New Orleans
Pelicans
119
–
144
FINAL
Denver
Nuggets
Date
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 36 | 32 | 27 | 24 | 119 |
| DEN | 36 | 32 | 45 | 31 | 144 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Michael Porter Jr.
DEN
39
PTS
12
REB
4
AST
+23
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections5
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending73.7%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.55
Impact Composite37.4
Hustle: 11.5Defense: 22.1Impact: 3.8
39 pointsDouble-Double69.6% FG5-9 from 33 steals5 deflections+23 plus/minusonly 35 pts allowed on 64.0 possessions
Box Score MVP
Nikola Jokić
DEN
38
PTS
8
REB
10
AST
+24
+/−
Game Performance
FG15-28 (53.6%)
3PT5-13
FT3-3
TS%64.8%
eFG%62.5%
STL1
BLK1
TOV1
ORTG147
DRTG115
NET+32
38 pointsDouble-Double5-13 from 36 deflections+24 plus/minusonly 31 pts allowed on 69.5 possessions
Box Score
| NOP | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Cain | 17:12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-5 | 0% | 0-4 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | +1 |
| Trey Murphy III | 32:28 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9-16 | 56% | 2-4 | 50% | 5-5 | 100% | -23 |
| CJ McCollum | 27:35 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6-14 | 43% | 3-6 | 50% | 4-4 | 100% | -23 |
| Jordan Hawkins | 24:47 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-15 | 33% | 2-6 | 33% | 3-3 | 100% | -14 |
| Zion Williamson | 26:47 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11-19 | 58% | 0-0 | 0% | 6-9 | 67% | -5 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Antonio Reeves | 14:56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 33% | 1-3 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | -5 |
| Javonte Green | 17:34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 33% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| Yves Missi | 32:24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6-8 | 75% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -22 |
| Karlo Matković | 29:34 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3-6 | 50% | 1-3 | 33% | 3-3 | 100% | -19 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 13:57 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 25% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -4 |
| TOTAL | — | 119 | 38 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 43-93 | 46% | 10-29 | 34% | 23-26 | 88% | — |
Keion Brooks Jr. —
Jose Alvarado —
| DEN | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Jones | 2:07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | +4 |
| Nikola Jokić | 35:42 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15-28 | 54% | 5-13 | 39% | 3-3 | 100% | +24 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 9:14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2-3 | 67% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +16 |
| Jamal Murray | 35:40 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-7 | 71% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +19 |
| Hunter Tyson | 10:05 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | -13 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Gordon | 30:41 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-9 | 22% | 1-4 | 25% | 2-2 | 100% | +17 |
| Christian Braun | 29:02 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8-12 | 67% | 1-3 | 33% | 6-6 | 100% | +24 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 10:11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -3 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 36:43 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16-23 | 70% | 5-9 | 56% | 2-2 | 100% | +23 |
| Julian Strawther | 24:01 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4-10 | 40% | 2-6 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | 0 |
| PJ Hall | 2:07 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +4 |
| Jalen Pickett | 12:20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-3 | 67% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +6 |
| TOTAL | — | 144 | 51 | 13 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 57-100 | 57% | 16-43 | 37% | 14-15 | 93% | — |
Dario Saric —
Trey Alexander —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
NOP43/93 (46%)
Paint
29/49 (59%)
Mid
10/28 (36%)
3PT
10/30 (33%)
Paint 47%ATB3 32%RA 85%Corner 3 36%Mid 20%
DEN57/100 (57%)
Paint
37/48 (77%)
Mid
9/15 (60%)
3PT
16/45 (36%)
ATB3 33%RA 89%Paint 58%Corner 3 44%Mid 67%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Nikola Jokić
defended Karlo Matković
6.5 min • 12 pts • 39%
Best Defender
Christian Braun
held Zion Williamson
3.4 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Michael Porter Jr.
vs CJ McCollum
3.7 min • 15 pts • 100%
| DEN Defense | Antonio Reeves | CJ McCollum | Jamal Cain | Javonte Green | Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | Jordan Hawkins | Karlo Matković | Keion Brooks Jr. | Trey Murphy III | Yves Missi | Zion Williamson |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | — | — | — | 1.0m 5pts 67% | — | — | 6.5m 12pts 39% | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | 4.1m 14pts 71% | — |
| Michael Porter Jr. | — | 3.7m 15pts 100% | — | — | 1.3m 2pts 100% | 1.6m 7pts 75% | 1.1m 4pts 33% | — | 2.8m 2pts 100% | 1.2m 5pts 50% | — |
| Christian Braun | — | 1.9m 6pts 100% | — | 1.3m 2pts 100% | — | 2.5m 2pts 50% | — | — | 1.2m 6pts 67% | — | 3.4m 0pts 0% |
| Jamal Murray | — | 1.9m 2pts 100% | 3.2m 4pts 50% | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 4.0m 2pts 100% | — | — |
| Aaron Gordon | — | — | — | — | 1.4m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 3.8m 5pts 33% | 2.3m 0pts 0% |
| Julian Strawther | 2.1m 0pts 0% | — | 1.1m 3pts 33% | — | — | 2.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.1m 2pts 50% | — | — |
| DeAndre Jordan | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.7m 0pts 0% | — |
| Hunter Tyson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% |
| Zeke Nnaji | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% |
| Other | 3.3m 8pts 100% | 3.2m 5pts 50% | 2.7m 5pts 67% | 3.4m 6pts 75% | 2.7m 6pts 100% | 3.5m 11pts 63% | 2.7m 9pts 50% | 1.1m 4pts 100% | 2.3m 4pts 100% | 1.6m 2pts 50% | — |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = DEN leads, negative = NOP leads
DEN Largest Lead
27
Q4 10:48
NOP Largest Lead
4
Q2 4:35
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
DEN 8-0 run
Q3 0:52 – Q3 2:07
-3 → +4
DEN 11-0 run
Q3 0:52 – Q3 2:24
-3 → +7
DEN 13-0 run
Q3 0:52 – Q3 3:07
-3 → +9
DEN 8-0 run
Q3 5:30 – Q3 6:23
+10 → +16