New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets
Regular seasonFinal/OT
New Orleans Pelicans 130, Denver Nuggets 138
Ball Arena · Denver, CO
The Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 138-130 on March 6, 2022 at Ball Arena. Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets with 46 points; Brandon Ingram scored 38 for the New Orleans Pelicans.
 New Orleans Pelicans | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollumG | 43 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 9-19 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -20 |
| Brandon IngramFOut, expected back Nov 1 | 40 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 12-24 | 3-7 | 11-13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -8 |
| Herbert JonesF | 40 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | -16 |
| Jonas ValanciunasC | 30 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 9-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -5 |
| Jaxson HayesC | 26 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +8 |
| Willy HernangomezC | 22 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 |
| Tony SnellG | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
| Devonte' GrahamG | 21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2 |
| Jose AlvaradoG | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +17 |
| Naji MarshallF | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 |
| Team | 264 | 130 | 49 | 30 | 48-101 | 14-33 | 20-29 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 30 |
 Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola JokicC | 43 | 46 | 12 | 11 | 16-22 | 3-5 | 11-12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | +22 |
| Aaron GordonF | 43 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 9-17 | 0-5 | 10-15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +10 |
| Monte MorrisG | 36 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7-14 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +15 |
| Jeff GreenF | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +11 |
| Will BartonG | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Austin RiversG | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +9 |
| JaMychal GreenF | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -4 |
| Nah'Shon HylandG | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -7 |
| Bryn ForbesG | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 |
| DeMarcus CousinsC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -13 |
| Team | 265 | 138 | 47 | 32 | 47-87 | 10-33 | 34-43 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 |
DNP: Zeke Nnaji, Markus Howard, Facundo Campazzo, Davon Reed
Season series
NOP 1, DEN 3- Dec 8Denver Nuggets 120, New Orleans Pelicans 114
- Jan 26Denver Nuggets 116, New Orleans Pelicans 105
- Feb 4New Orleans Pelicans 113, Denver Nuggets 105
- Mar 6 · this gameNew Orleans Pelicans 130, Denver Nuggets 138