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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 24 | 21 | 31 | 35 | 111 |
 Nuggets | 20 | 38 | 26 | 32 | 116 |
NOPTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 43-8252.4% | 11-2445.8% | 14-2070.0% | 44 | 28 | 22 |
| DEN | 42-9345.2% | 11-3531.4% | 21-2391.3% | 41 | 28 | 13 |
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Denver Nuggets116| 39 | 23 | 9-19 | 2-5 | 3-3 | +4 | +3.4 | ||||||||
| 33 | 23 | 8-16 | 1-3 | 0 | 6-8 | +2 | +7.6 | |||||||
| 29 | 12 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +5 | +7.0 | ||||||
| 27 | 18 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 4-4 | +1 | +4.3 | ||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −3.1 | ||
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| 31 | 12 | 5-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −1.1 | |||||
| 24 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.7 | |||||
| 21 | 17 | 6-14 | 1-6 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.3 | |||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −2.7 | |||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.5 | |||
| Team | 116 | 42-9345.2% | 11-3531.4% | 41 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 21-2391.3% | 9 | 14 | 5 | |||
Bench 38 points on 15 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Tyler Lydon and DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans111| 38 | 17 | 7-17 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 0 | −4 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 38 | 18 | 7-10 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.5 | ||||||
| 35 | 16 | 7-13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −0.1 | |||||||
| 20 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 18 | 9 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.5 | |||||
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| 27 | 24 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 8-11 | −2 | +5.3 | ||||||||
| 26 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.8 | |||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −13 | +2.7 | ||||||
| 14 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +4 | +3.3 | ||||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.5 | ||||
| Team | 111 | 43-8252.4% | 11-2445.8% | 44 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 14-2070.0% | 7 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 47 points on 17 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Kenrich Williams and Wesley Johnson (coach’s decision); Anthony Davis (injury/illness).
Nuggets116Pelicans111ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Gary Harris scored 23 points (12 in the paint), and the Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 116-111.
The Nuggets took control with a 24-9 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 18.
The Pelicans got within 96-94 on Jrue Holiday’s driving layup with 3:50 to play, but Malik Beasley answered with a corner 3-pointer, and the Pelicans got no closer than 107-104.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Pelicans 13-4. Beasley scored 5 of the Nuggets’ 13 on 2 for 3 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Harris had 2 steals, both with the game within five points, and the Nuggets scored 3 points off them.
Jamal Murray had 23 points and a career-high 5 steals.
For the Pelicans, Julius Randle had 24 points (16 in the paint), 8 rebounds and 6 assists off the bench.
The Pelicans committed 22 turnovers to the Nuggets’ 13. The Nuggets outscored the Pelicans 48-34 in 14 minutes with Millsap, Harris, Jokić, Beasley and Murray on the floor together. Holiday fouled out.
Denver NuggetsNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
95 points from the field on 93 shots: 2.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-30 | 60.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 10-17 | 58.8% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-11 | 27.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-8 | 25.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-27 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrue Holiday | 25 | 7 | 3-7 | 0 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 21 | 7 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Solomon Hill | 15 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Nikola Mirotic | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 11 | 4-7 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Jackson | 29 | 3 | 1-2 | −4 |
| Jrue Holiday | 16 | 4 | 2-6 | 0 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 13 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Solomon Hill | 6 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 12 | 6-11 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Randle | 19 | 5 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Jahlil Okafor | 15 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Nikola Mirotic | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Cheick Diallo | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 12 | 5-7 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
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Highest Leverage Moments
Beasley 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Jokic 9 AST)
Q4 3:32
18.3%
64→82
Murray 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Jokic 8 AST)
Q4 4:02
13.7%
64→77
Holiday 2' Driving Layup (14 PTS)
Q4 3:50
13.7%
77→64
Moore 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Diallo 2 AST)
Q4 8:58
13.6%
82→68
Holiday 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Randle 3 AST)
Q4 6:12
11.2%
88→77
