116 — 108
How the scoring unfolded
Denver Nuggets recorded 29, 27, 30, 30 across the quarters. Its highest-scoring quarters were 3 and 4, with 30 points.
New Orleans Pelicans recorded 23, 28, 31, 26 across the quarters. Its highest-scoring quarter was 3, with 31 points.
Names behind the numbers
Nikola Jokic contributed 24 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists for Denver Nuggets.
Zion Williamson contributed 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists for New Orleans Pelicans.
The statistical picture
Denver Nuggets — Rebounds: 43; Turnovers: 14.
New Orleans Pelicans — Rebounds: 34; Turnovers: 10.
Scoring moments
- 1st Quarter · 11:01
Jeremiah Fears makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- 1st Quarter · 10:46
Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 10:46
Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 10:29
Jeremiah Fears makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
- 1st Quarter · 10:10
Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- 1st Quarter · 9:23
Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- 1st Quarter · 9:06
Zion Williamson makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- 1st Quarter · 8:28
Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- 1st Quarter · 8:03
Christian Braun makes 2-foot layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- 1st Quarter · 7:38
Yves Missi makes 2-foot dunk (Zion Williamson assists)
- 1st Quarter · 6:59
Aaron Gordon makes running layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- 1st Quarter · 6:42
Derik Queen makes 3-foot reverse layup
- 1st Quarter · 5:54
Trevon Brazile makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- 1st Quarter · 5:31
Jamal Murray makes 1-foot reverse layup
- 1st Quarter · 4:39
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- 1st Quarter · 3:50
Jeremiah Fears makes 2-foot running dunk
- 1st Quarter · 3:05
DeMar DeRozan makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 1st Quarter · 2:37
Karlo Matkovic makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Derik Queen assists)
- 1st Quarter · 2:00
Tyus Jones makes 6-foot running pullup jump shot (Spencer Jones assists)
- 1st Quarter · 1:44
Jordan Poole makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karlo Matkovic assists)
- 1st Quarter · 1:15
Saddiq Bey makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- 1st Quarter · 56.6
Trevon Brazile makes 2-foot dunk (Tyus Jones assists)
- 1st Quarter · 39.6
Jordan Poole makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 39.6
Jordan Poole makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 32.4
Spencer Jones makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 1st Quarter · 0.6
DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 0.6
DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 11:20
Jordan Poole makes running layup
- 2nd Quarter · 11:04
Marvin Bagley III makes 2-foot two point shot
- 2nd Quarter · 10:49
Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Derik Queen assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 10:34
Marvin Bagley III makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot (Tyus Jones assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 10:21
Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Jordan Poole assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 9:50
Jordan Poole makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 9:50
Jordan Poole makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 9:36
Cameron Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (DeMar DeRozan assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 8:39
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
- 2nd Quarter · 7:47
Cameron Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 7:47
Cameron Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 7:31
Saddiq Bey makes driving layup
- 2nd Quarter · 7:31
Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 1
- 2nd Quarter · 7:06
Jamal Murray makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Cameron Johnson assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 5:28
Jamal Murray makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- 2nd Quarter · 4:53
Jamal Murray makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 4:33
Derik Queen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 4:01
Christian Braun makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 3:50
Christian Braun makes running dunk
- 2nd Quarter · 3:31
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 3:12
Jamal Murray makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 2:44
Derik Queen makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot (Saddiq Bey assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 2:23
Jeremiah Fears makes 3-foot running dunk (Derik Queen assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 1:55
Herbert Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 1:55
Herbert Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 1:43
Nikola Jokic makes 21-foot jumper
- 2nd Quarter · 1:43
Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- 2nd Quarter · 1:17
Herbert Jones makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 53.7
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes running layup (Derik Queen assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 51.2
Trevon Brazile makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 26.3
Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 10:39
Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot
- 3rd Quarter · 10:17
Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 10:17
Christian Braun makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 10:08
Zion Williamson makes driving layup
- 3rd Quarter · 9:54
Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 9:33
Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 9:33
Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 9:20
Zion Williamson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 8:58
Jamal Murray makes 18-foot fade away jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 8:46
Yves Missi makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 8:20
Christian Braun makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 8:02
Zion Williamson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 7:44
Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot hook shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 7:29
Cameron Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 7:29
Cameron Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 6:32
Saddiq Bey makes driving layup (Jordan Poole assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 6:09
Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- 3rd Quarter · 5:48
Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 5:33
Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 4:50
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Saddiq Bey assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 4:33
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes running dunk (Saddiq Bey assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 4:21
Christian Braun makes alley oop layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 4:21
Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 1
- 3rd Quarter · 3:45
Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 3:45
Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 3:35
Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 3:35
Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 3:14
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
- 3rd Quarter · 2:51
DeMar DeRozan makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 2:39
Derik Queen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 2:09
Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot layup (DeMar DeRozan assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 1:41
Jordan Poole makes 1-foot reverse layup
- 3rd Quarter · 32.1
Karlo Matkovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 13.7
Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 13.7
Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 11:17
Spencer Jones makes driving layup (Cameron Johnson assists)
- 4th Quarter · 10:37
Marvin Bagley III makes tip shot
- 4th Quarter · 10:04
Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- 4th Quarter · 9:39
Marvin Bagley III makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 9:11
Cameron Johnson makes driving layup
- 4th Quarter · 8:58
Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 8:58
Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 8:48
Cameron Johnson makes driving layup
- 4th Quarter · 8:38
Jeremiah Fears makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 8:14
Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 8:02
DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 7:42
Aaron Gordon makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- 4th Quarter · 6:38
DeMar DeRozan makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 5:40
Herbert Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Saddiq Bey assists)
- 4th Quarter · 5:14
Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Tyus Jones assists)
- 4th Quarter · 5:03
Saddiq Bey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yves Missi assists)
- 4th Quarter · 4:46
Jamal Murray makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- 4th Quarter · 4:30
Saddiq Bey makes technical free throw
- 4th Quarter · 4:22
Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Herbert Jones assists)
- 4th Quarter · 3:32
Christian Braun makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Denver Nuggets — Players
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 29 | 11 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +17 |
| Cameron Johnson | 28 | 11 | 3-10 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +10 |
| Nikola Jokic | 34 | 24 | 9-13 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +4 |
| Jamal Murray | 35 | 21 | 9-15 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +21 |
| Christian Braun | 25 | 15 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 4-5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +17 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 13 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | +10 |
| Spencer Jones | 12 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| Trevon Brazile | 16 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -5 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 24 | 9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyus Jones | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
New Orleans Pelicans — Players
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Jones | 24 | 8 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -16 |
| Zion Williamson | 28 | 21 | 8-15 | 2-4 | 3-7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -15 |
| Saddiq Bey | 37 | 14 | 4-14 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -9 |
| Yves Missi | 20 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -14 |
| Jeremiah Fears | 30 | 11 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -11 |
| Karlo Matkovic | 14 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -3 |
| Derik Queen | 25 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +1 |
| Jordan Poole | 23 | 11 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 |
| Jaron Pierre Jr. | 23 | 13 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 |
Denver Nuggets — Team statistics
| FG | 41-75 |
|---|---|
| Field Goal % | 55 |
| 3PT | 4-15 |
| Three Point % | 27 |
| FT | 23-31 |
| Free Throw % | 74 |
| Rebounds | 43 |
| Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| Defensive Rebounds | 36 |
| Assists | 28 |
| Steals | 9 |
| Blocks | 5 |
| Turnovers | 14 |
| Team Turnovers | 0 |
| Total Turnovers | 14 |
| Technical Fouls | 1 |
| Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 16 |
| Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in Paint | 60 |
| Fouls | 20 |
| Largest Lead | 15 |
| Lead Change | 1 |
| Percent Led | 87 |
New Orleans Pelicans — Team statistics
| FG | 34-83 |
|---|---|
| Field Goal % | 41 |
| 3PT | 13-32 |
| Three Point % | 41 |
| FT | 15-24 |
| Free Throw % | 63 |
| Rebounds | 34 |
| Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| Assists | 24 |
| Steals | 6 |
| Blocks | 7 |
| Turnovers | 10 |
| Team Turnovers | 1 |
| Total Turnovers | 11 |
| Technical Fouls | 0 |
| Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 15 |
| Fast Break Points | 13 |
| Points in Paint | 38 |
| Fouls | 22 |
| Largest Lead | 3 |
| Lead Change | 1 |
| Percent Led | 2 |