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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 19 | 38 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 130 |
 Nuggets | 35 | 27 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 138 |
NOPTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 48-10147.5% | 14-3342.4% | 20-2969.0% | 49 | 30 | 14 |
| DEN | 47-8754.0% | 10-3330.3% | 34-4379.1% | 47 | 32 | 15 |
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Denver Nuggets138| 43 | 28 | 9-17 | 0-5 | 10-15 | +10 | +0.7 | ||||||||
| 43 | 46 | 16-22 | 3-5 | 11-12 | +22 | +25.1 | ||||||||
| 36 | 18 | 7-14 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +1.1 | ||||||
| 34 | 8 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −3.0 | |||||
| 24 | 9 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −6.8 | |||||
| 19 | 10 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +3.9 | ||||||
| 17 | 11 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +2.4 | |||||
| 15 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.2 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −7.3 | |||||
| Team | 138 | 47-8754.0% | 10-3330.3% | 47 | 32 | 15 | 26 | 34-4379.1% | 10 | 7 | 8 | |||
Bench 29 points on 9 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Markus Howard, Zeke Nnaji, Facundo Campazzo and Davon Reed (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans130| 43 | 24 | 9-19 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 0 | −20 | +4.5 | |||||||
| 40 | 38 | 12-24 | 3-7 | 11-13 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 40 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −9.1 | ||||||
| 30 | 19 | 9-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +0.6 | ||||||
| 26 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | +8 | −2.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 8 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | −8 | +0.5 | ||||||||
| 22 | 6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.1 | ||||
| 21 | 12 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.9 | ||||||
| 11 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +2.7 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −4 | +1.9 | |||||
| Team | 130 | 48-10147.5% | 14-3342.4% | 49 | 30 | 14 | 30 | 20-2969.0% | 14 | 9 | 4 | |||
Bench 36 points on 12 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Gary Clark, Garrett Temple and Alize Johnson (coach’s decision).
Nuggets138Pelicans130ClickTap 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.
Nikola Jokić had 46 points (23 in the fourth quarter), 12 rebounds and 11 assists, his 74th career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 138-130 in overtime.
Nikola Jokić made 2 free throws with 3.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 124, and the Nuggets outscored the Pelicans 14-6 in overtime.
Jokić’s 29-foot 3-pointer with 1:30 left in overtime made it 134-130, and his 17-foot jumper with 28.3 seconds left in overtime put it away at 136-130.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Pelicans 19-12. Jokić (No. 3 in clutch points, 2021-22) scored 14 of the Nuggets’ 19 on 4 for 4 shooting and 5 for 5 at the line.
Aaron Gordon had 28 points (18 in the paint) and 8 rebounds. Jokić scored 23 of his 46 points in the fourth quarter. Jokić and Monte Morris set each other up for 9 baskets and 21 points, 6 of them in the fourth quarter or overtime.
For the Pelicans, Brandon Ingram had 38 points and 9 assists, and CJ McCollum added 24 points and 9 assists.
The Nuggets shot 54.0% from the field to the Pelicans’ 47.5%. They scored the last 12 points of the game. The Pelicans were outscored 22-8 in 7 minutes with McCollum, Snell, Hernangomez, Ingram and Jones on the floor together. Jonas Valančiūnas 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. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 4.2% (4th quarter, 3:08 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
104 points from the field on 87 shots: 10.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 25-30 | 83.3% | 65% |
| In the paint | 6-11 | 54.5% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 6-13 | 46.2% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 1-5 | 20.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-28 | 32.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 46 | 22 | 9-15 | +3 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 20 | 17 | 7-7 | +9 |
| Herbert Jones | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| CJ McCollum | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-3 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 50 points on 92 possessions. He usually scores about 38 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxson Hayes | 28 | 1 | 0-6 | −6 |
| Tony Snell | 16 | 2 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Brandon Ingram | 15 | 13 | 5-5 | +9 |
| CJ McCollum | 10 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 12 | 5-8 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 27 | 2 | 1-2 | −4 |
| Herbert Jones | 18 | 2 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Brandon Ingram | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Devonte' Graham | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 11 | 5-7 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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
Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (39 PTS)
Q4 0:03
38.3%
14→53
Jokic 29' 3PT Jump Shot (44 PTS) (Morris 7 AST)
OT 1:30
28.2%
58→86
Morris 26' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Jokic 11 AST)
OT 3:11
19.6%
29→49
Jokic 2' Driving Dunk (37 PTS) (Gordon 2 AST)
Q4 0:15
15.6%
8→24
Gordon 2' Putback Layup (28 PTS)
OT 2:20
15.4%
47→62
