New Orleans Pelicans 107, Denver Nuggets 88 — Recap

March 30, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 107, Denver Nuggets 88. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 21-17 DEN; Q2 NOP 29-23 DEN; Q3 NOP 32-30 DEN; Q4 NOP 25-18 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Ingram (NOP) 31 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists on 13-of-22 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 23 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Bruce Brown (DEN) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-13 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 15 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Brandon Ingram

31 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST · 13-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

23 PTS, 0 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

21 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 6-15 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	21	29	32	25		107
DEN	17	23	30	18		88

🧮 How They Scored

NOPDEN

38Points in the paint52

12Fast-break points8

8Second-chance points8

8Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.6%Effective FG%42.5%

10.0%Turnover %8.7%

21.6%Offensive rebound %22.4%

0.275Free-throw rate0.400

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	39	15	2	3	2	0	0	5-14	3-10	2-2	+26
CJ McCollum G	38	23	0	3	0	0	2	8-15	6-8	1-2	+27
Brandon Ingram F	37	31	11	10	0	0	1	13-22	0-1	5-6	+18
Herbert Jones F	34	6	7	1	0	0	3	2-6	2-2	0-0	+19
Jonas Valanciunas C	25	15	12	4	0	1	1	5-11	0-1	5-5	+14
Larry Nance Jr. F	23	4	4	0	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	2-2	+5
Josh Richardson G-F	19	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	-4
Naji Marshall F	15	7	4	1	3	0	1	2-5	0-1	3-5	-2
Dyson Daniels G	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-8

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	36	21	4	7	1	0	2	6-15	4-10	5-5	-16
Aaron Gordon F	32	11	6	4	0	0	1	4-8	0-0	3-6	-22
Jeff Green F	30	5	7	1	0	0	1	1-6	0-1	3-4	-2
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	29	5	4	2	3	0	0	1-7	0-4	3-4	-17
Bruce Brown G	28	19	5	4	0	2	2	7-13	0-2	5-8	-5
Michael Porter Jr. F	27	10	3	1	0	1	0	5-15	0-7	0-1	-23
Christian Braun G	23	11	1	0	0	0	0	5-9	0-2	1-4	-1
Zeke Nnaji F-C	17	2	6	1	0	1	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+3
Thomas Bryant C	14	4	3	0	0	1	1	2-5	0-1	0-0	-12
Peyton Watson G	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Ish Smith G	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Vlatko Cancar F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 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	37	31	62.9	32.5	+24.6	31.1
CJ McCollum	Bench	38	23	72.4	22.0	+37.5	8.1
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	25	15	56.8	24.1	+26.4	17.8
Trey Murphy III	Bench	39	15	50.4	17.4	+34.7	8.5
Naji Marshall	Bench	15	7	48.6	23.5	-9.7	13.6
Herbert Jones	Bench	34	6	50.0	12.7	+31.6	3.8
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	23	4	106.4	6.5	+11.4	7.9
Dyson Daniels	Bench	10	3	75.0	9.1	-43.1	18.9
Josh Richardson	Bench	19	3	37.5	11.6	-12.4	1.9
Garrett Temple	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dereon Seabron	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	36	21	61.0	24.1	-25.7	17.7
Bruce Brown	Bench	28	19	57.5	31.1	-5.6	20.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	32	11	51.7	17.1	-39.6	7.6
Christian Braun	Bench	23	11	51.1	21.2	-2.2	4.8
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	27	10	32.4	24.6	-47.9	2.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	29	5	28.5	13.4	-32.1	4.2
Jeff Green	Bench	30	5	32.2	13.4	-3.5	0.6
Thomas Bryant	Bench	14	4	40.0	19.4	-42.9	1.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	17	2	50.0	7.5	+6.1	7.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	2	0	0.0	25.0	0.0	-33.3
Reggie Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0