Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Pelicans
Regular seasonFinal/OT
Denver Nuggets 120, New Orleans Pelicans 114
Smoothie King Center · New Orleans, LA
The Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 120-114 on December 8, 2021 at Smoothie King Center. Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets with 39 points; Jonas Valanciunas scored 27 for the New Orleans Pelicans.
 Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron GordonF | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +6 |
| Will BartonG | 42 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 7-18 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +13 |
| Nikola JokicC | 37 | 39 | 11 | 11 | 17-23 | 0-3 | 5-9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Jeff GreenF | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | +5 |
| Monte MorrisG | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 |
| Facundo CampazzoG | 22 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| Nah'Shon HylandG | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 5-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 |
| JaMychal GreenF | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 |
| Davon ReedG | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +3 |
| Zeke NnajiF-C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -8 |
| Team | 265 | 120 | 33 | 28 | 45-88 | 9-32 | 21-27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
 New Orleans Pelicans | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon IngramFOut, expected back Nov 1 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -6 |
| Josh HartG | 42 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -7 |
| Herbert JonesF | 39 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -7 |
| Jonas ValanciunasC | 39 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 12-21 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -4 |
| Devonte' GrahamG | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4-13 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
| Nickeil Alexander-WalkerG | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2 |
| Willy HernangomezC | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 |
| Garrett TempleG-F | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kira Lewis Jr.G | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Tomas SatoranskyG-F | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Team | 264 | 114 | 46 | 32 | 47-90 | 11-30 | 9-12 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 22 |
DNP: Jaxson Hayes, Naji Marshall, Trey Murphy III, Jose Alvarado, Gary Clark
Season series
DEN 3, NOP 1- Dec 8 · this gameDenver Nuggets 120, New Orleans Pelicans 114
- Jan 26Denver Nuggets 116, New Orleans Pelicans 105
- Feb 4New Orleans Pelicans 113, Denver Nuggets 105
- Mar 6New Orleans Pelicans 130, Denver Nuggets 138