Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Pelicans
Regular seasonFinal
Denver Nuggets 106, New Orleans Pelicans 121
Smoothie King Center · New Orleans, LA
The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Denver Nuggets 121-106 on December 4, 2022 at Smoothie King Center. Jose Alvarado led the New Orleans Pelicans with 38 points; Nikola Jokic scored 32 for the Denver Nuggets.
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| Bruce BrownG | 38 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -11 |
| Nikola JokicC | 37 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 13-19 | 1-4 | 5-9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +1 |
| Aaron GordonF | 37 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -8 |
| Jamal MurrayGQuestionable, expected back Oct 6 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 6-17 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -8 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-PopeG | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Ish SmithG | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Vlatko CancarF | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -9 |
| Davon ReedG | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -17 |
| DeAndre JordanC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -19 |
| Nah'Shon HylandG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -14 |
| Zeke NnajiF-C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 |
| Christian BraunG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 |
| Jack WhiteF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 |
| Team | 241 | 106 | 43 | 24 | 41-81 | 8-31 | 16-24 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 |
DNP: Jeff Green, Michael Porter Jr., Collin Gillespie, Peyton Watson
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| Zion WilliamsonF | 36 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 9-17 | 0-0 | 7-11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +11 |
| CJ McCollumG | 34 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Trey Murphy IIIF | 29 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 |
| Jose AlvaradoG | 27 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 12-19 | 8-11 | 6-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +21 |
| Naji MarshallF | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +23 |
| Dyson DanielsG | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| Larry Nance Jr.FQuestionable, expected back Oct 7 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +17 |
| Willy HernangomezC | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +20 |
| Jonas ValanciunasC | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -21 |
| Devonte' GrahamG | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +14 |
| Garrett TempleG-F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 240 | 121 | 36 | 29 | 41-81 | 11-26 | 28-36 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
DNP: Jaxson Hayes, E.J. Liddell, Brandon Ingram, Herbert Jones, Kira Lewis Jr., Dereon Seabron
Season series
DEN 2, NOP 2- Dec 4 · this gameDenver Nuggets 106, New Orleans Pelicans 121
- Jan 24Denver Nuggets 99, New Orleans Pelicans 98
- Jan 31New Orleans Pelicans 113, Denver Nuggets 122
- Mar 30New Orleans Pelicans 107, Denver Nuggets 88