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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 28 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 99 |
 Pelicans | 24 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 98 |
DENTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 39-8048.8% | 11-3333.3% | 10-1376.9% | 34 | 27 | 12 |
| NOP | 38-8544.7% | 5-2619.2% | 17-2085.0% | 43 | 18 | 14 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Denver Nuggets99| 40 | 25 | 11-21 | 3-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +4.4 | |||||
| 36 | 25 | 11-15 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | −6 | +11.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 11 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | −2.9 | |||||
| 31 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | −10 | −4.6 | ||||||||
| 24 | 11 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | −2.8 | |||||
| 20 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.7 | |||||
| 17 | 7 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −5.1 | ||||
| Team | 99 | 39-8048.8% | 11-3333.3% | 34 | 27 | 12 | 20 | 10-1376.9% | 7 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 20 points on 6 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Peyton Watson, Ish Smith, Davon Reed and DeAndre Jordan (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans98| 36 | 20 | 9-22 | 0-8 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −10.5 | ||||
| 33 | 10 | 3-10 | 3-5 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.2 | |||||
| 24 | 6 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +7 | −2.8 | ||||||||
| 23 | 4 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.4 | ||||
| 18 | 14 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | −2 | +1.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 17 | 8-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +3.7 | ||||
| 23 | 12 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 22 | 10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −6 | +1.5 | |||||
| 19 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −6.3 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −1.1 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −1.5 | |||
| Team | 98 | 38-8544.7% | 5-2619.2% | 43 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 17-2085.0% | 14 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 44 points on 18 for 33 shooting
Nuggets99Pelicans98ClickTap 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 made an 8-foot floater on a pass from Jamal Murray with 16 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 99-98.
Willy Hernangomez’s 2 free throws had put the Pelicans ahead 98-97 with 36 seconds left.
The Pelicans had the ball down 1 with 3.9 seconds left, but Bruce Brown blocked Herbert Jones’ putback at the rim. It would have put the Pelicans ahead. They had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but CJ McCollum missed a corner 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Nuggets 6-2. In the fourth quarter, Murray had 3 steals, and the Nuggets scored 2 points off them.
Jokić had 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists on 11 for 15 shooting, his 91st career triple-double, and Murray added 25 points, 7 assists and 3 steals.
For the Pelicans, McCollum scored 20 points (16 in the paint) but went 0 for 8 from 3. Jose Alvarado scored 12 of his 17 points (14 in the paint) in the fourth quarter.
The Pelicans outscored the Nuggets 44-20 off the bench. The Nuggets were outscored 17-6 in 5 minutes with Caldwell-Pope, Jokić, Brown, Nnaji and Braun on the floor together.
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).
89 points from the field on 80 shots: about what the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-25 | 68.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 7-13 | 53.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-9 | 44.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-11 | 36.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-22 | 31.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willy Hernangomez | 26 | 10 | 5-8 | 0 |
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 25 | 13 | 5-6 | +3 |
| Trey Murphy III | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Herbert Jones | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 6 | 3-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Jones | 23 | 6 | 3-6 | −1 |
| Jose Alvarado | 18 | 2 | 1-2 | −3 |
| CJ McCollum | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Trey Murphy III | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 13 | 6-12 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Murphy III | 26 | 8 | 3-4 | +3 |
| CJ McCollum | 14 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Jose Alvarado | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Herbert Jones | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 63 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.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 8' Floating Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Murray 7 AST)
Q4 0:17
39.7%
64→24
Alvarado 3' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q4 1:02
16.9%
21→37
Brown 24' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Murray 6 AST)
Q4 5:43
16.2%
37→21
Hernangomez Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)
Q4 0:37
15.3%
37→53
End of 4th Period (10:17 PM EST)
Q4 0:00
14.4%
14→0
