Match summary — NBA 2021-2022
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS lost to DENVER NUGGETS 114-120 on in the NBA 2021-2022. DENVER NUGGETS won by a 6-point margin. Nikola Jokic led all scorers with 39 points. NEW ORLEANS PELICANS shot 53.7% from the field while DENVER NUGGETS managed 55.6%. NEW ORLEANS PELICANS collected 30 rebounds and DENVER NUGGETS grabbed 28. This game was played as part of the NBA 2021-2022 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
114 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Jonas Valanciunas | 39:11 | 27 | 12/21 | 11/19 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 |
| * Herbert Jones | 38:44 | 19 | 8/11 | 6/9 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| * Devonte' Graham | 38:08 | 12 | 4/13 | 0/1 | 4/12 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 23:19 | 15 | 6/10 | 4/7 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Willy Hernangomez Geuer | 13:49 | 6 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Garrett Temple | 11:07 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Kira Lewis Jr. | 09:08 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 05:39 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Team totals | 179:05 | 86 | 36/67 | 27/44 | 9/23 | 5/8 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 110 |
DENVER NUGGETS
120 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Nikola Jokic | 36:42 | 39 | 17/23 | 17/20 | 0/3 | 5/9 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 |
| * Monte Morris | 36:08 | 11 | 3/10 | 1/4 | 2/6 | 3/3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| * Jeff Green | 35:52 | 8 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 22:09 | 9 | 4/9 | 3/3 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Nah'shon Hyland | 16:23 | 9 | 2/6 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 5/5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jamychal Green | 16:18 | 10 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Davon Reed | 08:37 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 07:34 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 179:43 | 90 | 35/63 | 31/42 | 4/21 | 16/21 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 121 |