5
Trey Murphy III F	17	2	3	0	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Gary Clark F	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+3
Jose Alvarado G	16	5	0	1	1	0	1	2-6	1-4	0-0	-3

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	35	25	12	9	2	0	4	7-10	3-3	8-8	-6
Will Barton G	34	17	4	2	3	1	3	8-15	1-4	0-0	-8
Monte Morris G	31	19	0	4	0	1	0	6-12	5-8	2-2	-9
Zeke Nnaji F-C	29	8	6	2	1	2	1	3-4	1-2	1-2	-3
Davon Reed G	25	9	1	0	0	0	2	3-6	3-6	0-0	-11
Bryn Forbes G	19	6	2	1	0	0	1	2-11	2-6	0-0	+1
Jeff Green F	19	5	1	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	3-3	-5
Austin Rivers G	19	3	1	1	1	0	1	1-5	1-2	0-0	+2
Nah'Shon Hyland G	17	8	3	1	0	0	0	2-8	2-6	2-2	+1
JaMychal Green F	13	5	1	1	2	0	2	2-4	1-3	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Herbert Jones	Bench	34	25	98.9	19.2	+6.1	15.8
Brandon Ingram	Bench	38	23	49.8	28.6	+10.2	15.3
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	33	22	102.2	15.8	+6.9	22.4
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	32	18	64.8	22.9	+5.7	10.3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	20	10	50.6	34.9	+9.9	9.5
Devonte' Graham	Bench	32	6	50.0	11.9	+16.4	6.2
Jose Alvarado	Bench	16	5	41.7	19.4	-15.0	-1.4
Trey Murphy III	Bench	17	2	50.0	8.8	-12.5	5.0
Gary Clark	Bench	17	2	113.6	2.6	+5.3	4.6
Naji Marshall	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-40.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	25	92.5	24.7	-8.7	20.0
Monte Morris	Bench	31	19	73.8	20.6	-10.4	10.7
Will Barton	Bench	34	17	56.7	26.5	-10.2	6.4
Davon Reed	Bench	25	9	75.0	16.0	-20.4	2.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	29	8	82.0	9.5	+0.3	9.5
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	17	8	45.0	23.1	+2.9	9.8
Bryn Forbes	Bench	19	6	27.3	27.9	+5.1	-1.5
Jeff Green	Bench	19	5	57.9	12.8	-13.9	4.5
JaMychal Green	Bench	13	5	62.5	19.4	-10.4	4.1
Austin Rivers	Bench	19	3	30.0	13.6	+0.7	0.0