Nuggets 114-112 Pelicans (29 Apr, 2021) Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

27-35, 10-19 away

112

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	25	26	27	34	112
DEN	35	25	27	27	114

Denver Nuggets

41-21, 23-10 home

114

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
Zion WilliamsonZ. Williamson#1
Brandon IngramB. Ingram#14
Steven AdamsS. Adams#12
Lonzo BallL. Ball#2
Eric BledsoeE. Bledsoe#5
bench
James JohnsonJ. Johnson#16
Wenyen GabrielW. Gabriel#32
Naji MarshallN. Marshall#8
Willy HernangomezW. Hernangomez#9
Jaxson HayesJ. Hayes#10
Kira Lewis Jr.K. Lewis Jr.#13
Wes IwunduW. Iwundu#4
James NunnallyJ. Nunnally#21
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Facundo CampazzoF. Campazzo#7
PJ DozierP. Dozier#35
bench
Paul MillsapP. Millsap#4
JaVale McGeeJ. McGee#34
Austin RiversA. Rivers#25
Shaquille HarrisonS. Harrison#3
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
JaMychal GreenJ. Green#0
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
Bol BolB. Bol#10
Markus HowardM. Howard#00
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0

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

Regular Season Series

DEN wins 2-1

Pelicans
113
Nuggets
108

Game 1

21/3

Nuggets
113
Pelicans
108

Game 2

27/3

Pelicans
112
Nuggets
114

Game 3

29/4

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 29 April 2021

Denver, CO

Attendance: 4,022

Referees:
Tony Brothers
Scott Twardoski
Nate Green

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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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New Orleans Pelicans

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Regular Season Series

DEN wins 2-1

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