Nuggets 116-102 Hornets (14 Apr, 2005) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

18-60, 7-32 away

102

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	23	19	35	25	102
DEN	36	31	24	25	116

Denver Nuggets

47-31, 29-10 home

116

Carmelo Anthony made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Andre Miller.
Kenyon Martin made two point shot. Assisted by Marcus Camby.
DerMarr Johnson made slam dunk. Assisted by Andre Miller.
DerMarr Johnson made driving dunk.
Carmelo Anthony missed 19 ft jumper.
Andre Miller missed 5 ft jumper.
DerMarr Johnson missed layup.
Carmelo Anthony made two point shot. Assisted by DerMarr Johnson.
Marcus Camby missed 15 ft jumper.
Carmelo Anthony made driving dunk.
Marcus Camby made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Andre Miller.
Andre Miller made layup.
Kenyon Martin missed layup.
Nene Hilario made driving layup.
Kenyon Martin made 6 ft two point shot.
Wesley Person made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Andre Miller.
Andre Miller made driving layup.
Wesley Person made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Wesley Person made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Eduardo Najera missed 18 ft jumper.
Carmelo Anthony missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Wesley Person made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Wesley Person made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Wesley Person missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Carmelo Anthony made two point shot.
Wesley Person missed 19 ft jumper.
Nene Hilario made driving layup. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Earl Boykins made 16 ft jumper.
Earl Boykins made 17 ft jumper.
Earl Boykins missed layup.
Marcus Camby missed 19 ft jumper.
Bryon Russell made three point jumper. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Eduardo Najera missed 7 ft jumper.
Marcus Camby made layup. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Carmelo Anthony made layup. Assisted by Marcus Camby.
Earl Boykins made layup. Assisted by Kenyon Martin.
Earl Boykins made 14 ft jumper.
Earl Boykins missed 21 ft jumper.
Earl Boykins made layup. Assisted by Carmelo Anthony.
DerMarr Johnson missed 12 ft jumper.
Carmelo Anthony made layup. Assisted by Marcus Camby.
DerMarr Johnson missed layup.
DerMarr Johnson missed 21 ft jumper.
Kenyon Martin's layup blocked by Casey Jacobsen.
Marcus Camby missed 15 ft jumper.
Carmelo Anthony missed dunk.
Marcus Camby made layup. Assisted by Carmelo Anthony.
Andre Miller made 9 ft running jumper.
Marcus Camby missed 4 ft jumper.
Kenyon Martin missed dunk.
DerMarr Johnson made driving dunk. Assisted by Marcus Camby.
Kenyon Martin missed 10 ft jumper.
Kenyon Martin made layup. Assisted by Andre Miller.
Kenyon Martin's driving layup blocked by David West.
Andre Miller missed jumper.
Kenyon Martin made tip shot.
Andre Miller made layup. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Kenyon Martin made slam dunk. Assisted by Carmelo Anthony.
Andre Miller made driving layup.
Earl Boykins made 11 ft two point shot. Assisted by Marcus Camby.
Andre Miller missed 15 ft jumper.
Earl Boykins missed 4 ft running jumper.
Nene Hilario's layup blocked by David West.
Marcus Camby missed two point shot.
Marcus Camby missed layup.
Carmelo Anthony missed jumper.
Andre Miller missed 17 ft jumper.
Marcus Camby missed layup.
Wesley Person missed 22 ft jumper.
Earl Boykins made jumper.
Carmelo Anthony made layup. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Carmelo Anthony missed driving layup.
Carmelo Anthony missed layup.
Earl Boykins missed 18 ft jumper.
Nene Hilario made layup. Assisted by Eduardo Najera.
Wesley Person missed jumper.
Earl Boykins missed 18 ft jumper.
Francisco Elson made slam dunk. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Wesley Person missed 18 ft jumper.
Nene Hilario made two point shot.
Francisco Elson's layup blocked by Maciej Lampe.
Nene Hilario made layup.
Earl Boykins made 21 ft jumper. Assisted by Nene Hilario.
Wesley Person made jumper. Assisted by Earl Boykins.
Earl Boykins's 22 ft jumper blocked by Casey Jacobsen.
Francisco Elson missed 19 ft jumper.
Bryon Russell missed 19 ft jumper.
Earl Boykins missed 18 ft jumper.
Wesley Person made dunk.
Francisco Elson made layup. Assisted by Wesley Person.
DerMarr Johnson made 17 ft jumper.
Eduardo Najera missed 25 ft three point jumper.
DerMarr Johnson missed 6 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Lee Nailon missed 16 ft jumper.
Lee Nailon made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.
P.J. Brown missed 16 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown missed 17 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith made 6 ft two point shot.
Casey Jacobsen's driving layup blocked by Marcus Camby.
J.R. Smith missed two point shot.
Jackson Vroman made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by J.R. Smith.
Jackson Vroman missed two point shot.
P.J. Brown made tip shot.
Bostjan Nachbar missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Jackson Vroman made two point shot. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.
Bostjan Nachbar made dunk. Assisted by P.J. Brown.
P.J. Brown missed 16 ft jumper.
Casey Jacobsen made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by P.J. Brown.
P.J. Brown missed 16 ft jumper.
Casey Jacobsen made 21 ft jumper. Assisted by Jackson Vroman.
David West made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.
Bostjan Nachbar missed 20 ft jumper.
Jackson Vroman's layup blocked by Carmelo Anthony.
Bostjan Nachbar made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jackson Vroman.
Maciej Lampe made 9 ft two point shot.
Jackson Vroman made dunk. Assisted by Maciej Lampe.
J.R. Smith missed 20 ft jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar made 23 ft jumper. Assisted by Maciej Lampe.
Maciej Lampe made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Bostjan Nachbar.
J.R. Smith made 8 ft two point shot.
David West missed 12 ft two point shot.
Maciej Lampe made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Lee Nailon.
Bostjan Nachbar made driving layup.
Lee Nailon missed 13 ft jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar missed driving layup.
Jackson Vroman made 4 ft two point shot. Assisted by J.R. Smith.
Lee Nailon's layup blocked by Eduardo Najera.
J.R. Smith missed 21 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith made 10 ft two point shot. Assisted by Lee Nailon.
Maciej Lampe missed 18 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Casey Jacobsen missed three point jumper.
Maciej Lampe's layup blocked by Kenyon Martin.
Casey Jacobsen's layup blocked by Marcus Camby.
Jackson Vroman's layup blocked by Marcus Camby.
J.R. Smith missed 17 ft jumper.
Casey Jacobsen missed 18 ft jumper.
Maciej Lampe's 9 ft jumper blocked by Marcus Camby.
Maciej Lampe missed 17 ft jumper.
Lee Nailon made 18 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith made 25 ft three point jumper.
J.R. Smith missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Jackson Vroman made driving layup. Assisted by Lee Nailon.
Lee Nailon made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by J.R. Smith.
J.R. Smith made 21 ft jumper.
Jackson Vroman missed 21 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith made 21 ft jumper.
Casey Jacobsen missed running jumper.
J.R. Smith missed two point shot.
J.R. Smith made 16 ft two point shot.
J.R. Smith missed 17 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown made layup.
Lee Nailon missed 18 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith missed 12 ft two point shot.
P.J. Brown made jumper.
J.R. Smith made dunk. Assisted by Bostjan Nachbar.
J.R. Smith missed 19 ft jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar missed 18 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith made 20 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown's dunk blocked by Marcus Camby.
Bostjan Nachbar made 13 ft two point shot.
J.R. Smith missed 21 ft jumper.
Lee Nailon missed jumper.
David West missed 8 ft jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Casey Jacobsen made 10 ft jumper.
Lee Nailon's 12 ft jumper blocked by Eduardo Najera.
Maciej Lampe made two point shot.
Lee Nailon missed jumper.
Maciej Lampe made layup. Assisted by Bostjan Nachbar.
Lee Nailon's layup blocked by Eduardo Najera.
Maciej Lampe missed 18 ft jumper.
Lee Nailon missed two point shot.
Jackson Vroman made tip shot.
Bostjan Nachbar made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jackson Vroman.
Jackson Vroman made driving layup.
Lee Nailon made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Bostjan Nachbar.
Maciej Lampe made layup. Assisted by Jackson Vroman.
Jackson Vroman made 6 ft two point shot.
Casey Jacobsen missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar made 24 ft three point jumper.
Lee Nailon missed 19 ft jumper.

HORNETS

NUGGETS

TIME		NO	DEN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: P.J. Brown vs. Marcus Camby. Kenyon Martin gains possession.	0	0
11:55	Lee Nailon Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	0	0
11:55	Carmelo Anthony made Free Throw 1 of 2.	0	1
11:55	Carmelo Anthony made Free Throw 2 of 2.	0	2
11:38	J.R. Smith missed 24 ft three point jumper.	0	2
11:37	P.J. Brown offensive rebound.	0	2
11:36	J.R. Smith Jump Ball	0	2
11:29	Lee Nailon missed 16 ft jumper.	0	2
11:26	Carmelo Anthony defensive rebound.	0	2
11:18	Carmelo Anthony made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Andre Miller.	0	4
10:52	Lee Nailon made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.	2	4
10:41	Kenyon Martin made two point shot. Assisted by Marcus Camby.	2	6
10:25	P.J. Brown missed 16 ft jumper.	2	6
10:23	Andre Miller defensive rebound.	2	6
10:18	DerMarr Johnson made slam dunk. Assisted by Andre Miller.	2	8
9:56	P.J. Brown missed 17 ft jumper.	2	8
9:53	DerMarr Johnson defensive rebound.	2	8
9:51	Lee Nailon Personal Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul.	2	8
9:51	Bostjan Nachbar enters the game for Lee Nailon.	2	8
9:47	Kenyon Martin Bad Pass. Stolen by Casey Jacobsen.	2	8
9:34	J.R. Smith made 6 ft two point shot.	4	8
9:30	Casey Jacobsen Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	4	8
9:30	DerMarr Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	8
9:30	Denver offensive rebound.	4	8
9:30	DerMarr Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	9
9:10	Casey Jacobsen's driving layup blocked by Marcus Camby.	4	9
9:07	Carmelo Anthony defensive rebound.	4	9
9:06	Carmelo Anthony Bad Pass. Stolen by Jackson Vroman.	4	9
9:00	J.R. Smith missed two point shot.	4	9
8:57	Marcus Camby defensive rebound.	4	9
8:51	P.J. Brown Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	4	9
8:51	Carmelo Anthony made Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	10
8:51	Carmelo Anthony made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	11
8:33	Jackson Vroman made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by J.R. Smith.	6	11
8:17	DerMarr Johnson made driving dunk.	6	13
7:54	Jackson Vroman missed two point shot.	6	13
7:52	P.J. Brown offensive rebound.	8	13
7:52	P.J. Brown made tip shot.	8	13
7:35	Carmelo Anthony missed 19 ft jumper.	8	13
7:33	DerMarr Johnson offensive rebound.	8	13
7:16	Andre Miller missed 5 ft jumper.	8	13
7:16	Kenyon Martin offensive rebound.	8	13
7:16	Bostjan Nachbar Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	8	13
7:16	Kenyon Martin missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	8	13
7:16	Denver offensive rebound.	8	13
7:16	Kenyon Martin missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	8	13
7:16	Denver offensive rebound.	8	13
7:13	Jackson Vroman defensive rebound.	8	13
6:56	Bostjan Nachbar missed 23 ft three point jumper.	8	13
6:54	Andre Miller defensive rebound.	8	13
6:48	Andre Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by J.R. Smith.	8	13
6:43	Jackson Vroman made two point shot. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.	10	13
6:37	DerMarr Johnson missed layup.	10	13
6:35	Casey Jacobsen defensive rebound.	10	13
6:22	Jackson Vroman Bad Pass. Stolen by Marcus Camby.	10	13
6:15	Carmelo Anthony made two point shot. Assisted by DerMarr Johnson.	10	15
6:05	New Orleans Full Timeout.	10	15
5:54	Bostjan Nachbar made dunk. Assisted by P.J. Brown.	12	15
5:37	Marcus Camby missed 15 ft jumper.	12	15
5:35	Denver defensive rebound.	12	15
5:20	P.J. Brown missed 16 ft jumper.	12	15
5:18	P.J. Brown offensive rebound.	12	15
5:16	Marcus Camby Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	12	15
5:16	P.J. Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	15
5:16	David West enters the game for J.R. Smith.	13	15
5:16	P.J. Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	15
5:03	Carmelo Anthony made driving dunk.	14	17
4:45	Casey Jacobsen made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by P.J. Brown.	16	17
4:30	Marcus Camby made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Andre Miller.	16	19
4:07	Kenyon Martin Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	16	19
4:07	Nene Hilario enters the game for Marcus Camby.	16	19
4:01	Casey Jacobsen Bad Pass. Stolen by Andre Miller.	16	19
3:58	Andre Miller made layup.	16	21
3:41	P.J. Brown missed 16 ft jumper.	16	21
3:39	Kenyon Martin defensive rebound.	16	21
3:32	Wesley Person enters the game for DerMarr Johnson.	16	21
3:18	Nene Hilario 3 second	16	21
3:00	Bostjan Nachbar Bad Pass. Stolen by Nene Hilario.	16	21
2:55	Kenyon Martin missed layup.	16	21
2:54	Nene Hilario offensive rebound.	16	21
2:54	Nene Hilario made driving layup.	16	23
2:54	David West Shooting Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul.	16	23
2:54	Denver Full Timeout.	16	23
2:54	Nene Hilario made Free Throw 1 of 1.	16	24
2:43	Andre Miller Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	16	24
2:36	Casey Jacobsen made 21 ft jumper. Assisted by Jackson Vroman.	18	24
2:13	Kenyon Martin made 6 ft two point shot.	18	26
1:47	David West made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.	20	26
1:37	Wesley Person made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Andre Miller.	20	28
1:21	Bostjan Nachbar missed 20 ft jumper.	20	28
1:19	Carmelo Anthony defensive rebound.	20	28
1:14	Andre Miller made driving layup.	20	30
56.3	Jackson Vroman's layup blocked by Carmelo Anthony.	20	30
56.3	New Orleans defensive rebound.	20	30
56.3	Earl Boykins enters the game for Andre Miller.	20	30
56.3	Eduardo Najera enters the game for Kenyon Martin.	20	30
43.5	Wesley Person made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Earl Boykins.	20	33
21.4	Bostjan Nachbar Turnover	20	33
11.3	Wesley Person made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Earl Boykins.	20	36
0.2	Bostjan Nachbar made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jackson Vroman.	23	36
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	23	36

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 7-0

Hornets
67
Nuggets
76

Game 1

30/11

Hornets
67
Nuggets
76

Game 2

30/11

Nuggets
94
Hornets
93

Game 3

27/2

Nuggets
94
Hornets
93

Game 4

28/2

Nuggets
94
Hornets
83

Game 5

7/4

Nuggets
94
Hornets
83

Game 6

7/4

Hornets
102
Nuggets
116

Game 7

14/4

Hornets
102
Nuggets
116

Game 8

14/4

Ball Arena

12:00 AM, 14 April 2005

Denver, CO

Attendance: 17,316

Referees:
Dan Crawford
Bill Spooner
Phil Robinson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	13	4	.765	-	W2
Denver	9	7	.563	3.5	L1
Minnesota	8	8	.500	4.5	L2
Portland	7	11	.389	6.5	L1
Utah	4	12	.250	8.5	W1

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