The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Denver Nuggets 121-106 on Dec 4, 2022 at Smoothie King Center.
Final · Smoothie King Center
Top performers
- Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 32 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists.
- Jose Alvarado led the Pelicans with 38 points, 3 rebounds and 2 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 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13-19 | 1-4 | 5-9 | 4 |
| Aaron Gordon | 37 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 3 |
| Jamal Murray | 33 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6-17 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 2 |
| Ish Smith | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 1 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Christian Braun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Bones Hyland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Team | 173 | 88 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 33-65 | 6-24 | 16-24 | 14 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Alvarado | 27 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12-19 | 8-11 | 6-7 | 3 |
| Zion Williamson | 36 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9-17 | 0-0 | 7-11 | 0 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 5 |
| Trey Murphy III | 29 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 4 |
| CJ McCollum | 34 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1 |
| Devonte' Graham | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4 |
| Naji Marshall | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Dyson Daniels | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Garrett Temple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 220 | 109 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 39-78 | 11-26 | 20-26 | 19 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Nuggets · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 2, 2022: DEN 109, ATL 117 · Next Dec 6, 2022: DAL 116, DEN 115
- Pelicans · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 2, 2022: NO 117, SA 99 · Next Dec 7, 2022: DET 98, NO 104