The Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 120-114 on Dec 8, 2021 at Smoothie King Center.
Final · Smoothie King Center
Top performers
- Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 39 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.
- Jonas Valanciunas led the Pelicans with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.
Denver Nuggets box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | 37 | 39 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17-23 | 0-3 | 5-9 | 2 |
| Will Barton | 42 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7-18 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Monte Morris | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 0 |
| JaMychal Green | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 3 |
| Bones Hyland | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 5-5 | 0 |
| Jeff Green | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Team | 234 | 107 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 39-76 | 8-26 | 21-27 | 15 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
New Orleans Pelicans box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Valanciunas | 39 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12-21 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 4 |
| Herbert Jones | 39 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1 |
| Brandon Ingram | 43 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 5 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 |
| Josh Hart | 42 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 6 |
| Devonte' Graham | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-13 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Garrett Temple | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 241 | 103 | 42 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 42-83 | 11-29 | 8-11 | 21 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Nuggets · 2021-22 season · Previous Dec 6, 2021: DEN 97, CHI 109 · Next Dec 9, 2021: DEN 111, SA 123
- Pelicans · 2021-22 season · Previous Dec 5, 2021: NO 108, HOU 118 · Next Dec 10, 2021: DET 93, NO 109