New Orleans Pelicans 130, Denver Nuggets 138 — Recap

March 6, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 130, Denver Nuggets 138 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 19-35 DEN; Q2 NOP 38-27 DEN; Q3 NOP 37-22 DEN; Q4 NOP 30-40 DEN; OT1 NOP 6-14 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 46 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 16-of-22 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 38 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 28 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 19 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

46 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 16-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

38 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

28 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 9-17 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	OT		T
NOP	19	38	37	30	6		130
DEN	35	27	22	40	14		138

🧮 How They Scored

NOPDEN

42Points in the paint60

12Fast-break points24

9Second-chance points16

22Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.5%Effective FG%59.8%

11.0%Turnover %12.4%

27.5%Offensive rebound %22.2%

0.287Free-throw rate0.494

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	43	24	5	9	1	0	1	9-19	2-6	4-6	-20
Brandon Ingram F	40	38	5	9	0	1	5	12-24	3-7	11-13	-8
Herbert Jones F	40	7	4	2	3	0	3	3-9	1-3	0-0	-16
Jonas Valanciunas C	30	19	14	2	0	0	3	9-16	1-3	0-0	-5
Jaxson Hayes C	26	6	6	0	1	1	0	3-6	0-1	0-0	+8
Willy Hernangomez C	22	8	8	2	1	2	1	3-9	0-0	2-3	-8
Tony Snell G	22	6	1	1	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	-6
Devonte' Graham G	21	12	1	3	1	0	1	4-10	3-7	1-3	+2
Jose Alvarado G	11	6	1	2	1	0	0	2-4	2-3	0-0	+17
Naji Marshall F	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	2-4	-4

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	43	46	12	11	3	4	5	16-22	3-5	11-12	+22
Aaron Gordon F	43	28	8	2	1	2	3	9-17	0-5	10-15	+10
Monte Morris G	36	18	3	8	0	1	2	7-14	2-6	2-2	+15
Jeff Green F	34	8	3	3	1	0	0	3-7	0-1	2-2	+11
Will Barton G	24	9	4	3	2	0	1	3-7	2-5	1-2	-1
Austin Rivers G	24	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+9
JaMychal Green F	19	10	8	1	0	0	1	4-4	0-0	2-2	-4
Nah'Shon Hyland G	17	11	3	3	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	3-4	-7
Bryn Forbes G	15	7	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-3	2-2	-2
DeMarcus Cousins C	10	1	4	0	0	0	2	0-4	0-2	1-2	-13

🔬 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	40	38	63.9	36.6	-12.5	16.4
CJ McCollum	Bench	43	24	55.5	19.8	-22.9	11.3
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	30	19	59.4	27.5	-6.2	12.0
Devonte' Graham	Bench	21	12	53.0	21.1	-1.0	5.0
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	22	8	38.8	19.0	-11.0	7.2
Herbert Jones	Bench	40	7	38.9	13.2	-19.3	1.1
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	26	6	50.0	10.2	+13.0	5.5
Jose Alvarado	Bench	11	6	75.0	14.8	+66.8	13.0
Tony Snell	Bench	22	6	150.0	3.3	-14.7	7.8
Naji Marshall	Bench	9	4	53.2	14.3	-19.0	10.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	43	46	84.3	33.0	+22.4	29.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	43	28	59.3	27.4	+14.3	9.1
Monte Morris	Bench	36	18	60.5	21.0	+22.0	11.2
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	17	11	81.4	19.0	-14.7	14.7
JaMychal Green	Bench	19	10	102.5	13.0	-3.6	15.4
Will Barton	Bench	24	9	57.1	16.7	+2.4	9.6
Jeff Green	Bench	34	8	50.8	10.3	+17.0	6.6
Bryn Forbes	Bench	15	7	59.5	16.2	-5.9	3.0
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	10	1	10.2	26.9	-56.5	-11.7
Austin Rivers	Bench	24	0	0.0	3.4	+23.1	-2.3