Nuggets 121-106 Pacers (16 Mar, 2021) Box Score

Indiana Pacers

17-21, 10-10 away

106

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	32	24	35	15	106
DEN	32	33	22	34	121

Denver Nuggets

23-16, 10-8 home

121

Indiana Pacers

starters
Domantas SabonisD. Sabonis#11
Justin HolidayJ. Holiday#8
Myles TurnerM. Turner#33
Malcolm BrogdonM. Brogdon#7
Caris LeVertC. LeVert#22
bench
Brian Bowen IIB. Bowen II#10
Doug McDermottD. McDermott#20
Goga BitadzeG. Bitadze#88
T.J. McConnellT.J. McConnell#9
Edmond SumnerE. Sumner#5
Kelan MartinK. Martin#21
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#3
Cassius StanleyC. Stanley#2
JaKarr SampsonJ. Sampson#14
Jalen LecqueJ. Lecque#0
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	5-11	0-1	0-0	3	6	9	10	0	0	2	3	-15	10
32	7-16	5-11	0-0	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	0	+10	19
30	3-9	1-5	1-3	2	7	9	1	0	5	3	3	+5	8
33	9-16	3-6	3-3	1	5	6	4	0	0	1	1	-4	24
29	6-11	3-6	2-2	0	2	2	2	3	0	1	1	-14	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
20	4-9	4-7	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	-11	12
9	1-3	0-1	1-1	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	-2	3
19	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	3	1	0	0	1	-21	2
14	1-4	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-13	3
1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
18	1-4	0-2	4-4	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	2	-16	6
1	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	39-90	17-42	11-13	10	29	39	28	8	9	11	13		106
	43.3%	40.5%	84.6%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Paul MillsapP. Millsap#4
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Will BartonW. Barton#5
bench
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
JaMychal GreenJ. Green#0
Greg WhittingtonG. Whittington#3
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
Isaiah HartensteinI. Hartenstein#25
Bol BolB. Bol#10
Markus HowardM. Howard#00
Facundo CampazzoF. Campazzo#7
PJ DozierP. Dozier#35
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	3-7	0-1	0-0	1	6	7	2	0	1	1	5	+7	6
31	9-15	0-4	2-2	3	5	8	1	0	1	0	2	+15	20
34	11-25	2-4	8-10	6	8	14	5	4	1	1	2	-9	32
36	6-13	3-5	1-1	3	3	6	8	0	0	3	0	+12	16
39	6-16	5-7	3-4	1	5	6	5	1	2	1	1	+18	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	2
18	6-10	4-6	0-0	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	2	+5	16
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	+3	0
1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-2	0
22	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	6	2	0	1	1	+16	0
25	3-5	1-1	2-2	0	4	4	3	0	1	3	0	+18	9
	45-97	15-28	16-19	17	37	54	32	7	7	10	15		121
	46.4%	53.6%	84.2%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

DEN wins 2-0

Nuggets
113
Pacers
103

Game 1

5/3

Pacers
106
Nuggets
121

Game 2

16/3

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 16 March 2021

Denver, CO

Referees:
Bill Kennedy
Michael Smith
Jonathan Sterling

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	15	11	.577	6.5	W1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

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